My First Day!

I was nervous and excited for my first day in a special education classroom. I was nervous because I did not know what to expect, but I was excited to be working with young children. I can see that special education is very different from regular classrooms especially with the teacher to student ratio. In my class, there are kindergarten, first, and second graders. At any given time, there are between eight students and only one student in the classroom. Also, there are between three to five teachers/aides in the classroom at once. On the first day I helped the students illustrate and write a sentence about the story the teacher read aloud to them. I also helped students individually in the hallway with reading their word cards.

At the carpet, the students practiced counting together to 100 by 1s, 2s, 5s, and 10s. One of the girls was misbehaving all throughout counting by 1s. Therefore before the 2s started, the teacher gave her an ultimatum. She had the choice to either participate in the activity or do it at recess. The girl decided to participate. I think this ultimatum will be effective for many students because most children enjoy recess and are upset if it is taken away from them.

Overall, my first day was a success and I am already learning tools that will help me when I become a teacher!

My First Blog

I am currently a freshman at Mount Union College. I am double majoring in Early Childhood Education and Intervention Specialist with a minor in Mathematics. I play golf for the Mount Union Raiders women team and I am in the First Year Experience program. In my free time, I enjoy playing golf, scrapbooking, volunteering, watching movies, and shopping.

I created this blog to document my educational experiences in the classroom as a preservice teacher. I love working with children and I am excited to start my field experience to learn more about teaching and teaching techniques.