My service learning Experience by Maria Paz Barrueto EDF 2085

The school I vounteered to Greynolds Park Elementary It is a C school located in 51% Hispanic was School has students from North Miami Beach and has a 38% Black families with a low income, population of: 8% White Greynolds Park Elementary where 85% of them have free 3% Asian/Pacific Islander School or reduced price lunch programs.

I assisted a Kindergarten class composed of seventeen children.

The populationof the student More than half of the class was: are ESOL and four of 3 second starting learning generation American them just 8 first generationbeginning English since the American of the school year. 6 born in other country

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I really enjoyed helping the children with the activity Lookturkeys and the thankful hands The how nice theyare. I see how creative they looked on the board and assisted with all activities, but It theaonesopportunity to the most were: was great I enjoyed introduce something about thanksgiving and for the things we can be thankful for.

I also enjoyed the activity about rules. Here I am helping the children I learned so much observing how the with the activity. children learned to identify different rules and how they learn to write simple sentences.

Even though my experience was a If a teacher is a gardener, then a roller coaster of emotions and student is timeseed. not agree the I did The classroom most of the serves as the greenhouse creating with the method the teacher used a her class, I must said that I for inwarm, safe environment am very thankful for have had the growth. experience of seeing a different Lauren Zuch reality than the one I live every day at the preschool I work with. This experience confirmed me that if we really see education as our vocation then we can really make a different in the life of the children in our classroom.