week 8

• What is the most important thing you have learned during fieldwork observation?  Why?

I would say that the most important thing that I learned during fieldwork observation would simply be that as a second grade teacher (and i'm sure every other grade as well) organization is key. A room full of 7 and 8 year old's can quickly become overwhelming, the teacher that I observed knew how to handle every situation to keep all of them under control. 

Not only did she have to make sure each child understood what was going on, she had to be sure that she was teaching in a way that was FUN and EFFECTIVE. I feel that the only way she accomplishes either of those was by staying organized and knowing her lesson plans. Granted this is her 20-something year of teaching second grade so she has it down to a science but even still, she has to somewhat make the lessons fitting for each class she has. 

Because the teacher was organized it allowed the children to have a better and easier learning environment. Whenever they had questions most of the time she could just point to the board because she already knew beforehand that question would be asked which allowed the teacher more time to focus on other things that needed to be done.