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So today was the last day of practicum. So sad. I really liked my class. Not that I’ve ever had a class I didn’t enjoy. They were 4th grade and I liked them because they were still young in spirit even though physically they were bigger. They didn’t really have attitudes yet and they always surprised me with their funny comments and by how smart they were.

I liked alot of the things my teacher did especially:

- Figuring out vocabulary with context clues in pairs

- Putting a powerpoint slide with the morning work up on the television

- Her energy and enthusiasm

Things I did not like:

- having the class work in pairs with someone they havent worked with yet… good in theory by two students were always left out.

- using the textbook so much! espcially for reading. She would complain about a story but still use it.

I’m not sure how I feel about how she did bathroom breaks instead of having students ask individually or having a pass they take. In some ways it worked well, they knew when they could go and didnt interrupt her. Also they had a chance to stretch. But it took alot of time and I think some students went just to fool around and talk to their friends.

It was a good experience overall.