Positive Field Experience :)

This semester I observed in Mrs. Lalonde's 3rd grade classroom at Penny Road Elementary School. This experience was a very postive experience. She was very flexible with me coming to observe her any day\any time. Mrs. Lalonde had great classroom management, and knew how to have all her students "get it" even when she had students all on different levels. I was able to observe writing lessons, spelling, reading lessons, literature circles, and the writing process. Mrs. Lalonde was always very available to help her students in any way which she could. She would do this by after she gave an assignment out, she would either circle the classroom and offer help, or if many students had questions she would sit at the kidney shaped table and work with students as a group.
By observing in Mrs. Lalonde's classroom I was able to observe many topics which we discussed in class. By seeing the different things we talked about in class at my field placement, it helped me remember and understand the material more in class. The interview questions gave me a better sense on some things I still had questions about, therefore that was very helpful also.
Not only was I able to just observe Mrs. Lalonde, but she also had me help her students with the writing process, therefore I was also able to get the hands-on experience with the students.
I really enjoyed being in Mrs. Lalonde's classroom, she was very welcoming and was a great teacher!

Conferencing with Peers

I have mixed feelings on revising and editing with peers. I do like revising and editing with peers because I think its important to have someone else look at your work, and possibly find things in your writing that you may over look. Especially, since most people write the way they talk. I dislike revising and editing some because I personally am not the greatest at writing, and would find it as a disadvantage to someone who's paper I was editing\revising. Also, Im not a big fan of people reading what I write because I wonder what others might think of it.

I think that revising\editing would possibly work in upper elementary, but not in lower elementary. I think teacher\student revising and editing would work better. In middle\secondary I think you could defintally do peer revising and editing. The students are more familiar with grammar, and sentence structure to the point where they could help there classmates.