Week 2

My second mentor experience was wonderful! The teacher quizzed me on all of the student's names and I got all of them. The students were so excited when I got their name right. I worked consistently on my classroom observation drawing and was not surprised to see anything that was presented in the classroom environment. There was also a substitute on the second day. He had me pass out a lot of papers but I still had time to outline my drawing. The worst part was when one of the students had tattled on one of their classmates over something silly. It is a common occurance with this grade level though. It is important to remind the students that they are not always doing justice in that way. I learned a lot about the way my mentor teacher likes to set up the room. I like how she keeps necesities in the back like tissues. Another thing I learned was that it is important to lead students to the answers to questions rather than to just give them the answers. One last thing I learned was that it is important to be open minded when responding to students because everything you say and do they take in. I'm a little curious about how the bulletein project will work. I could only find one bulletein board in her room and I can't recall finding one outside of her room.