Field Experience: Day 1

I attended my first day of field experience on Monday, February 14th. I was assigned to a kindergarten class at Kennedy Elementary. It was valentines day, and as you can guess the kids were oozing with excitement. Mrs. Murphy (the teacher) told me to observe and help the kids with their valentines activities, as well as, listening to them read stories to me. I also got the chance to read to a few students. It was a wonderful experience, even though the kids weren't as well behaved as they normally would have been on any other less significant day. I felt like I belonged with them in the classroom. It was amazing to see the students learning and to hear them say, "Ms. Quamme, can you please help me spell blueberries". It was also amazing to see how much passion these little students had for learning. I had so much fun with them that I didn't want to leave. It was also nice to see the techniques that Mrs. Murphy used to grab the students attention. I learned a lot in only two hours. After this first field experience I feel like I was born to be a teacher.