Reflection #11

Field has been pretty interesting. We had a sub for the first 3 days and it was interesting and almost comical to see how they do things. They didn't really have control of the class at all and they also didn't get much done. Now that the teacher is back, it is really fun to see him and how he teaches. He is a very great teacher. The whole school is lucky enough to have smartboards in every classroom. We have used the smartboard the 3 times we have taught so far. In our first lesson we talked about maps. We read a story about a girl that ended with her special place on the map and a picture of it. The students then drew their own picture of their special place on the map and colored them. We used it as visual arts. We then had some of the kids share their special place. It was really fun to see what they came up with. Some picked their bedroom and house. Some picked a soccer field, the beach, a swimming pool. It was neat to see how creative they are. One girl was not doing the activity and looked pretty sad. I went and talked to her and she said she was not a good drawer. I talked to her about her special place and then told her how we could draw it very simply. It ended up working out good!