11/3/2017 0 Comments Initiative1. What does initiative mean to you? In your own words please!
To me, initiative means to take charge of the thing you are doing and choose to take lead and get it done. 2. Make a list of at least 10 ways you can show initiative as an EAT intern in your field site classroom. (whether you have actually done them or not) 1. Plan and teach a lesson 2. Lead a small reading group 3. Make a station for the kids to interact at 4. Make a handout to give to your teacher for her to use in her lesson 5. Make a bulletin board outside your classroom for your class 6. Read to the children 7. Play a game with the kids about the lesson 8. Share with the kids about you to help them get to know you 9. Make a professional relationship with your kids 10. Introduce yourself to the parents in order for them to get to know you 3. Find at least five words that are synonymous with initiative. List them. 1. Self-motivation 2. Resourcefulness 3. Imagination 4. Creativity 5. Ambition 4. Write a paragraph that indicates some actual things you did during the week to show initiative in your classroom. How did this impact your mentor teacher or students? During the last 2 weeks I helped in my classroom a lot and took initiative into my own hands. I began by getting to lead small reading groups where I helped students sound out words, understand what a cover, title page, and author are and where we can find them in a book. I also got to lead station groups and help students find where they need to be. In the past I created lesson plans and taught students different ways to remember certain aspects of my lesson. I have a professional relationship with my students but i have also taught them that they can come to me or anything. Now that I am in my 2nd year of Ready, Set, Teach I feel that I have A LOT more initiative and opportunity in the classroom because I have a stronger trust with my mentor teacher to be able to have more freedom in teaching. 5. Why is initiative such an important characteristic for a teacher to possess? Initiative is such an important characteristic of a teacher because being a teacher you need to take leadership and have creativity and imagination in your lessons to keep the students wanting to learn and become more involved. Most of what teachers do is they use initiative in their lives to help inspire and teach their students.
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10/27/2017 0 Comments Senario...Senario #1You left campus for your school and realized you are really tired.. On the way to your car you see, your boyfriend (girlfriend) said that he wants you to take them to Starbucks to get some coffee. You took him (her) up on the offer. When you finish at Starbucks your drop them off at school then go to your school scan in and return with the other kids since you were at campus and signed in and out no harm was done.
For me I would handle this situation by first knowing my responsibilities as an intern. I have been given this responsibility and trust that I will go straight from school to my intern school and not stop for any reason unless necessary. I would tell my boyfriend that I am in a class and can't take him during this internship. i have a responsibilty in my class and to my mentor teacher to go to my class on time and get class time in to help my career in education! 10/18/2017 0 Comments Dyslexia.... 1. Dyslexia is a difficulty with reading . 2. Why is learning to read different than learning to talk? About every person starts to talk without having to be taught how to do it. By just being around people who were talking was enough to get you started talking. Reading is different because no one is born knowing how to read, you have to be taught. 3. What does your brain have to connect to allow you to read? When you read, your brain has to do a lot of things at once. It has to connect letters with sounds and put those sounds together in the right order. Then it has to help you put letters, words, and paragraphs together in ways that let you read them quickly and understand what they mean. It also has to connect words and sentences with other kinds of knowledge. When you see “c-a-t” on a piece of paper, your brain doesn’t just have to read the word “cat,” it also has to make the connection that “cat" means a furry, four-legged animal that meows. 4. What does it mean that dyslexia is an “invisible problem”? It’s not an illness like chicken pox or a cold. In school your teachers can see you working hard, but they can’t see all the steps your brain has to take to make sense of the words on the worksheet she gave you to do. 5. Is a dyslexia brain normal and healthy? YES or NO Many kids with dyslexia worry that there is something wrong with their brain. That’s a pretty scary thought. Thanks to recent research, though, we have lots of scientific proof that a dyslexic person’s brain is normal and healthy, so YES! 6. A dyslexic brain takes longer to do what? When you have dyslexia, your brain takes longer to make some of the connections like that let you read words quickly and understand what they mean. It also has to connect words and sentences with other kinds of knowledge. and does it in more steps. It especially has trouble matching the letters you see on the page with the sounds those letters and combinations of letters make. And when you have trouble with that step, it makes all the other steps harder. 7. Is dyslexia rare? YES or NO
NO, dyslexia isn’t rare. You might know other kids in your school who have dyslexia, too. Although dyslexia isn’t contagious, sometimes several people in the same family have dyslexia. Older kids and adults can also have dyslexia. 8. Do you outgrow dyslexia as you get older? YES or NO NO 9. Why is it good to find out you are dyslexic at a young age? It’s actually lucky that you’ve already found out you have dyslexia. The younger you are when you figure out that reading is tough for you, the sooner you—with the help of your teachers and parent—can find ways to learn that make it easier. 10. What are three tricks/skills that people with dyslexia use to help them read? Kids with dyslexia often learn to use other skills to help them make sense of what they’re reading or studying. You might already be especially good at: Observing—looking for clues in pictures or other kinds of illustrations Listening—paying attention to what your teacher is saying or what other kids are reading out loud Memorizing—remembering what you hear as someone reads or talks to you 10/6/2017 0 Comments My first day in the second year!For me this second year in Ready, Set, Teach I was SUPER excited to learn more about teaching and more about the ins and outs of teaching and running a classroom in 1st grade. Last year I attended RST during 5th and 6th period from 12:50-1:20pm during 1st grade's math time. This year we changed RST to 2nd and 3rd period from 8:40-10:00am during Reading and Writing time so it was completely new and different for me. I now get to experience the other parts of academics for 1st grade and I get to help read and write with the students. I have been able to lead individual reading groups and help watch the stations and make sure all students are where they are supposed to be and need to be! I am very excited to begin this knew year and build that teacher-student relationship with my new students.
