Foundations For Intervention

October 28th   b.         Overview of your weekly experience including attendance at meetings, teaching, observations of and interviews with related service providers, etc.      This week I was able to work with students painting pumpkins for a pumpkin contest. I felt this was important and helped me build rapport with my students. I was able to walk around and help students paint their pumpkins and it was interesting how each student had a unique way of painting their pumpkins. Some students would use a lot of paint and some students were very carful about the amount of paint they applied. Some students would use lighter colors and some students only used light colors. It was very interesting to see their creative side and how hard they worked on their own individual pumpkins. I really enjoyed working with the students one on one and seeing their creativity and having them share their thoughts on their pumpkins. This project allowe...

          Wednesday (9/29) was my first day at my field experience, I am at New Boston in a 4th grade classroom. It was so exciting to meet the kids that I am going to be with for my field experience. On Wednesday I was able to meet with the aid in the classroom and she was able to give me a lot of background information on each of the students. This was very valuable since it would have taken me several weeks or months to gather this kind of information.  This week I got to take students to recess and be on duty during that time. It was awesome to see what the kids made of recess because they only had three footballs and they played on the concrete in the parking lot. During recess it is combined with 4th, 5th and 6th grade and it was awesome to see how the kids all played together and had a great time with only three footballs. This was a great experience because I was able to observe all the children in my class and see how they were interacting wit...

 I am excited about using a blog for the class. I can’t wait to share my experiences & see everyone else’s field experience 🤗