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Celebration of Learning

Today was our final day with our fourth-grade students.  It was a very emotional day for the students and the teachers as well.  The students had made such a bond with us over the past month and they had really enjoyed having us teach them about the solar system.  We began the class by doing the solar system rap that one of the groups had used for their lesson and the students were so excited that they got another chance to do the rap again!

 We asked the students what their favorite part of having the teacher candidates teach them was.  A lot of the students said that they liked the activities that we had planned for them throughout our lessons.  The students also liked how knowledgeable we were on our topics and how we were able to answer the questions that they had to the best of our ability.  After we let the students share some of their favorite parts of having us teach them we gave them a test to see what they had learned throughout our teaching experience.  While the students were taking the test us teachers were walking around the classroom and helping any students that needed help.  After the students finished taking their tests we celebrated their learning by giving each student a certificate.  After we finished giving the students their certificates we took one final picture with them and said our final goodbyes.

 As teacher candidates, we shared with the students what they helped us learn throughout the past month teaching them.  Some of the things that they taught us were that students ask a lot of questions because they are always wondering about different things in science.  To be knowledgeable about your topics because you never know when a student is going to ask a very good question. 

 Overall it was a great experience getting to teach to a whole class.  The different things that I learned from this experience I will be able to use as a future teacher.  It was good to have the experience of teaching to a whole class before student teaching, in other class we were working one on one with students so this was a lot different from the other classes.

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