Last week was the great kindness challenge, and I loved it! Last year, I had TGIF every other week, so I taught my own lesson every other week which I loved! This year, because I have been observing, I haven't had the chance to teach my own lessons. But, this program gave me the opportunity to teach my own lessons once again. It was wonderful to give my own personal piece of creativity back in the lessons with our special songs and ideas. Working at J.W. Reason gave me wonderful insight on classroom organization, as many of the teachers hung up student work on clotheslines! Very cute! Most of the classrooms also organized a cozy area to reward the students.
My experience within the classroom was wonderful! Friday engaged the students and was a great kick off to a fantastic week of kindness. Monday, Nicole and I were grouped with two of the first year seniors for the first lesson, and they wanted to use the PowerPoint, which was a struggle for us because we wanted to inspire the students with something fun.Tuesday was a great all around lesson, but we took too long on the lesson, I need to work on making the lessons more concise. Wednesday was just the second year seniors and I had a blast leading my own class of kindergartners and first graders, especially about compliments because I felt that it had a major impact on the students' kindness characteristics because it demonstrated how to be kind to others not just what the definition of kindness is. I think I want to teach Kindergarten! Thursday's lesson was too similar to Tuesday's, so the students were bored and were starting to show signs of exhaustion about kindness. The idea was spectacular, but it closely mimicked what the students had already completed, so it appeared to be busy work. Friday was a refreshing perspective on kindness because it discussed a compliment of ourselves and proved that we can be kind to EVERYONE! I had tons of fun this week, and this idea was executed very successfully, and it even reminded me to constantly portray kindness.
My experience within the classroom was wonderful! Friday engaged the students and was a great kick off to a fantastic week of kindness. Monday, Nicole and I were grouped with two of the first year seniors for the first lesson, and they wanted to use the PowerPoint, which was a struggle for us because we wanted to inspire the students with something fun.Tuesday was a great all around lesson, but we took too long on the lesson, I need to work on making the lessons more concise. Wednesday was just the second year seniors and I had a blast leading my own class of kindergartners and first graders, especially about compliments because I felt that it had a major impact on the students' kindness characteristics because it demonstrated how to be kind to others not just what the definition of kindness is. I think I want to teach Kindergarten! Thursday's lesson was too similar to Tuesday's, so the students were bored and were starting to show signs of exhaustion about kindness. The idea was spectacular, but it closely mimicked what the students had already completed, so it appeared to be busy work. Friday was a refreshing perspective on kindness because it discussed a compliment of ourselves and proved that we can be kind to EVERYONE! I had tons of fun this week, and this idea was executed very successfully, and it even reminded me to constantly portray kindness.