Over all my GTL experience was okay. It had its highs and
lows. There were days where I thought my lessons went really well and others where
I thought my kids were not listening to a word I was saying. One of my biggest
struggles through these couple weeks was getting my student to see me as a
teacher and not a high school student. My students do not act out when my
mentor is in the room but as soon as she walks out for a second the students
think it is a free for all. I had to have a couple talks with the class and
remind them that I am also a teacher and they need to respect me like they do
Theresa. Eventually I started being sterner with them, making them flip cards
or miss recess when they disrespected me.
Another low point was any time I asked the students to
write. I would model how they should write and explain my thinking. I would go
through the whole lesson and many students would have no clue what to write
even though my example was still on the board. It got to the point where any
time I asked them to take out their writing journal I got a bunch of moans and groans.
They lost motivation to write because these stories were too difficult for
them. My class has very low reading levels and they are attempting to read
something that is far above it. It was a struggle but adding a few days to my
GLT time really helped. They did so much
better when they had more time to work with the story. We were able to read it
more and go over more of the vocabulary they didn’t understand.
One of the highs was during my formal observation. My kids
were on their best behavior and they loved the activity I had planned. It was a
review for their test and I thought for sure I was going to get a bunch of
moans and groans but they loved it. It was rough at first trying to get kids to
participate but after the first few students went and they started to get a
hang of it they really enjoyed it. This is definitely something I will use in
the future as a review.
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