End of semester wrap up

This semester has been a short one, but one that was full of excitement and projects. There were a lot of opportunities to teach and collaborate with my peers. I felt confident and nervous about this semester, because it is my last semesters before student teaching and I know that I feeling the pressure. I was excited about the field work and going to work in the school in Newburgh. This is a school that I have never had the pleasure of working in, so I was excited for the new experience.

I have learned a lot about lesson planning this semester and different ways to go about it.I have witnessed groups teach in front of the sixth grade class and in front of their peers. I have gotten to teach in front of a sixth grade class and to my peers, and I find the less stressful teaching is to the sixth grade class. I had the experience of working with four other teacher candidates that were just as dedicated and excited to teach as myself. I really liked the group I got and I liked that we all seemed to get a long well. I had a lot of fun working with these girls and creating lesson plans. I liked that we were able to collaborate with each other and bounce ideas off of each other. 

This semester we were able to look at ourselves in the beginning of school year to see how science effects us and if we liked it. The majority of class said that they did not enjoy science growing up and that they were not a fan, but I have a feeling now that the semester is over a lot of my peers have changed their mind about science. I know that I have. I thought that science was going to be hard, and uninteresting and difficult, but I actually found it a lot of fun and engaging. I have enjoyed this class so much and learning about science that I have started to do a Science Experiment night at home. Every week one night I do some kind of experiment to keep my love for science alive and my knowledge flowing. 

I am going to be sad to say good-bye to this semester and to this class. I have met some really great people and have worked closely with some of the greatest people. I am glad that I was able to share this experience with them, and I wish them all the best of luck in the future!