3/24/2017 0 Comments If I was a principle for a day....If I was principle at McKinney North for a day I would....
try and make the atmosphere in the school for safe and more of a family relationship to make the students and faculty feel secure when they come to campus. I would try and make sure I have a strong relationship with all my staff because I think that is going to be the base for anything we try to accomplish; having a great relationship to work together and get along. Overall, I want to try and strengthen my relationship with the students and teachers in order to make the school run more smoothly and make the high school a place where we all want to be Consequences and rewards are a huge part about being a teacher and though I don't like to always be strict with the students, having them understand that there are good and bad consequences depending on the choices they make. In my future classroom and present classroom, I have 10 rules: 1. Arrive rested and ready with supplies ready to learn. 2. Raise your hand to speak. 3. Follow directions the first time they are given. 4. Treat others with kindness. 5. Use good manners like "please" and "thank you". 6. Keep your hands, feet, and bodies to ourselves. 7. Use your inside voice inside and walking feet in the classroom. 8. Keep the classroom clean. 9. Share. 10. Have FUN! When in the classroom, the students can either receive rewards, for good behavior, or consequences for bad behavior. Rewards:Class Dojo: Some rewards that I have seen and started for my kiddos in 1st grade is first class dojo. Class dojo is a great way to give the kids points for good behavior when participating, being helpful, staying on task, and more. Getting a certain number of points can be rewarded with special prizes like the far left picture. Class dojo can also be used to deduct points for bad behavior for messing around or getting off task, etc. Sticker Charts and Prize Box: Something else that I recently started with my students is having a sticker chart for them. Each day of the week (leading up to Thursday since I don't come on Fridays) the students are able to earn a sticker for their choices and behavior during the time I am there between 11:50-1:20. Listening to directions, helping others, being happy and kind, working hard, and more are things that they can do to earn a sticker. If by the end of the week they have earned all 4 stickers for Monday-Thursday then they get a chance to choose a prize from the prize box which includes Air Heads, Starbursts, Laffy Taffy, Pencils, Erasers, and Plato. If the students do not earn a sticker or get it taken away for the day then they cannot receive a prize at the end of the week. This helps the students to stay on task and work towards that goal of getting a prize on Thursday. They look forward to it every week!!! I also reward good behavior by leaving a "good behavior" award on their desks during specials so they can return to see that they were good and I noticed! Consequences:I believe that you get more of what you focus on. If you focus your energy on what’s going well and on the good choices you see, more and more of this will start happening in your classroom. Make sure to give logical consequences to your students and teach them to follow your expectations as you recite them constantly.
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2/24/2017 0 Comments Technology Apps: What is helpful?This app helps to create flashcards with visuals on them so that students with Autism can learn visually since that helps connect with them more than just words and phrases.
"Picture cards are an integral part of an effective learning program and are used to help teach new words and concepts and foster self-expression. " I would use this app by taking children who need the extra practice out in the hall separately with me and I would create flashcards with pictures instead of words. 2/17/2017 0 Comments Philosophy of Education
2/10/2017 0 Comments What have I been up to?Recently, I had the assignment to construct a lesson plan for 3D Shapes to teach to my 1st grade class. I started by constructing a lesson plan based on the Madison Hunter template shown below. Monday:In my lesson plan, I started by completing a outlook for the day with different activities to do. Turns out my teacher thought my lesson was so detailed and long that instead teaching for one day, she is have me teach for the whole week of Feb. 13-16. I am planning on starting off Monday with anchor charts based on the three below. Anchor charts help me to teach the kids while they learn visually. The kids can help to add the shapes to the first 2-D and 3-D anchor chart and they begin to learn what edges, vertices, and faces are and look like. After they do that they will go to their desks and independently work in their math work books in the Geometry section. This will help them to practice identifying the different 3-D shapes and naming the number of vertices, edges, and faces that each shape possesses. Tuesday:For Tuesday, I planned to put the kids into pairs and each pair will have a piece of construction paper and will be able to organize it in some way where they can put different examples from each shape on their paper or we will give each pair one shape and ask them to find picture examples based on that shape like the one in the picture shown above. The descriptions on the left are for the students to use to title their different sections or they shape in general. After that they can watch the video/song on 3-D shapes and glue the poem that I found (pictured below) in their math journals while reading it. Wednesday:For Wednesday, I have planned to bring different treats, like the ones above, and putting them into a bag. The students will each get a bag and have to sort the treats into the different shapes and write the name, draw what it looks like, and describe what makes them different. The students then can eat the food. After that, the students can fill out worksheets such as the ones below. Thursday:On Thursday, I am going to have the students create these shape monsters. I will provide them with the supplies and shapes and all they have to do is cut them out, make the arms, fill out the sheet and attach it, and make them cute! This can help to teach the students faces and vertices while making it fun at the same time! After that the students finish that they can work on more worksheets until everyone is finished and then we will play a game.
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