One on One

One on One

Vineyard Elementary

In Mrs. Partridge's class I've had the opportunity several times to work with students one on one. I have to admit that working with students individually is my favorite way of teaching. I've helped students read, spell, write, add, and subtract. The best experience I've had so far was helping one of the students add and subtract using base ten blocks. It was so cool to me because last semester I learned how to teach using these blocks in my math class, and I finally got to test what I had learned. I helped the student one on one with the blocks on how to add and then subtract. I thought the student was doing great! It wasn't until Mrs. Partridge had asked the student to do it without any help that I started to stress. Can he/she do it without my help? Are they going to remember to regroup from the tenths position? The student I had helped one on one did it! They were able to show Mrs. Partridge what they had learned using the blocks because of my help. It was this moment when I realized just how important it was for me to sink in everything I was learning at college because I know one day it will truly help somebody.

My experience helping students one on one makes me think of our recent module we've been working on in my Intro to Education class. We've been learning about the history of education. Helping students one on one makes me connect to the recent picture I saw and read about regarding Ruby Bridges. Throughout the history of education there have been many bumps we've overcame to get us to where we are today, and it happens that segregation is one of those bumps. Little Ruby Bridges went to school and ended up being the only one in her class for her first year because no one wanted blacks in the same school room. During this time, Ruby received one on one help from her teacher. Ruby had an immense connection to her teacher due to the one on one time they spent together. Their connection was so great that later came in contact with each other and spoke with one another all over the country. Teachers have such a remarkable influence. I love it!