For this class, we attempted to start reading the text for
sixth grade. We found out immediately the difficulty level of the text. Many of
the students struggled with the words in the text outside of the vocabulary
words. Many of the students on one side of the classroom also had a difficult
time staying on task. Because of this, we only got through a small portion of
the text. However, we were able to get some ideas thrown around. We made a
chart on the board to help students think about the question, “Should we or
should we not excavate tombs for artifacts?” I was very surprised at the amount
of students who were against excavating the tombs. I came prepared to explain
why we should not and instead found
myself supporting why we should
excessively. These students are very adamant about the opinions they make. I do
hope that the debate we have planned goes well.
Learning names is still a difficult process. I really wish I
had gone with my name tents!
I find that a lot of my fellow teacher candidates want to
teach middle school. Honestly, I would not mind being placed in middle school,
however, I am still comfortable where I am for now. Time will tell. For now,
working at this school has been enlightening and a very exciting experience.
I am prepared to keep teaching over the break and work on
some new lessons for the week following. I am super pumped to teach a lesson
with Joey that we prepared on our own! Our cooperating teacher has given us a
lot of liberty already so we are seeing how the students react to our methods
of teaching. She has been a great teacher to work with!
This is awesome! I love that the students were supporting the side that you did not expect them to support. I wonder if they all felt this way or some of them just followed along with some of the other students. It's great that you're enjoying it.
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