Field Placement

I first want to start out by introducing my field placement. I am in a first grade classroom at Central Elementary School in Okemos. Our class has some diversity with students who come from places ranging from China, Burma, Nigeria, and the Middle East. We have a few ESL students in the class, whom I am thankful for the opportunity to work with and watch grow throughout the year. When I refer to my students I will only provide a first name for the privacy and protection of the students. I will introduce to you though, my CT (corresponding teacher), Mrs. Tazelaar. I could not have been blessed with a better CT. Mrs. Tazelaar graduated from the education program at Michigan State a few years ago, so she is good at providing sympathy and advice having gone through this experience herself... It also would be important to note the setup of the classroom. Mrs. Tazelaar team teaches with the other first grade teacher, Mrs. Johnson. Mrs. Tazelaar's class and Mrs. Johnson's class switch room in the afternoons to have the other teacher do a different lesson with them. Mrs. Tazelaar does science and social studies with both classes and Mrs. Johnson always does math. This means that when Mrs. Tazelaar's student learn about math I will travel with them to Mrs. Johnson's class to observe the lesson. With that said, I will be writing my reflections on literacy and math here... along with some reflection on other subjects, classroom management, and anything else I find worth writing about....