I have been at my Practicum II placement for about 2 weeks now, and I'm feeling okay about it. My cooperating teacher is really nice, and knows his stuff. The students seem to like him, and most of them, in the two classes I get to see, participate in class discussions. There are the usual students who raise their hand to answer every question, but my cooperating teacher does a really good job of asking others to "help out" when he notices the same people raising their hands.
I have not been as active in this placement yet as I was in my placement last semester. I don't feel as though I'm getting to know the students as well yet, which is a little intimidating because I would like to be able to know their names at least before I teach my lessons! My cooperating teacher did create seating charts for me a couple days ago, so hopefully that will help!
As far as interaction with the students, I feel as though I haven't done much of that either. A few of them will ask me a question here and there, but most of the time, they are either having a class discussion which is teacher led, or they are working on individual work. I feel a little awkward only because I don't want to interrupt the discussion! I think that in a few more weeks or so, hopefully that will get better too!
I haven't really seen any behavior issues yet. There are the usual instances when the teacher has to remind the students to be quiet at certain times, but really the students respect each other and the teacher. I think that my teacher's classroom management skills have a lot to do with that.
I am enjoying my social studies placement so far, and I'm really excited to get up there and teach it!
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