The teacher in my service learning engages the learners a lot. When Ms. McPartland is describing an assignment or is giving the students directions she will have the students read along with her. When she was doing the reading section for the day she will have the students fill in the blanks. She will read a sentence and leave certain words out that the students have to fill in by saying. This really helps to engage them and help them to really understand what they are doing. Ms. McPartland also has clothes pins that have names of each of the students. When they were doing math she would pull names out and have the students answer her questions. When she wants to hear from everyone she will just pull the names from the jar with their names on them, and then have them answer the questions. She will have the students work with their table partners at certain times. When she wants to have the students engaging or trying to understand the concept she will have them work together.
I feel like the teacher in my service learning always tries to engage the students. She is good about making sure they are all paying attention, no one has their heads down, and that everyone is understanding what they are doing. A time I think wasn't really engaging for the students is some of the math lessons I have been there for. Sometimes she just gets up there and isn't really engaging them. She just gets up there and starts talking, which I don't think will help them a ton because they are wanting to talk and engage with other students and the teacher too. I think to engage them more she could have them work together more, help each other, and come up with activities that will help them remember the math.
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