I can't believe it's almost over...

Today I had another opportunity to watch Sam’s lesson closely in order to complete her ADEPT form for her final lesson. Sam is an amazing job again. I am so impressed with her communication skills. Communication is probably one of the, if not the, most important skills when teaching a lesson because no matter how good your lesson is and the idea is, if you cannot communicate to the student in a way that is easy to understand, then the lesson is pointless. Sam is very clear with her directions, simplifies things in a way that is very developmentally appropriate, and gives a lot of positive feedback. It is amazing how those things can grab a student’s attention and also support classroom management. I think be partnered in a classroom is so beneficial to me, as was the activity in class where we shared our lessons from field two in small groups. I think that the collaboration we have had is probably in some ways similar to the collaboration I hope to someday have with other faculty members wherever I end up teaching.

I cannot believe that field II is basically over. It’s hard to believe, we are moving out of spring and into summer. I really loved kindergarten and the field experiences have probably been one of my favorite parts of the program thus far. It will be strange not having a field this summer because I really feel like the fields help me understand the material I am learning in classes much better and I start to understand how to apply my knowledge. I know that I loved kindergarten, and as a student it was one of my favorite grades growing up, so I am not too surprised. Interestingly enough, grades k-3 were my favorite grades, as well as 5^th grade, due to the kind of learning methods the teachers used, and the amazing teachers I had