Service Learning Opportunity

For Intro To Education, we are required to write blog posts. So this first one is about the service learning experience that I am choosing to do.

For my service learning opportunity, I am deciding to observe in a 5th grade classroom. I have observed in a younger class, and I am excited to see how the older kids are in class. I have chosen to do my observing at Grovecrest Elementary in Pleasant Grove. The neighborhood that Grovecrest is in is close to Pleasant Grove Junior High School, and it is nestled in a neighborhood. The students in the class, from what I have heard are quite the group. I've heard good things about the class and I'm excited to get into the classroom and experience it for myself.

From what I understand about service learning, I think that immersing myself into a classroom is one of the best things to do. And serving is something that makes people better, and when you volunteer for things, I have found that the desire to be there is stronger, so I always want to learn something from it. With this chance to put the things that I am learning, and being able to put them into action in an actual classroom. In me experience so far with service learning, I am excited to get back into a place where I am able to learn things from experience instead of just reading about things. Especially in classrooms, where getting down to the hard stuff is the most effective way to learn if something is the right thing or not. This opportunity to serve and learn is one that I am very excited to take on and get started with.