I have had a great experience in my fieldwork this semester. I learned a lot of great strategies for maintain order and balance in the classroom and got to practice putting it into action. 

Energizers:

• I especially enjoyed learning all of the energizers that you can do within the classroom and had a lot of fun doing them. Energizers are a great way to get students excited and to connect with them and learn their strengths and interests. You can learn a lot about your students through these activities. I feel like I never associated peaceful energizers, like yoga, to be an actual energizer since I thought it had to be high energy. I feel like I was able to learn a lot about misconceptions I had when it came to teaching and learning about them to shift my mindset. With the one-on-one experience that I had, I was able to easily throw in an energizer where needed that matched my student's interests. A good amount of time, this was WORDLE, as it excited her and got her engaged in learning. As time went on, I learned that energizers can fit anywhere since it is supposed to serve a specific purpose for your students. Once I learned this and moved when I did my energizer, my lessons went so much smoother. Now not only do I now know how to properly use them and read the room on when to, but I also learned a bunch of different, fun energizers that I could do that I had never heard of before.

Responsive Classroom Strategies:

• The Smart Goal that I chose to work on was to use more reinforcing language with my buddy. This type of language involves providing specific, concrete, positive feedback and encouragement to reinforce desired behaviors or actions, rather than just saying "Good job." With my buddy, I used it for acknowledging and praising students for demonstrating positive behavior, effort, or achievement. My buddy really appreciated feedback on her work, positive and corrective. By maintaining a positive tone and learning how to properly give students constructive feedback, I feel as if I succeeded in using positive teacher language. I also used a lot reminding and redirecting language with my buddy and learned what she responded to better than others. My exit tickets and writing conferences usually used envisioning language where I asked her about the goals that she had for herself and if she reached them during the session together. This helped me adapt my lesson to fit her individualized needs.

Inclusion Strategies:

• One strategy that I selected that I think I did well in carrying out was utilizing students' strengths and interests to help them learn. My buddy is not a fan of writing, so the best way to get her to participate and be engaged is by tailoring her experience by using her interests to shape my instruction. Harry Potter was my main source of content to interest her and have her do her work completely. She would get excited when she saw it and continued to pay attention since I made my slideshow pretty and engaging with Harry Potter content. But most importantly, I made sure to foster a healthy environment where my buddy felt a connection, accepted, and safe. The best thing she ever said to me was that she felt safe learning with me because I supported and helped her without judgement of dismissal. I made sure to connect with my buddy on our first day together and continue to do so until our last day. 

These skills have certainly helped shape my teaching and I have learned to adapt a lot to the situation around me which will make me an effective teacher. I look forward to putting all I have learned this semester into practice, and I eagerly await student teaching in the Fall.