Math Blog #2: My Field Placement Experience
I was placed in a 4th-grade ELA/Social Studies classroom, and I learned a lot about the behind the scenes of teaching. Something very important I learned, was that teaching is a very fast-paced profession, and you need to be flexible and be prepared to adapt. On the very first day of field, our class went on a field trip. All of the teachers were concerned about their students getting their permission slips signed, who was going on what bus, which students couldn't sit next to each other on the bus, etc. Sometimes when you plan an activity and the students are very chaotic that day, you might have to scrap it and come up with a whole new idea. If students aren't very engaged during an activity, you might have to find a lesson/activity that does. This week, my field partner and I learned firsthand the importance of being flexible and adaptable. We had to teach a social studies lesson to the mornin...