Mylan Park Elementary Week 5

This week at Mylan Park Elementary was different from any experience I have had this far at any of my placements. On Monday afternoon, one of my students had an extreme behavior issue. This resulted with me having to take the other students out of the room. We went into their general ed classrooms and worked played educational games and played on an educational website starfall. This threw the entire week off, along with dealing with subs, plays, and Halloween parties. My student who had the outburst had to sit out of the party on Friday afternoon, I had to stay back with her. I was a little nervous thinking about what I would do if she had an outburst while it was just the two of us, but it went very well. My action research was almost non-existent this week due to the outburst, a cooking activity, and the party. This week taught me that plans will change and you sometimes just have to go with the flow and not let it get to you. It is a little frustrating when you have spent time making plans just to have them all pushed aside. I had to take what I thought would be most important and teach that instead of everything I had planned. All in all, this placement has shown me the true meaning of being flexible. You never know what will happen and you need to expect the best, but be prepared for the worst.