Vicki’s Edu260 Weblog

This was the final week of field and it was an interesting week. The first 2 days we helped the students find places on the computer for their “virtual vacations” that would be interesting and fun to visit. This took a lot of time because a lot of students have yet to develop the skill of using the internet and the concepts behind it. So for 2 days, we did this, helping them to also take notes and print things out that they can use for their report that they are doing. Then on Wednesday, Hilary and I got there and when we walked in no one was in there, so we waited around for a bit, but they never came back so we went to the office and they said they were at the high school for an assembly, so Hilary and I left because there was nothing for us to do for a hour before they came back. On Thursday, Ms. Dillon wasn’t there so there was a sub and the kids were soooo bad. Hilary and I led most of the things that were going on because the Sub really had no idea what was happening. Hilary dealt with 2 different disciplinary issues with great ease while I talked to the kids about what they enjoyed while we were here. The Kids all said they loved the lessons that we taught and really were going to miss us. We took the class cookies and a flower with a card, which we left for Ms Dillon.

Overall, this field experience was interesting. I’m not sure how else to sum it up. It was definitely unique and special in it’s own way and showed me the positives and negatives of the 3rd grade.