Second School Visit

I went for the second part of my full day shadowing last week and felt like I was actually helping students to learn. My host teacher has been very helpful with easing me into the classroom with the students and allowing me to explain things to them in smaller groups rather than a full class. There were times when i felt overwhelmed with all the help the children needed mostly because i was something new to play with in the classroom.
There was one student who was a little slower at getting things than the rest of the class and needed some extra help. I was the one that would be giving him the positive reinforcement that he needed and the extra explanation of the material. After a little while in the class when everyone was showing their examples he showed me one of his and said "I got it" which really inspired me to know that it could be done on a daily basis as a career to make students understand something they originally didn't get is amazing.
Throughout the rest of the day I got a better understanding of the way a classroom is run and how the teacher is able to discipline students without really delaying the class. She will kind of embarass them and they usually get pretty quite and the class can continue. This particular teacher has been doing it for 20 years so she is pretty damn good.
I will be going back this week to help out in the classroom more as community service and to hang out with the students as they enjoy the extra help sometimes.