I think that I have gone past my 20 hours but I just can't walk away from those kids! I am sad to say that this week is my last, however; my teacher is hosting a good-bye party for me. I have actually started calling Mrs. Becker "Mama Pam". She is so motherly and I can tell that she teaches with her heart.
Today I experienced my very first teachable moment!!!!!! It was like a gigantic light bulb went on above my head and some where Esther came into my head and said, "This is an example of a teachable moment". One of the students was reading a picture book about chickens. He came to almost the end of the book and said, "Uh, Oh, this book is missing the last page" Well, guess what his next task was?! Yep, write the ending of the story! I thought that was great because Mrs. Becker and I thought the same thing. In essence it forced the student to review his reading and recreate the ending of the book.
I then read to the kindergartners a story about the beach and then we all worked on a workbook together. I really tried to analyze what some of my faults were in my lesson that I videotaped and I tried to act more like a teacher and less like their fellow student. I think I did really well, well, hopefully I did. I apparently do wonderful farm animal sounds which is a huge plus for a future teacher.
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