Hannah Vu

Ms. Bullock

ED270

11-10-21

Journal 5

On the day on which I had volunteered many things had happened. The day went by

quickly, but the students had gotten to learn many great new materials. My task for the day

involves helping and teaching students new skills such as helping them to associate the different

word parts of a word and writing the new words down on a worksheet. I found that students were

well-behaved and good listeners. There were some outbursts from students as Mrs. Deniston was

giving a lecture to the whole class.

I observed the fifth-graders read to the class. The students were well behaved. They

listened attentively to the fifth graders reading. The students were able to listen attentively

because they enjoyed listening to the story that was read to them. Students then sat on the rug

and wrote the new words that Mrs. Deniston tells students to spell. Students say the words and

write the words down on their board. I had observed that the students were listening attentively

as Mrs. Deniston gave students lessons on using quotation marks, apostrophes, and commas.

Mrs. Deniston says a word for students to write on their board. I help students to learn about

quotation marks. I found that it is hard and tricky to work with one particular student. He

sometimes gets out of his seat and does not cooperate with the tasks that I tell him to do.

I observed Mrs. Deniston teaching students to break down words into parts; root, base

word, and suffixes. She tells students to change the beginning letters of each word with a new

letter modeling each word on hand and the change of letters. I then observe students learning
about veterans for Veterans Day by reading a little book titled “Sky-High Veterans.” The

students listen attentively to Mrs. Deniston's reading.

I observe the students have their snacks and do their reading, Mrs. Deniston, James (a

teacher aid), and myself, helping students with their reading. I help 3 students individually with a

reading activity. Students' task was first to cut out the words and pictures from a worksheet. The

students then read the words out loud and then match the words with the corresponding pictures.

The students then match the words and the pictures with the correct suffixes. Students place the

pictures on top and the words on the bottom gluing each onto the worksheet. Students make an

association between the suffixes and the words along with the pictures. I observed Mrs. Deniston

showing the pictures of each day of the week to the students telling and showing them how many

days have gone by in November. She also tells students and shows them that there’s a pattern

between the days in the calendar. Mrs. Destination.

My task of the day involves helping students to associate between words that are made up

of two words put together to make a new word. I helped a student with their reading of the book

titled “Patterns.” I passed out to students with a Handwriting Book. My task for this activity was

to help students with their handwriting. Writing words correctly, teaching students the use of

capital letters and lowercase letters. I also help them to understand the association between the

two and correct students' work. I then help students with writing numbers on a worksheet. While

Mrs. Deniston read to the class while I helped 3 students write their letters with the rest of the

class color on coloring pages.

The instructional strategy that I could improve on is explaining the tasks and problems to

the student in a way that they can comprehend. I can explain the problem of the worksheet to the

students which were for them to find the compound and not compound words. They need to
understand the association between the two kinds of words and match the words that they see to

the right column underneath the right column.

I believe that my interaction with students was great. I believe that my interaction helps

them to understand their tasks in the best way that I can. I just want to find ways in which I can

better explain the task to students. I am not great at explaining and giving explanations in a way

that students understand. I believe that my interactions with the teacher, Mrs. Deniston is great. I

tend to rely on her for guidance on how to teach students in a way to supports their learning. My

interactions with other assistants in class are great. I tend to go to them for guidance since they

are older than I am and give me more experience.

I was to keep interactions with students positive and confidential. I found that all students

need someone with who they can come to and share their thoughts without having the fear of

being judged. I was able to adapt instructions and interactions to the students' disabilities. All

students have their skills and abilities in their learning. I tend to ask clarifying questions to

understand students' viewpoints on their learning and assist students further in their learning.