Week 13 Reflections

This week was the week that we had the unit review and I had a moment that almost changed my idea about teaching. Things were very stressful this week and I really thought this would be alright with my teacher missing two days. Well, Monday and Tuesday were fine. Wednesday was a day like no other. I have never felt so helpless. I had to watch one of the student that was given me issues, mainly behavior issues. This student was not mean or violent to a degree he just couldn't control himself. I found that it was very difficult to get the work done when you have a student that is wanting to take off. It is very hard when you have the student running and you have to leave the classroom and not get to teach the other students. That was one of the hardest things for me. I really want to teach the different students rather than chase one student.
Overall, I had to take a step back and understand that this student cannot control it and it something that you have to deal. As a teacher I can't give up on the kids and I have to make the best of every kids.

Also this week was a great week for Action Research. I learned a lot about the students, I started to pick up on the students learning style. I found that two of my students are having problems transferring the information from the books to a piece of paper. I found that when I cover the picture and left the words, the students were able to read the words.

Also I found that the student who was struggling the most was having the most issues in the classroom overall. I think the two are related.