It's Over...Already??

WOW! I can hardly believe that my 3 week field experience is already over! Oh how time flies! I had a wonderful time at field and am so grateful for the teacher and class that I was assigned to. The teacher, Mrs. Carol Lindley, has already taught me so much! And so have the students! If I had to list the hardest things from my field experience, I think that I could narrow it down to two things: 1.) My first math lesson, and 2.) Knowing how to treat the students, learning how to show the students that I AM a teacher, that I am THEIR teacher, and that they need to respect me as such.
In the past field experiences, I haven't had a hard time finding that roll, and if I did have a little trouble, I didn't worry about it because it was only for 3 weeks. But this time it is different: I'll be their teacher for 10 weeks in the spring as well. Carol has given me tips as to how to inform the students that I AM their teacher, and I will definitely take her suggestions and I trust her that they will work!
I am excited to go back in January. I already miss the students and wish I didn't have to be back at my UVU classes because I love so much being in the classroom teaching!
I am grateful that I will have the opportunity to work with Carol on my teaching skills and that I am not just thrown into a classroom of my own. Yikes, the thought of that scares me still, even though I know that wont happen to me!
I felt that my first math lesson was a little shaky, but Mrs. Lindley said that it went pretty well, and gave me pointers for the next math lessons. Both Carol and I felt that my math lessons got progressively better, which made me very happy! I didn't realize how hard math would be to teach until I had to do it! But I did it, and I liked it by the end!