Field Journal #3

Name: Mackenna Papst      Section: Mrs. Hall, Noble Elementary: Tuesdays 8:30-10:30

(Theory, Practice, Reflection)

Practice (What did you see in the classroom or surrounding environment?)

Today was an average day. Mrs. Hall had me sit the entire 2 hours with one single kid, and make sure he was on task. He would get off task very easily by laying his head on his desk, drawing or playing with items inside of his desk. Whenever I would tell him to get back on task or to write down what Mrs. Hall was saying, he would make a huffy breath and roll his eyes at me. The interesting part was, when I made him do his math homework, or reading selection, he seemed eager to learn when I would tell him. He would get frustrated easily whenever he would get a problem wrong and have to erase it. Eventually he would get the problem correct and immediately he would raise his hand to volunteer to write it on the white board. He would come back to his seat proud of what he accomplished, but then put his head right back on his desk whenever she would switch to a different topic of discussion.

Reflection (What do you think about what you saw in Practice?)

I believe this boy doesn't pay attention in class because he learns at a much slower pace than most of the class. He figures that he won't understand what Mrs. Hall is saying, so he doesn't even bother to try. This student should have an I.E.P where he can do things at his own pace, instead of being frustrated and never learning anything at all. There are about 3 others in the classroom in which need I.E.P's as well, and should have an aid helping them with their work, maybe in a separate classroom whenever they struggle and need extra explanation and help. Mrs. Hall does the best she can with these students by sitting them in the front of the classroom, and constantly telling them to pay attention, but she had a class of 25 students, she can't spend all her time focusing on them.