This year, I had the opportunity to volunteer in a 4th grade classroom during my release days for Senior Capstone. I have been able to work with students that are not quite up to their grade level academically or have learning disabilities. Through working with them, I learned more about myself. I learned that I want to help kids either by teaching or working in Special Education. By using what I have learned in Senior Capstone, Psychology, and Connecting, I was able to better work with students in the classroom. Some of the many things which I did while volunteering were helping teach subjects to the students who are behind, read to students who are not at the grade level reading level, make copies for the teacher, teach math to some students, help with spelling and writing, and I helped out in the library at times.
Some of the things I learned are that students all learn at different levels, how to organize book orders, put together boards for displaying work, copy pages from textbooks, and how to put together assignments for students.
I have really enjoyed working with the students and each time I went, I looked forward to being able to work with them another day. I discovered that helping kids learn and working with them is something that is rewarding for them, and also rewarding for me.
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