Getting more involved

I have been shadowing for a few weeks now and I am getting more involved in the classroom each week. This week I helped out Mr. Gabelt by taking attendance for him while he got the equipment out for the game the students were going to play. For him taking attendance was easy because he knew the names of all the students in the class. I don't know all the names but I do know quite a few. Fortunately for me taking attendance was easy though because of how the class is set up. Before beginning the activity, the students line up in alphabetical order and do stretches. This meant that all I had to do was walk up and down the rows and make sure I had the right name and make sure the student was participating today. There were a few students who were not participating for various reasons. I had to write down why they were not playing but still give them credit for being in the class if they had a good reason not to participate such as a doctor's excuse. Mr Gabelt has done a good job of helping me to become more active each week and getting me comfortable about being in charge of the class.