The biggest challenge I’ve faced at my internship has probably been myself. Sometimes I get really worried that the kids don’t like me but then one of them will beg me to be their partner in reading or to sit next to them during math. When I stop worrying about if they don’t like them then I start to worry if maybe they see me as more of a friend than a teacher but I am quickly absolved of this worry when I am upfront teaching and I can see that they are not only listening but respectfully listening. A challenge my mentor and the other teachers have experienced is the fact there are thirty-three children that are all at different levels of reading, writing, math, and other skills but they all need to be brought up to or past the end of the year standards. Two of the hardest things about teaching all those students is making sure that they all get it and if they don’t then how do we help them understand and trying to find the best way to keep the higher end students busy so they don’t become bored. Mrs. Fields and Mrs. Vick have solved this problem is by splitting their two classes into the higher and lower math groups so they can try challenge all the kids at all the different levels. And since I am with Mrs. Fields I work with the lower math group and the two of us often split the group up even more so I can work with the kids who are further behind than they should be. I have also worked with the higher end math group and just to challenge them I started introducing them to long division which they love. Working with the students is great and is teaching me how to prepare for problems that could arise while I am a teacher.
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