Week 2

This week was even better than last week and the very first week of field experience! I have gotten to know the students better. This week I was able to do a read aloud for the students which went really well. It was a story about pirates and even though it was not connected to the curriculum, the students seemed to really enjoy it. I also had the chance to do guided reading lessons. I did a lesson with each reading group (there are 5 total). I was able to see where each child was at in their reading progress and I was also able to see the difference between the high readers and the lowest readers. All of the students seemed to enjoy the story we read as a group and all of the students answered any questions I had for them about the story. This was a great experience, I feel a little more prepared now that I did a lesson with all of the students. This week I also had the chance to do the morning meeting every other day. I did this last week as well and I think it is helping me to get more familiar with the SmartBoard and also practice doing morning meeting. I feel way more confident about being able to do some of the things that teachers do and I am looking forward to getting more experience in schools.