During my third week, I have continued to still do quite
a bit of observing and helping out at stations. There are a lot of paras and
students being pulled out of the classroom during the time I am at the school,
so there are not a ton of things for me to be involved in during the morning.
One thing I noticed from this week and the past week is how much the students
love brain breaks. Every morning my cooperating teacher chooses a Go Noodle
video that gets the kids up and dancing and they just absolutely love it and
get so into it! I definitely would love to incorporate brain breaks into my
classroom because the students really enjoy this time to just let loose. One
day during the week a substitute had to come in, and I was able to see how the
students responded to her. After my cooperating teacher left the classroom it was
complete chaos. The substitute’s approach of classroom management was very soft
spoken and the students really did not respond, but instead just kept talking
and playing around. It was definitely
thought-provoking to see how the students reacted to the substitute.
Furthermore, my experience continues to be positive, and I look forward to next
week!
I have noticed the importance and success of brain breaks too. My cooperating teacher also uses go noodle and I see it as a huge success. The students all get to take turns picking and they have a lot of fun with it.
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