Personal Narrative: My Experience At John Reith Elementary School

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I am a student aid at John Reith Elementary for an AM/PM kindergarten class, mostly for the PM class. My first week at the school, I only observed the teacher and students. The students were working on their station activities such as reading and playing a game. On this particular day, as the am class was getting to leave, the pm class joined the am class in singing songs together. The pm teacher was absent and a substitute teacher filled in. The pm teacher planned out a detailed lesson plan for the substitute teacher to follow such as name tags for each kid and worksheets. The students were helpful during role call by saying other students name or which student was absent. The teacher assigned table leaders, and the students were in charge of passing out papers and getting the necessary materials such as pencils and crayons. The substitute went over the math lesson, passed out the worksheet, and each student did the worksheet. They read “Chika, Chika Boom Boom” and drew a tree and had lunch time. The AM teacher passed out Ritz crackers to the students that forgot their lunch. If the substitute teachers had a question, she would ask the am teacher. The am teacher kept the students on track if they were doing something wrong. Even though the substitute teacher didn’t follow the lesson plan exactly, she was able to get the students back on track. …show more content…

I only observed the students during the lesson plans and activities. Since there was a substitute teacher for that day, I wasn’t sure if the students were acting different or being themselves. One particular thing I noticed was the AM participated more with the PM students by sitting down on the carpet and giving them a time

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