Field Experience 3/11

This week instead of being in my usual third grade class, I was in a kindergarten class.  It was such a huge difference.  When I first walked in the students were working on their morning work which consisted of writing a sentence with the word "truck" in it and then drawing a picture.  After this, the class gathered on the rug to do the calendar among other things.  Every Wednesday they get a new word for the week.  This week the word was help and the teacher went over the word and then used it in several sentences to show the students how it was used.  

After the class got through the calendar and their morning routine, they all went to the cafeteria to practice songs the the PTA meeting that was coming up.  This lasted for about 15 minutes.  Once they got back into the class, they finished their morning routine and then went to art.  

In art class the teacher read them a story.  There was one male student that was a special needs student.  He was being very disruptive and loud.  His aid could not seem to be able to calm him down so the art teacher handed him some play dough and he began to play with that.  After the story was finished, the students got to practice making pots out of play dough for the rest of the class.

Once back in the class, they broke off into centers.  A few students got to pick which center they wanted to go to first.  Most went to the dramatic play center and played with kitchen items.  Other centers included a math and science items, painting, and a special science center that was done with the teacher.  The class was just about to change centers when it was time to leave.  

It was very different being in a kindergarten class for the day.  The students are vastly different compared to third grade.  However, it was nice to experience a new environment and do something different for a week.