Week 10 Reflections

Week 10 at my internship, I have found that Special Education is truly what I want to do in the future. I have found that my lessons are truly helping the students. This week was Halloween week at my school, which has really made the week go quickly.
This week I had all of the classes except the reading class and the first grade math. I made sure to watch all of the different things that my teacher did during these times. I found that the best way to write my lesson plans for the next week would be to follow the lesson format that my teacher uses. Since my students are used to a routine I did not want to change the classes.
After talking with my teacher, we decided that the students need a different kind of spelling test. This would help them gain more knowledge and be more beneficial to the students needs.

For action research this week, I completed the books with the students and we were using the books to complete activities. I have learned that my students are benefiting more from having the words present with the picture. I feel that they are really gaining some exposure to the words and it is helpful. When putting the books together, I asked the students to tell me which of the words were represented in the pictures, of the students most of the students were able to pick them out with out any issues. The ones that gave the students the hardest time would have to be the ones that were more abstract. Overall, I really think this approach to the project will be more beneficial and I will see results more quickly.
On Friday, we had the party and it was a lot of fun.