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The area of growth that surprised me the most was my growth in confidence over my time in FOED 3800. During the first couple weeks of practicum and during my first taught lesson, I was timid when interacting with the students. At the end of practicum, I was more confident with the classroom because I started to know the students in the classroom and apply my previous experience working with 4th grade to the classroom.

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What Was Easy and What Was More Challenging?

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What Was Easy and What Was More Challenging?

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What I found easy in the classroom was interacting with the students. Every day, I got to know the students more, so interacting with them became easier. What I found more challenging during practicum was the managing the students after testing was completed for the day. After testing, the students were very energetic because of the change in the normal schedule.

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What Are Your Strengths as a Teacher and Learner?

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What Are Your Strengths as a Teacher and Learner?

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As a teacher, my strengths are engaging the students in lessons by knowing the concepts I am teaching and asking many good questions. During my lesson, I easily engaged the class by explaining the concept of my lesson and asking good questions to further their understanding of the concept.
As a learner, my strength is to apply the feedback given to me and use it to better my instruction in the future.

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What Challenges Did You Face as a Practicum Teacher?

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What Challenges Did You Face as a Practicum Teacher?

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During my second week in the classroom, I faced the challenge of decision making when catching a student cheating on a test. While taking a math test, I caught a student cheating on the test.  Another challenge I faced during practicum was TN Ready Testing. Due to the stress of testing, the students either became more energetic or more agitated in the classroom, causing misbehavior to occur more frequently in the classroom.

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I overcame the challenge of decision making when dealing with misbehavior in the classroom by learning from the teacher's example. When the student cheated on the test, I notified the teacher as soon as I witnessed what occurred to see how she would handle the situation. When managing the students in the classroom after testing, the teacher shared that to lessen the opportunity of misbehavior, it is important for the students to have times like recess to release their energy.  By following my mentor teacher's example, I was able to overcome the challenges that testing brings into the classroom

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Has Your Perspective on Teaching Changed Since the First Day of Class?

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Has Your Perspective on Teaching Changed Since the First Day of Class?

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My perspective of teaching has changed since the first day of class. Although I have worked with 4th grade before, I have never taught 4th grade. I expected the upper elementary grades to be very challenging to teach because of the age of the students, but I learned that if your confident in your instruction and provide engaging instruction then students in upper elementary grades are inspired to learn as well. Just because students grow older does not mean that students do not love learning any less. It is the job of the teacher to inspire the students to want to learn.

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What Are Your Plans to Address This Area?

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What Are Your Plans to Address This Area?

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My plans to address setting expectations for students in the classroom is to plan in the lesson to set expectations for the students. When teaching, I plan on setting expectations for the students and reviewing the expectations during the lessons taught in the classroom.

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What Specific Area Have You Identified for Growth?

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What Specific Area Have You Identified for Growth?

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When giving a lesson, I have identified that I need growth in the area of setting expectations for the students to follow. By setting expectations, students know what is expected of them in the classroom.