Hours this week= 2
I'm not quite sure if this would be considered a substitute practicum or not. I spoke to Ms. Jessica via Facebook about
not being able to attend ReaLife on Tuesday night due to having night class. She invited me to attend her Sunday School
class on Sunday Morning at Exit 59. I figured this was as good a week as any to attend, since it was Fall Break and I did
not have a ride to my usual church The River.
While sitting in on Ms. Jessica's Sunday School group (which was comprised of middle school aged kids) I could
see that her classroom management skills carried over into a different age group. The lesson was certainly deeper, yet
Ms. Jessica had a great way of still simplifying it to where I'm fairly sure a kindergarten student would understand 80-90%
of what she was teaching. I didn't really know any of the students in the classroom, but I could still see the different personality
mixes amongst them. One girl, who was named either Christine or Christina, was clearly the eager beaver of the group.
On nearly every question asked, her hand was raised anxiously in the air, ready to provide her insight into the topic at hand.
The lesson this week was on Colossians 3:23 "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as if working for the Lord,
not men" Most students in the class related this to their schoolwork, but a few took the subject matter deeper, and began applying it to other aspects of their life, including honoring their parents, striving for 100% in sports, and one boy whose name I never got a chance to learn, related it to his relationship with his girlfriend.
I had several questions as I left the group this week:
1. What exactly does Ms. Jessica do to make the material so accessible? How can I do that when I teach/lead?
2. How do these older students feel about Ms. Jessica and does that factor into their learning experience?
3. How long has Ms. Jessica been leading this group and does that impact how they learn from her and how effective she is?
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