My field experience in a first grade classroom has been going great so far! My cooperating teacher said on the first day, the more experiences we have the better teachers we will be. So she is very willing to let me teach her class and give me feedback along the way. It's been busy, I've done 8 read-alouds so far; four were during reading workshops with small groups and the other four were with the whole class. I have also written a morning message for the class and will be doing another message this week. I have to say I was a little overwhelmed at first, but I'm so glad she's giving me this opportunity to learn and grow to become a better teacher. The students are also very fun to work with and I'm enjoying getting to know each of their personalities. Hope everyone is enjoying their field experience as well:)
Stephanie Stewart
I hope your doing well. I was overwhelmed at first too, so many new little faces. My class has been doing small group work too. We call it stations and it happens on Wednesdays. After doing it, I think, we should be doing this every other day because it is so effective. Taking on 5 to 6 students is much easier than 24!
ReplyDeleteI am glad you are having a good field experience, I am as well! I think it is great that your cooperating teacher is keeping you busy! 8 read-alouds so far, that is really great experience! I can see where you would have been overwhelmed at first because she is really keeping you busy! I'm sure as the weeks go by you are getting more confident in the classroom, I know at first I was nervous, but now I am very confident more and more each day because I am getting used to it!
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