In the field

Over the last few weeks, we have been working in a 2nd grade class. My group has not taught yet, but from my observations I have noticed a lot of things about this class. The children in this class are very rambunctious, because they are in 5th grade, the teachers need to keep the students engaged which is hard to do, or they will lose them very quickly. The teacher candidates have done a good job keeping the children engaged, especially with the activities that they plan.  The only problem is that with some of the activities, the children got to rambunctious and the class got very loud a little out of control. What all of the teacher candidates (us) need to learn is how to allow the children to be engaged and have "fun" without allowing the class to get too out of control.