Week Two in Mrs. Young's Class

This week I really enjoyed my field again. I really feel like I am starting to get to know the students in my class and they come from such diverse backgrounds it is so refreshing to see such a different group of children that can work so well together. I am still amazed at Mrs. Young's classroom management. These children seem to get very wild at times and she can refocus them with the snap of her fingers. It is such an amazing thing to see and I am learning so much from her. It is making me feel a little more confident about my first lesson that I will teach because it is mostly focusing on transitions and lunch time which is mainly about managing the class. I was able to observe the children during math centers again and this time we each got to choose and lead a center. It was so great to work in small groups with the children because I was able to do a little bit of assessing of my own to see where each child stands in the class. This class is on very different levels academically to say the least.

As far as class goes, I am loving the teach like a champion book. I feel like I am learning so many techniques that I will be able to use when I am teaching and I also like how we are being challenged to include the techniques into our lessons. For this week, the technique that I liked the most was the hook. I think it is so important to get the children interested in what they are learning and as teachers we get so involved in just teaching the standard and getting mastery we forget to get the children involved and interested in the topic first. Especially with early childhood education this is so important and I think can be forgotten. It reminded me to try my best to get the children interested in what you are doing even if it is something as little as a small story to hook them onto the topic.