The Time I Became Frustrated with my Students

The time is going to come: the time where you become frustrated with your students. My cooperating teacher, Ms. Norton is the teacher of a grade 1/2 split class at St. Michael Community School. One day during my field placement, she left my partner and me to help her grade two students with a math lesson in the staff room, while she helped her grade one students in the classroom. I thought it would be an easy task. But, to my surprise, it was actually quite difficult. There were two students who constantly needed my constant attention. I would help one student at a time and tell the other student that I will be there to help them shortly. There were two other students I was helping. One of these other students asked for help, I showed her what to do and then she was able to complete her work on her own. The other student was able to do his work with no problem. I became frustrated because when the other student was waiting for my help, she would not try at all, become off task and start drawing. I asked my friends for their advice on this and they said that I could have helped both the students who were struggling at the same time. I never thought about this when I was in the situation. I did not think about this because I like to help students one-on-one and also they were at different points in their assignment because one girl had not been at school the previous day. I now understand that at times my students will frustrate me, but I have to learn how to handle my students so that they feel comfortable and helped in the classroom.

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