Wednesday, March 29, 2017
Field Experience Week 1
Week one was very eye opening. I enjoyed seeing the flow and coordination of how a school day runs. From one group getting pulled out to go to speech to another group getting pulled out to go to ELL, it was a lot to try and keep track of. One thing that my cooperating does that I saw as a positive teaching technique was to get the kids active. Instead of just reciting the alphabet or vowel sounds, the teacher had found songs and dances for the children get up and get active to. I think the moving got them more engaged in what was being learned. My cooperating teacher utilizes the SmartBoard every day. She also had them choose an animal and read an informational book, and then write sentences about what they had learned. They then turned the sentence into to a research project. I liked how she let them choose what they wanted to research, I think doing so instills a sense of self-efficacy in students. I'm looking forward to learning more teaching techniques in the weeks to come. Hope everyone has had a good experience so far!
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Sounds like a great classroom! My CT also uses the SmartBoard a lot which I actually like. She uses classroom dojo points and uses gonoodle for when the students need a brain break. Most of her lessons are on the SmartBoard as well. It sounds like your CT allows the students to have a choice which is great! I think it is important for students to choose because then it is a topic they actually want to learn more about.
ReplyDeleteYour classroom always looks so lively when I walk past! I hope that it continues to go well! I think that's so cool how the students get to do their own little research projects. I also really enjoy that your CT incorporates so much activity in the classroom. I feel that's something that my CT should to more of, especially being that the students are in Kindergarten.
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