Last
week at our school, all of the 2nd grade classes participated in "The
Dinosaur Show." The students have spent the last month preparing for this
yearly show. In our classroom each student created a book about the
time period they were assigned to, complete with pages about an
herbivore and carnivore that lived during their time period. In music they
learned 3 different informative dinosaur songs to perform, which we also
practiced in our classroom. In art, the children worked in groups and
were assigned to time periods These
groups created 3 murals for display. On
the day of the show, the students performed the songs for their families
in the auditorium, and then the families were invited back to the classroom to
see all of the books and murals on display, along with some light refreshments.
It was amazing to see how excited my students were to participate in the show
and have their families come to see what they had done.
As
I come to the end of my student teaching, I wish to say that it was
very gratifying to see the culmination of my students' work paired
with their enthusiasm when sharing what they had worked so hard on
for the past month. The classroom reception for all of the families was a very
positive, happy experience where I got to speak with many of the parents. This
was the perfect way to close out my time at Grandview.
My
questions to you are:
1.
Have you participated in any shows/assemblies? If so, was it a collective
effort between the classroom and specials? Is this, in your opinion, a worthwhile endeavor?
2.
How do you feel as you are coming to the end of your student teaching experience?
