Today I had a wonderful experience at my placement. It was my first day with the teacher I will now be observing during the mornings. Some of the highlights of the morning were....
- The students have about a half hour of playtime before the school day starts. I think this is a good way to allow the students to interact with eachother and get comfortable before the work part of the day begins. It gets the non-morning kids active and awake, and gives the high-energy kids a release. It also allows the teacher to get things ready for the start of the first lesson.
-A helper for the day was chosen to lead the class when walking through the hallways and such. The student was chosen at random, and every child would have a day before repeating any kids. I think it was very fairly done and the students seemed really excited about it.
-Reading Treasure Island with the students was fun. The teacher only called on students who volunteer to read, so students who have trouble reading do not feel embarrassed in front of the whole class. He made it entertaining for the children by bringing props to illustrate the story. Every once in a while he would break out the pirate voice which was great... even sang a pirate song or two which really got the kids involved. They then broke up into two smaller groups where everyone in the group took turns reading. There were a couple children who left during reading. I am assuming they are part of the special education program.
-Fire safety day... the students went to a short presentation on fire safety given by the local fire department. During the presentation I went down to the computer lab to see the finished results of the child labor presentation they had been putting together. They did an AMAZING job. Then I returned to my class and followed them outside to see the trucks. The kids loved it... and luckily we got done just before it started raining again!
Art was shortened for the day, so they just put some finishing details on their projects. Overall a very good day at my placement.
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