Monday, January 14, 2013

TE 402 Placement Casey Droste


I am placed at Whitlehills Elementary School in East Lansing, it is in a nice subdivision right off Lake Lansing Road.  I go in on Tuesday’s from 11:00 to 12:30 and on Wednesday’s from 1:25 to 3:45.  I am in a 6th grade classroom, there are three different teachers for this grade, and my mentor teacher is the math teacher.  Last semester was hard because I had to switch to work with other teachers but I am excited to spend the most time with my class and mentor teacher this semester.  The classes are about 25 students so I have gotten to know most of them quite well.

The students switch for science, math, and social studies but all homeroom teachers do literature lessons.  I have seen quite a few of the math lessons but have not actually seen a test, so I am hoping to see how the students do with taking these.  My teacher has been working mainly in 5th and 6th grade for a long time and has had many students from MSU in her class so it is nice that she has experience with mentoring.  I am hoping to work closer with her this semester because of the subject focus.  My classroom has tables and chairs but no desks, we arrange the tables every so often but they are mainly in rows of 5 with a few bigger group tables.  The seating chart changes frequently and is adjusted to sit students who work well next to each other by one and other but also try to take friendships into consideration.  

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