First Day of Fieldwork

Yesterday at Sacred Heart Catholic Elementary School we met our sixth grade class that we will be working with for fieldwork. There are 19 students in the class and they are all on different levels. It is a very diverse classroom and two of the students have autism. It was very good to know who the students are that will be needing extra attention so we can plan our accommodations better for our lesson plans. The first day we were instructed to do a getting to know you activity with all of the students. The students set themselves up into groups and our group of teacher candidates rotated every 10 minutes. Each group of students got the opportunity to participate in each of our activities. My group made a sixth grade geologist poster using cut out minerals. The students wrote their names, something they knew about rocks or minerals, and something they want to learn about rocks and minerals on their paper. Then they were able to decorate it and stick it onto the poster board. The students seemed to highly enjoy this activity and it helped a lot seeing where the students stand in terms of knowing about rocks and minerals. These students surprised me about how much they knew. They are all brilliant young kids and I cannot wait to work with them and teach them more. I am very excited for Tuesday to start actually teaching them about minerals and I think our group will do a great job.