Field Experience

Field Experience Reflection:

How many hours did I complete? 

6 Hours.

In a short paragraph or bulleted list how did you spend your time? 

•  1hr direct instruction in my classroom using the step into reading series: Pompeii Buried Alive as the hook to the lesson. I read and showed students pictures. We discussed the book as I read. We also discussed how the pictures added to the overall retelling of the story. The students completed an exit slip after the discussion.
• 2 hrs over three days I worked with a struggling reader by having him read an informative piece about the earthquakes in Haiti out loud. I wrote down the words that he struggled with. Then I had him re-read and take his time by sounding out and using context clues to figure out the words that he struggled with. We defined the words that he was unfamiliar with. At the end of the session on the second day he was able to self-correct all of the words he had struggled with prior. 
• 1 hr. I completed inventory with my School Library Media Specialist. I scanned books on each shelf in each genre. 
• 1 hr. I prepared questions and interviewed my school library media specialist. Questions included topics about the technology available for students and teachers.She also discussed all of the work entailed with being a SLMS. She explained how much work is was for her last summer because she categorized the library into sections by genre. She explained how this changed the number of books that were rotated this school year compared to previous years. The students liked the change and were more willing to find books because they know what genre they like. She also discussed how available she is to teachers to bring students to the library to discuss plagiarism and other important topics like citing work and creating bibliographies. 
• 1 hr I spent an hour at story time at the Lexington public library with my 5 year old son. The story time was titled Read, Play, Rhyme. The students were given a reading log if they did not have one. They also were encouraged to read because the public library gives great prizes once the list is completed. Then she sang songs with the kid. I could tell students had been there before because they all new the songs and words to the activities that she performed. When it was time to read the book, Sleepy Oh so sleepy, by Denise Fleming the kids were very excited. The enthusiasm overwhelmed me and made me want to get my students this excited about reading. The instructor also worked with the students on the letter S. I was surprised by the number of young kids who could name words that began with the S sound. She also worked with the students on the crescent shape. I was really impressed by the story time and will be taking my son for the rest of the summer series.

 

 

How did this experience strengthen at least one Kentucky Teacher Standard. 

 

STANDARD 8: COLLABORATES WITH COLLEAGUES/PARENTS/OTHERS

After talking with the librarian at my school and the librarian at the public library I now realize what a resource the librarian can be. The librarian at the public library offered to show me different databases and programs offered by the library to help implement reading in my classroom. I will also use my librarian for help with getting the students to use the technology that is offered to us at Crawford like (worldbookonline) and other social studies tools. I also will utilize my librarian for help with lessons on plagiarism and properly citing work. She also said she could help with setting up blogs and other ways for the students to communicate with each other and myself.

Talk a little about one thing you learned because of this field experience. 

One thing I learned because of this field experience is that I have not been using the resources that are provided. I have used the excuse of not having enough time, to keep me from going to the public library. Now that I have taken this course and will be implementing more literature into my daily instruction I will need to talk to my librarians to get suggestions on age appropriate books and great topics to get my students excited about reading.