So I have officially finished week 8 out of 10. WHEW.
Time has been just flying by.
This means that I have.. 2 more weeks (or 9 days, because of the long weekend) of practicum left!

This week has been interesting because my S.A. was away for the entire week. I thought it was kind of cool to see how the students responded to me without my S.A..

I felt like they were good for the most part. There were a few times where some students weren’t as obedient and respectful as I would like, but that’s normal. They’re kids after all.

This whole week we were learning about different community helpers — which I thought was a really fun topic because it is something that they can all relate to/get engaged in.

The lesson that was observed for the week was a “What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?” activity. I love talking about community helpers and I love hearing about what the kids think they want to be when they grow up. I got some pretty interesting answers from Olympic Diver to Soccer Player to Scientist to the Prime Minister of Canada! The kids loved thinking about what occupation they might have in the future. I introduced the lesson by reading a book called, “Someday”, which talks about the main character and what she is doing at present vs what she would want to do someday. Afterwards we all talked about different jobs the kids might want to have in the future. I gave them each a lego person template (which they loved!). They had to decorate the lego person to look like them in the future! The Ks had to fill out: “I want to be a _________”, while the Grade 1s sheet to fill out said: “I want to be a _______ because _______”.