Miss B's Learning Center

I just finished my level two field experience at Hansen Elementary School in Cedar Falls. For 5 weeks, I was in Mrs. Bauer's kindergarten classroom. I am an Early Childhood Education major with a minor in literacy, so being at this age level was a great experience under my belt! In my 5 weeks that I spent there I got to work one on one with students doing baggy books and math assessments, and got to see what teaching kindergarten was like by joining them in their everyday schedule of specials and classroom lessons. I also got to teach two lessons myself! My mentor teacher was very helpful, and I was able to ask questions about lesson planning, behavior management in a classroom, and overall, get helpful tips that I will be taking with me into the future. I was able to go every Tuesday and Thursday from 12:40-3:00, giving me a lot to observe and help out with in that time. The first day I went, I was able to introduce myself to the class and tell them a few interesting facts about

I just started my field experience for my literature class at Dr. Walter Cunningham School for Excellence. This is my first time being able to work alongside the students in this district and in Waterloo! I am working with second grade and going through a thematic unit all about going to the zoo! There is one specific second grader that I am able to work with and I was able to meet her on Thursday. We started by introducing ourselves and finding out a little bit about each other. The first thing we did was the FAST word testing. This test is done by seeing if the student can identify all 50 words and if not, taking notes of which ones they missed. My second grader was able to go through all 50 words in under 2 minutes. She didn't seem to have any problems identifying or reading the words. We then talked about how we were going to be learning about animals in the zoo when I came every Thursday. She seemed very excited and willing to learn about the different animals. We then r