Week three was very educational! Our placement teacher is a fantastic teacher!
This week we got to observe the students and how they participated in partners. Our placement teacher told us that she enjoys letting them work in groups but only when it’s not for an assessment. We found some desk partner combos worked well and some didn’t work at all. Some people would just copy from the other person in their group which is not the way partners are supposed to work. Our placement teacher is trying to emphasize the importance of contributing to a group and working together. The groups that worked well together were very on task and both contributing which was awesome teamwork. There are two students in the class that need quite a bit more assistance than the others. One student is not at a grade 5 level and one has very high anxiety. Our teacher works very hard to make sure these students can do the work she is assigning and assists them more than the other students. She provides scribing for one student in the class. Our placement teacher is willing to teach her students in the best way she learns. She would like to gain more knowledge about mental health and effective ways to deal with students who are affected. She believes this education would be useful for some of the students. Our placement teacher truly wants the best for all of her students. Our placement teacher believes it is important to connect the students to real experiences for them to understand they are being taught in the classroom. For example, they a reading a novel right now about the ghosts at the government house, so on Halloween they are going for a tour of the government house in Regina. They will be able to connect what they read and get their imagination going a bit about the ghosts. I think this is a great way to wrap up a novel study. I also think it is super awesome that the students will get a fun reward for all their hard work throughout the novel study. When students are looking forward to a field trip after the novel would keep them engaged in the novel. When the students can apply what they learnt they willing to remember the content more clearly. Next week is going to be a fantastic field trip with the grade 5 class! I can’t wait! ~Karlee
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