SST 307 Blog 3
First I want to say I cannot believe it is November and the semester is coming to an end quickly. I was able to meet with my clinical educator. This was a great experience watching her teach ELA in small groups. She incorporated social studies into her reading lesson. She discussed how different countries live in poverty and may not have the resources that we have. While reading she stopped and pointed out the map and discussed where Africa is and the distance between the United States. I am excited to work with the teacher and the students this semester. I was really nervous about working with fourth grade since I have mainly been with the lower grades. After my observation, I am very excited to work with fourth grade. As I sub I am finding that I prefer working with grades 2-4. I learned a great amount from my clinical educator from this one observation that I will be able to incorporate in my future classroom. In my future classroom, I would like to have my students in groups for ELA. In these groups, I can incorporate social studies and I learned scholastic news is a great resource for classrooms. As I continue to unpack standards I am finding reliable resources I can use. I continue to learn a great amount from this experience. I can relate my learning experiences to the NCPTS, standard 3 teachers know the content they teach. I was able to observe my clinical educator align the instruction to social studies standards specifically to economics.
