Blog 6 Week 6 Mylan Park Elementary School

This past week was my first week back at Mylan Park Elementary School and I must say that it was a wonderful one! Since this was my first week in Ms. Walker’s classroom, I had the opportunity to observe all of her groups that consist of students in third, fourth, and fifth grades who come to her throughout the day for vocabulary/spelling, English, writing, math, and reading, as well as observe the collaborative fifth grade mathematics classroom where Ms. Walker co-teaches with Ms. Brown. The twenty students that are assigned to Ms. Walker’s classroom throughout the day are diagnosed as having Learning Disabilities. Along with all of the learning groups that Ms. Walker teaches, she also has morning hall duty as well as lunch duty. I really enjoy both of these duties for the teacher is able to interact with a large amount of students throughout the entire day and get to know the students better throughout the entire school as opposed to just within classroom. Also, another wonderful and therapeutic addition that Ms. Walker has within her classroom is a Guinea Pig named Tiger that is the classroom pet. The students absolutely love the Guinea Pig and have been able to pet it, hold it, and observe its variety of different behaviors. I feel that having a classroom pet is wonderful because it exposes students to animals and the needs that animals have in comparison to humans.

Along with observing Ms. Walker and her students this past week, I had the excellent opportunity to go on the first grade field trip to the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad. This was my very first time to ever be on a field trip as a teacher. I learned on this trip how important it is to remain stern with students in order to keep them altogether and safe, as well how great field trips really are in order to expose students to educational places that are outside of their school community and/or environment. The trip was long for first graders, however, in the end, it was all worthwhile!

I have learned quite a bit this week from Ms. Walker and her students and am really looking forward to being able to teach them soon! She is an excellent teacher that understands the importance of the students receiving a good academic education and is extremely patient with them while they are learning within the classroom. I am very happy to be back at Mylan Park and am looking forward to the upcoming weeks in Ms. Walker’s classroom!