Post #8

I think the most important thing I have learned this semester in my field work observation is really how to better work with kids. I have interacted with them and helped them find ways to help them remember what they have learned. I have also learned some really successful teaching methods that I will probably use in my classroom. There are so many important lessons that I have learned, and I feel like I have to share all of them, but I will only share a few. Another lesson I learned is that it can be very hard to work with English learning students. It makes it extra hard when their parents don't practice English at home. It doesn't reinforce what is being said in class and by the time they get to class the next day they have forgotten everything that they learned the day before and they have to start from scratch again! That can be a very hard learning experience for the child.

I also learned that behavior methods like the clothes pin chart are very effective teaching methods. I saw it implemented in the class and the students really responded well to how it works. I can see that they are constantly trying to do better and get very excited when they recieve a reward for their good behavior, and eventually those thoughts become habit and then they are model students. I have loved working with these students and i cannot wait to be a teacher!