Post 4 - Kyle Vanoverbeke

This week, we had a whole-school assembly. During the assembly, individual students were rewarded for showing exemplary behavior throughout the month. There is huge benefit in recognizing individual students for doing well, as it helps empower them to be good role-models long after the recognition-giving is over. When I become a teacher, I want to make sure that I give my students the encouragement they need to succeed as individuals.

In our classroom, we also led small reading groups today. While we were reading, we had our students gather information about differences between American life back in colonial times and American life in current times. The student groups each gathered information from a different book, and then we all came together and shared what we learned. This provided a good opportunity for social learning.While we were coming together for the jigsaw, one of the kids in the class had a mild anxiety attack, so I worked with him individually in the back of the room.

One more week of field experience to go!