This week, I have not been doing the internship at the museum because I am working a basketball camp instead.
There is word that Callum, Amanda (my supervisor), and I may be going to see megaladon in Jacksonville on Thursday. I hope we do this!
Monday, June 16, 2014
Week 6
The end of my week of teaching was fun. The 1st graders were great, and they became more and more comfortable as the week went on. As they became more comfortable, though, they started misbehaving a lot. They had trouble sitting still and listening and following directions. I had to do my best job of combining baby-sitting with continuing to instill STEM principles to the students. The teacher I was working with and I decided that the best way to do this is to have them do a lot of hands-on experiments and activities. These activities were really the only kind the students would do without acting up. We made model tsunamis, ocean currents, aquifers, and more.
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Yeah, first graders can be really difficult. Elementary school in general is really challenging for me. When I worked at the camp in TN, there were a lot of first graders. Of all the elementary school ages, 4th grade was my favorite to teach. They are older, but not in 5th grade and totally crazy because they are about to be in middle school. Hope bball camp is fun!
ReplyDeleteOh yeah, I can't wait to go see Megalodon. But yeah, the whole balancing act of teaching kids, classroom management, and helping your teacher/JV's can be stressful and fun. I'm glad your class enjoyed your experiments though!
ReplyDeleteWhaaat! Your week sounds awesome! I love watching basketball. I love playing too, but I'm pretty awful at playing..so. Yep well anyway I am so impressed that you guys made model tsunamis, aquifers, and ocean currents with FIRST graders! How fun is that!? The ocean is my favorite thing on Earth, so I always get really excited when I teach students it. Man, from what I heard student's don't get around to learning about those topics unitl the 6th grade! Did you run into any problems explaining certain topics that may have been hard for them to grasp? How did you simplify such topics to make it easier for them to understand? I made a model aquifer once with my 6th graders during Apprenticeship Teaching and some of the students really struggled with "getting it." I'd love some advice from what you learned working with those students.
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