Field Experience: Day Five

This morning a little girl was telling me all week how she had made a present for me at home and she was going to bring it to me on Friday. She told me this morning that the forget it and she was pretty sad about that, but she told me it said "I will miss you," I told her that was so sweet and that I was going to miss them too. She drew me another picture instead since she forget her other present! They got to studey there spelling tests with a partner this morning before they took their test. Mrs. Eichten let me give them the test, I thought it was fun being up there and getting a little taste of what it would be like to be a teacher :) After they took their test they did their daily five reading again. The got to listen to the story "A Man on the Moon" on tape and then they took a test on the story and I helped Mrs.Eichten correct the tests while they watched a movie about space. She went over the tests with them after we got them all corrected so they could see which ones they got wrong. After that they looked at a chart the teacher put up on the projector, the chart had information about what weight you would be on different planets. They got to work on reading a chart and they also learned about gravity and why you would weigh less on the moon than on the earth.
In the afternoon they finished up their planet books and I helped Delany finish her book while they read over theres. She told me she really liked me and didn't want me to leave, how cute! After they finished the book they split into their math groups. The worked on word problems with money today. Mrs. Eichten had each of them do one on the board and they also went through a worksheet together since many students struggle with word problems right away but they did great. When math was over the students got to count up their tickets today and they could either get prizes from the 10's box or the 50's box, a couple of students choose the 50 box with the bigger prizes, but a lot of the students picked a few prizes from the 10s box. Mrs.Eichten and I doubled checked that they counted their tickets right for them, if they didn't we would have them recount them. After they finished up getting their prizes it was time for p.e. and it was the end of my field experience :(
The student's thanked me for helping out in their classroom and I asked me if I would teach them next year in 3rd grade....I told them I wish I could but I still had at least 3 more years left of school until I could become a teacher. Delany, a little girl who I had been giving a little extra help to all week gave me a big hug and said she would miss me, it's so great to see that you can make a difference in these kid's life and how much they look up to you. I'm sad that I have to leave the 2nd graders, but it was a great experience and I told them I might come back and visit some day if I don't have school!