I cannot believe PDS 1 is coming to an end; it seems like yesterday we were at our first meeting. Time sure does fly away! I have loved every single minute that I have spent in the classrooms of Paloma Creek and Rivera Elementary. I have met some of the most skilled and knowledgeable teachers who have inspired me to continue my dream. These two experiences have demonstrated how teaching goes beyond the four walls of the classroom because it extends to the community support, school environment and the attitudes of the teachers and parents. It is so important to have a real love and passion for our future career since there are so many things that teaching requires that makes teaching hard and stressful.
All the experiences have been wonderful and beneficial, but I truly appreciate and value getting the opportunity to be in a dual language and bilingual classroom. My future classroom will be like one of those classrooms, and PDS 1 has helped me understand some of the basic guidelines for each class from the glimpse of teaching a bilingual or dual language classroom will be wonderful and full of work just like any classroom. I was able to see how the schedule works and the different components of a dual language classroom. The love I had for bilingual education has become stronger after PDS 1, since I was able to see how the students are developing their bilingual skills and their desire to learn.
PDS 1 is full of challenges both in the elementary and the methods classes. One of the hardest challenges I had to overcome was Fiesta Math Night; it was extremely challenging and stressful from developing a game to having to present the game in a different campus, which I honestly thought I was never going to overcome. From the start, Fiesta Math Night was stressful to me since we had to develop a game that has to tie into the Mayan culture, develop some types of structure to the game, but for me the most challenging part of the project was trying to make the game educational and fun for the students and parents. The first time we went to the Fiesta Math Night, I was terrified! I was so scared that my game would crash and burn and no one would understand the game, but it turned out to be great and the crowd really responded to it.
Overall the road of PDS 1 has not been easy, but I am so glad I was able to share the challenges and learning experiences with you all because you are all great people and will make wonderful teachers in less than year. It is wonderful to see how close we have all become and how we support each other through all the big and small challenges of PDS 1. This semester has been such a wonderful journey that begins our careers, and I think we are making great steps.
All the experiences have been wonderful and beneficial, but I truly appreciate and value getting the opportunity to be in a dual language and bilingual classroom. My future classroom will be like one of those classrooms, and PDS 1 has helped me understand some of the basic guidelines for each class from the glimpse of teaching a bilingual or dual language classroom will be wonderful and full of work just like any classroom. I was able to see how the schedule works and the different components of a dual language classroom. The love I had for bilingual education has become stronger after PDS 1, since I was able to see how the students are developing their bilingual skills and their desire to learn.
PDS 1 is full of challenges both in the elementary and the methods classes. One of the hardest challenges I had to overcome was Fiesta Math Night; it was extremely challenging and stressful from developing a game to having to present the game in a different campus, which I honestly thought I was never going to overcome. From the start, Fiesta Math Night was stressful to me since we had to develop a game that has to tie into the Mayan culture, develop some types of structure to the game, but for me the most challenging part of the project was trying to make the game educational and fun for the students and parents. The first time we went to the Fiesta Math Night, I was terrified! I was so scared that my game would crash and burn and no one would understand the game, but it turned out to be great and the crowd really responded to it.
Overall the road of PDS 1 has not been easy, but I am so glad I was able to share the challenges and learning experiences with you all because you are all great people and will make wonderful teachers in less than year. It is wonderful to see how close we have all become and how we support each other through all the big and small challenges of PDS 1. This semester has been such a wonderful journey that begins our careers, and I think we are making great steps.