Week 2

Tell about an opportunity you had to work with a small group.

This was actually my third week in the classroom, and I was finally given the chance to observe and help out in the third grade! The teacher I was helping with, Mrs. Homer, just returned from a sick leave; a few days before school started, she tore her aorta. Even now, she can only be in for half of the day instead of full time because she is still recovering, so she needs all the help she can get.
I arrived in the morning and the kids were just finishing with their starters. I graded them, then Mrs. Homer had me help the kids in their workshops. There were five different assignments they needed to work on: one was a craft where they had to cut paper and glue it together to make a resemblance of themselves; the next was a worksheet of determining whether a sentence was a derogative or an interrogative; another worksheet was a story they had to read, then answer the following questions; along with the worksheets, there was one which required the student to alphabetize twenty flash cards and write them down; and the last workshop was reading in small group with the teacher.
Mrs. Homer had me walk around and help the students. A lot of them weren't reading the directions on their worksheets, so I had to hint to them certain words that changed the way they were doing the assignment.
There were two kids that were joking with me on their craft. I came into class with a high bun on my head. They told me that one of the hairstyles they cut out looked like a cinnamon roll, just like my bun.
One thing I noticed was that these kids treated each other for who they are, not what they looked like. I'm glad that we live in a generation where it's considered rude to judge other people based on their appearance.
I was sad when it was time for me to go - I enjoyed helping Mrs. Homer today. I hope they send me back to her class next week.