In The Field

The past couple of times in the field, I have had the opportunity to work with students either individually or in small groups out in the hallway. We have worked on literacy skills and math skills. With literacy, we worked on reading short stories in some of the language arts textbooks. When I have groups of 2 or 3, I have the students take turns reading pages aloud. We would read the story 2 or 3 times, then go over some of the words that they had trouble reading. The kids were more involved in this reading because there were only a few of them and they were, for the most part, constantly reading. I have also helped some students in their individual writing, mainly helping the students who struggle more in the classroom. Both circumstances were good experiences because I am helping students who are struggling in the classroom. I can use what I learn from these experiences when I have my own special education class because there are going to be some similarities in some of the kids.