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Service Learning Reflection

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For my service learning project hours, I was in a fourth grade classroom at Sandy Elementary School. My mentor was Mrs. Hunt, who has taught for three years. There were 20 students in the classroom I was in, but in the school itself there were 4 fourth grade classes. I have never observed or helped in a classroom with older children so it was definitely a new learning experience for me. I learned many new things from the students and Mrs. Hunt during my hours in the classroom. My first few times in the classroom consisted of observing a lot, to see how the class was ran and to see how Mrs. Hunt taught her students. While observing I would also walk around during different activities such a reading time or when the students were doing worksheets, to help students if needed. I tried to be as helpful as possible for each student. A couple of times that I was volunteering I had the duty to let the children into the classroom from outside, because Mrs. Hunt had morning duty outside. I meet the students at the door and walked them to class. It was fun meeting them at the door and having them be excited that i was there again. On another day I was in I helped graded homework while the lesson was being taught, and did a few other tasks around the classroom. After being there a couple times and seeing how things were done, I got to do some hands on teaching as well. Mrs. Hunt allowed me to teach multiple reading groups without very much instruction on what to do. This was awesome because I got to practice talking and teaching an older group. I was very lucky to be in the classroom I was in and to have a mentor that wanted me to learn and gain experience. With all of the different ways I provided service to the teacher and the classroom, I think my support profited both the students and the teacher. I was very open to doing many different tasks and helping with anything that was needed. I felt like the students and Mrs. Hunt respected me and appreciated my help. They all understood that I am just learning and not an expert so they were very helpful. I also think in a classroom that big that it is helpful to have an extra pair of hands to help out with some of the smaller tasks, for some of the day. When I was there

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