Field Experience

I hope everyone is having a wonderful field experience! Mine is going great, I couldn't be more happy than with those third graders. I just love being able to see them every day and spend time with them! My cooperating teacher is really nice and she is very helpful, so far I have learned a lot from her and I appreciate her time, she seems very busy! The third grade class is very busy with 28 students, but they are very well behaved. I have done three read-alouds so far and have done two activities to go along with them. Time is flying by! I really enjoy spending one-on-one time with the students who struggle with math. It gives me good experience trying to explain something to them. There were some things that I even had to question! Even though I am not the best at math, I think I have done a pretty good job explaining it to some students who struggle. I really want them to succeed and understand it so hopefully they will! The teacher likes to see that I spend extra time with the students who struggle, it shows that I want them to succeed and try their best. She said that some students just need extra time and help, there is nothing wrong with that, obviously we don't want them to fall behind. I can see that being a major struggle for any teacher, is having some students fall behind. I am very happy being in third grade and I think it has been a wonderful experience so far! Every day is a new experience and I always learn something each and every day in the field!