This is my second week of helping in Ms. Walker's third grade class. I go there from 8:10 to 9:15 every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday morning. At about 8:30 they change classes and they began their reading program SFA (Success For All). This program allows children to be sorted into groups based on their reading levels, and not their grades. The teacher can then work on one level with all of the children at one time. This helps her to focus on what needs to be done to improve their reading skills. I sit and listen while she reads to them for 20 minutes and help with the worksheets and vocabulary that follows. It is a lot of fun, but just being there for an hour can get a little hectic. I have heard so many times that you have to be flexible as a teacher, but I never really understood how flexible till now.
I have recently learned that even if you have a really bad week, you can't let your personal problems affect the way you work or teach. It was hard for me not to get down on myself, but the kids in the class sometimes helped me to not feel as bad.
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