So on Thursday we got to go on a field trip with our class to an Arboretum & got to take a plant home plus I bought a super cute succulent pot. It was a lot of and a lot of work keeping the kids in line and getting them to follow the rules the tour guide set in place. Most kids followed the rules but there's always a few who don't ;). I thought it was so odd how short their field trip was. We left the school at 9:45am and got back on the bus to head back at 11:30am. And it took 25mins to drive there. So we got there around 10:10am. There wasn't much to see anyways but still I remember when I was a kid a field trip was an all day affair with lunch and everything. It was kind of a bummer also to hear that the district picks where and what the field trips are.
Friday was our last day and it was bitter sweet. All the kids kept asking us not to leave & even our CT asked us to stay! She was just awesome and I'm so thankful for having her as my CT this semester! She had so much to teach and knowledge to pass on. I will forever remember her and her kind heart! She got us a couple gifts, a card and had the kids each write and draw us notes! Seriously so so so sweet! We also got her a couple gifts, which I received a text from her today saying she loved them!
Field experience was great and I've learned so much more from my CT and being in her classroom than I have all semester, or really the last almost two years of school. I'm more of a hands on learner so I don't learn much from sitting in class listening to someone talk non stop and showing powerpoints after powerpoints. I'm sad to have to come back to IM and ED 310/315 this week, it's been a really really nice break from those classes. Kind of wished the other two classes I had went on a break too during this time. It was hard to go from field experience back to campus each day and go to class for 2 hours. Looking forward to school being done in 2 weeks and going to Texas for 4.5 days.
Yes! It was so hard to leave, my class kept giving me hugs because they didn't want me to leave. I also have learned so much from my CT, I liked certain areas of her teaching style and I really liked how she had great classroom management.
ReplyDeleteI also learned SO MUCH this semester! It was really rough having non-block classes during field experience. I'm so glad your placement worked out and that you learned so much! I'm also so glad that these teachers opened up their classrooms to us and allowed us to see all aspects to teaching. I'll remember that when I'm a teacher and I have an opportunity to invite student teachers, at any stage, in my classroom! I enjoyed reading your posts and I can't wait to hear more on Monday!
ReplyDeletePS I'm also excited for you that you get to go to Texas, even if for a few days! The semester is almost done! I used a lot of exclamation points! But I'm excited and excited for you!