Intern Week 2

This 2nd week has went very well. I have gotten to take a lot more of a lead in the classroom and it has been interesting. I get to take the lead and develope lessons that I think will work best with my low level students. I realize that taking it slow and steady is the best idea when working with these students. Taking it too fast can cause the students to fall behind and not fully understand the activity at hand.
I have also discovered this week that you must walk around your class and make sure everyone is working on the task at hand and isn't just sitting there staring at their paper. I have learned that many of these LD and lower level students will just look at their paper and not try to work it out if the don't understand. As the teacher or co teacher in the classroom you need to walk around your class to make sure everyone is working and is on task. This can help you ensure that all students are getting as much as they can from the lesson.
A lot of these students aren't dumb or stupid they are just lazy or have hit their frustration point. They can do the work it just takes a little bit more effort and that to a few of them is a big task in itself. I would also like to state that these are not just the LD kids these are just some of the students in the lower level classes that I co teach in. Its fun for me to see all these different levels of performance.