Field Experience: Week 1

I had my first field experience on Wednesday at Madison Elementary in St. Cloud. I checked in and signed in at the office and was guided to the classroom where I would be doing my field experience.
I am doing my field experience with Mrs. Hylla's 5th grade math class.
On my first day there, Mrs. Hylla told me how her math class worked. She and another teacher co taught the course together. She also told me that what is taught in 5th grade now is a lot different than when I was in 5th grade and if I had any questions about what was being taught that I could ask her and the other teacher questions at any time. Mrs. Hylla also asked me what I wanted to get out of this field experience and I told her that I wanted to get a feel of what it was like to be in a classroom, get to know the students and be a part of the classroom as much as I could be.
After speaking with Mrs. Hylla the math class began. The other teacher (I'm blanking on her name.) had the children sit on the carpet and she talked about lines, segments and rays. In order for the kids to remember it easier they had a little way of remembering it - a line - you put your hands out and say, "ZOOM, ZOOM!", a segement was, "POP, POP!"  and a ray was "POP, ZOOM!"  I thought it was a neat way of remembering what each was. After learning that the teacher handed out a worksheet where the kids had to determine the difference between a line, ray and segment by using different colors. 
After the kids were done working on their worksheet; Mrs. Hylla then taught the children about different types of angles and the children were given worksheets to work on.
After the math class the kids then went to lunch and I joined Mrs. Hylla in the faculty lounge and I was asked if I could correct the worksheets the children worked on earlier - line, segment, and ray. The children were not graded on these worksheets; but, rather the teachers looked for the children who struggled with what was being taught and then intervened and worked with each child one on one.
My first field experience day was a good one. I was very nervous for my first day and I now feel less nervous for my next and I look forward to knowing the children, getting a feel for the classroom and being able to assist Mrs. Hylla in the classroom.