Journal 5!

Overall this was a good week and I am finding out that I am learning a lot. Each day I learn something new, and something that challenges me to be better at my job. This week I found that I was interacting with the kids more in Mrs. Smith’s class, which is something I always look forward in doing. Each child in her class is so different and they always have so many questions to ask each day. I find that during religion many of the kids, have a lot of questions and concerns dealing with the bible, God and Jesus. Whenever a child asks Mrs. Smith a question I am always interested in hearing how Mrs. Smith answers each question. The questions that children ask, are always so blunt, and forward. Sometimes I am interested in the answers to the questions they ask.

This week was also a good week because I have been noticing that my all star reading kids have been improving greatly. They are reading more clearly, and with much more confidence. I am so proud to have helped them improve. Pero, one of my all star readers has improved so much in his reading. He is an amazing rhymer, and can sound out the words very well. He keeps on impressing me, day after day.

I have good time management skills at my placement which is very important, especially with the all star reading program. Each child has twenty minutes with me, and I need to make sure that the time we spend together is used wisely. Some of the kids, like Noah, are very talkative and he sometimes gets off task. Sometimes this causes me to push into another child's time because I am trying to finish reading the book with Noah. Overall the time I spend with each child has to be managed and used well.