Week 3

5. Who benefits from the qork that you do at internship? How and/or why?
From the work that I have been doing during internship the people that benefit the most from it are the children that are most behind in their work. For example, last week I was working with two five year old boys, Andrew and David, whom started kindergarden when they were barely four and they weren't prepared to take in all the work for their first year in school. I worked to get them on the same level as the rest of the class so they won't stay behind for much longer. Having one on one time with them helped them imensly catch up with learning their numbers as well as knowing how to pronounce their vowels and words for the week. During this time I felt like I was making them progress more and my help benefit them as well as the teacher who was always busy and didn't have the time during class to go over each subject slowly to them like I did. Now, as I have moved to first grade I am currently working with a little boy named Adrian, whom has trouble catching up with the class considering that he has hearing problems as well as having trouble with his sight.


3. You are half-way through your project. How is it going? What challenges have you faced? What have you learned? What are you doing to ensure a successful completion of your internship project.
Yes, I am half-way through internship and I don't want to leave yet! It has been going really well ever since I started internship, I feel comfortable with the kids and they actually really like me. I have enjoyed every second of my time spending it with the kids and helping them out when they need it. I also have noticed that they actually listen to me when I ask them to do something and that makes me feel like I am a real role model to them seeing me as someone they can look up to. Unfortunately there has only been one challenge that I have faced during internship which is having to schedule a time when my mentor isn't busy and I could interview her for my assignment that is due this friday. I will try my best this week to schedule the best time possible to get an interview with her. Some things that I have learned throughout my time being in internship is that being a teacher has it's ups and downs. What I'm talking about is the kind of work that I have to think of while working on my project which is to come up with my own lesson to do with them next week. I have been struggling trying to see the easy ways that I can make the kids understand the kind of activities that I will try to make them work on while they learn something new. But the better part has been seeing the kids everyday with a smile on their face ready to learn a new thing everyday, it just feels like they are absorbing all the knowledge they can from whatever you teach them. My project is going to show how much I learned form them and how much they can learn from me. What I am doing now in the process of completing my project is asking the kids if they have any ideas of what kind of activities they like to do.