Week Four

This week I had another great day in Mrs. Young's class. The kids are so used to us coming in now that they expect us and give us a big welcome which is so nice. Right away I began to teach my lesson which was on transitions. I knew it was going to be a little bit difficult because Mrs. Young has them tightly wrapped around her finger and I knew I would have big shoes to fill. I found that I did a great job teaching and keeping the children's behavior under control in the line, but I did realize that it became difficult because Mrs. Young was still taking charge a little bit with the children and the children did not know exactly who they should turn to and who was in charge, which made things difficult. I officially know all of the children's names and I am so proud of myself because there is so many of them! But I think it is such a good thing to know everyones names when you are doing a behavior management lesson so that you can call the children out who are not behaving well. I think that my next lesson will go a little bit better since I will actually be teaching the children a writing lesson and not just focusing on the transitions from place to place.

I am really enjoying the class so far. I feel like this week I learned so much information about title one schools and how they work like a machine. I was so impressed with Chicora and the people who work there seem so wonderful it just amazes me how happy and uplifting the whole school seems to be with these children who do not come from the best home life situations. I had no idea that Chicora was at 100% poverty level. What an amazing thing that these teachers do every day for these children, it is so inspiring!