This is the last week of field experience and I am really sad to leave these third graders. I have learned so much from them and will miss them so much! The past weeks have been wonderful! Last week we got to watch the second graders practice their christmas concert and it was great, all the students seemed to enjoy watching them! I thought it was nice that we got to watch it with them. There are so many great things to look forward to as a teacher, and I have learned so much from my cooperating teacher. She has many great classroom management ideas and she is very organized. It is nice to see such an organized classroom to get a feel for what I want mine to look like in the future. One thing that she does is each student has their own book box that they keep a pencil, notebook, and a couple books in and after an assignment, instead of disrupting the class and being loud, they just grab their book box and start reading, such a great idea! Even for tests, some students finish right away while others need more time so it makes sense to have them do something quiet while the other students finish.
Another thing she has is a clean up song when snack time is over. This song is different all of the time, but the students know when that song plays, they have until the song is over to clean up their area and sit down at their desk. I was amazed at how this classroom management worked, they listen really well! There are a couple times when you have to remind them to clean up but overall these third graders are really respectful and listen to the teacher really well.
I am going to miss everyone but I am excited for more field experiences in the future, I just can't wait to become an acutal teacher! Every day I go to the classroom I know this is meant for me.
I like the idea you mentioned about the book box. In my classroom my CT has something similar to that called a finish folder. Whenever the students do not finish a worksheet or assignment they put it in their finish folder. That way when the students finish with something early they don’t have to ask the teacher what to do next because they already know they must work on things in their finish folder. It also relaxes the students more knowing that they do not have to finish every worksheet in one sitting because they always have time to work on things in their finish folder. I really like the idea of the book box too. I will definitely be keeping both of these ideas in mind when I have my own classroom! Thanks for sharing! Enjoy your last couple days with your third graders!!
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