Blog 7- Week 7 Mylan Park Elementary School

This past week was my second week back at Mylan Park Elementary School. I had the wonderful opportunity this week to progressively begin to pick up teaching different groups within my classroom. I was able to provide students with their spelling words and give their spelling tests on Friday, worked with the reading groups working on comprehension and fluency, as well as had the chance to help students with their math work that included addition, subtraction, multiplication, adding decimals, and working on adding calendar months and weekdays.
I feel that this week I have also had the chance to get to know my students much better, learn about their specific learning needs, and ways on how I will be able to help provide them with engaging activities in the upcoming weeks to enhance their academic progress within the special education classroom as well as within their general education classrooms.
This past week I also learned that by rewarding students for their positive behavior and/or having my Benedum Collaborative Photograph Consent Form signed by their parents or guardians and brought back to school made them enthusiastic to bring the paper back to me and to make sure that they did not lose it. I was extremely impressed that almost all of my students brought back their forms signed due to being excited for a positive reward the following day that I provided for them.
Also, Ms. Walker is an excellent educator and I am trying to absorb everything that she does with her students. She is very organized with her lesson plans, has excellent classroom management skills, and always promotes a positive learning environment. I am very happy to have had Ms. Walker at Mylan Park Elementary School and Ms. Rengers at Morgantown High School for my teaching internship; I feel that I am learning from the best! I am really looking forward to the upcoming weeks at Mylan Park Elementary School; I love being a part of the Patriots!