Last week I went to WVSA to make-up the field experience I has missed the week before. For the past couple of weeks I have been working with Jude and his students. I have really enjoyed it. It is clearly a very special environment where the teacher and students know each other very well. I have been amazed by how responsible and self-directed the students are. Unfortunately, this week Jude had a family emergency so when I got there his class was canceled.
The SAIL staff was really helpful and placed me with Ms. Dorothy's class. The second and third graders were painting projects that they had started with Amanda last week. The students were really into painting. As an adult, I sometimes forget how cool it is to mix colors and watch the paints change. Working at Amidon, I have seen this same kind of wonder when the students discover they can create their own colors.
Ms. Dorothy's students did a great job painting their projects. They used a lot of different colors and patterns. You could tell that they were very invested in the project by the care they took in painting them. 2nd and 3rd graders have a lot of energy! I had come expecting to work in the fairly low-key environment of WVSA and left feeling really tired, but good, after working with two classes of kids. This was my first field experience with elementary students, so far I have just been observing adults and teens, and I am really looking forward to seeing more elementary teaching situations. This week I will be at Peabody so I think it is great that I was able to get a little taste of a different elementary classroom for comparison.
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