During my time as an education major I have worked with many elementary grades. I was fortunante enough to experience 2nd, 4th, and 5th grade classes my first time in the classroom and enjoyed every minute! I am currently working with 5th grade students and am learning alot. The time in the life that a child goes through the 5th grade seems to be such a critical but stressful stage. It takes a patient and understanding person to deal with the attitudes and everyday ins and outs of a these children so I am keeping open eyes and learning good techniques from my current teacher that will hopefully help me in the future.
As for my future in education, I hope to work with as many different grades as possible through my college career so when I am done I know I made the right decision on whatever grade I chose to teach. Right now I feel most comfortable with 4th grade. Their desire to be at school is still apparent and they are willing to take part in active and fun learning. My ability to relate to this age group is why I feel like I would be best to teach at the 4th grade level. I hope to teach in Savannah, GA or a surrounding area when I begin. Also, I hope to teach a public school when I begin but at some point in time I would like to teach in private schools.
In all honesty I think whatever school or grade I find that makes me feel comfortable is where I will be happy and content. All I hope for is to be good at what I do and teach my students things they will remember for the rest of their lives!
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Katherine I completely agree with you about it taking a patient person to work with fifth graders. I had a fifth grade class last semester for ppb and I was very apprehensive at first about it. After a couple of weeks I got more and more comfortable and ended up loving it. I actually like the upper age level than kindegarten and first grade. I think I like it more because I do not have to break everything down so much for them. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad that you haven't set yourself on one particular grade level. So many of us have, including myself. I also would like to experience all of the grade levels before I graduate, but so far I love first grade. I'm glad that you are patient enough to work with fifth graders, fourth grade was tough, I can only imagine fifth grade. Good luck with the rest of the semester and gaining as much experience as you can.
ReplyDeleteHi Katherine! Thats wonderful that you have had to experience to be a part of so many different classrooms so far, and that you'd like to continue to do that until you can choose a grade for teaching! You will be wonderful at teaching 4th grade, if that is the grade you choose! Hope you have a wonderful semester! See you in class:)
ReplyDeleteHey Katherine! Wow you have already had an opportunity to obsreve a good bit of classrooms it sounds like. I agree that it is good to see all of them in order to decide what best fits you. I have also had the opportunity to see three different grade levels and still have no clue what I want to teach yet. I'm sure one day it will just click for us! Good luck with everthing this semester! See you in class.
ReplyDeleteKatherine! I can't believe how many classrooms you have already observed! You seem to have a lot of experience and wisdom. I think it's great that you enjoy 4th grade the most, everyone has their favorite grade. I hope that you get the opportunity to teach in Savannah, you will make a great teacher!
ReplyDeleteI agree with the fact that you want to experience all grade levels. I think it is important in order to find out what grade you truly feel the most comfortable in. Right now my heart is in First grade and Kindergarten but I want to see what a third and second grade classroom will be like.
ReplyDeletehey katherine,
ReplyDeleteI also want to experience all grade levels before I become a teacher! I don't want to become a teacher and end up hating the grade level that I am in. I started out thinking I only wanted to teach younger grades but I had a 3rd grade class for PPB and really enjoyed them! I think I kind of want to sub for a while before I become a teacher so I can get a real feel for what the grades feel like.