Learning styles

This morning, Teacher Cadet started off with our ten minutes of silent reading in the morning. Next, we had to write our last daily journal for the week and then we get to write pot notes for other people. Mrs. Sutusky then let us move into our groups to work on our Big Books and the activity to go with it. After working on our books for about 30 minutes Mrs. Sutusky asked us to stop so we could review for our learning styles test. We talk about multiple intelligences, learning styles and Maslow's Hierarchy of needs.

Mutiple Intelligence

At the usual SSR, we started off with a journal. Each student wrote a response, which was followed by a class discussion. After our discussion each student wrote their other classmates pot notes. After the pots notes we received a paper labeled multiple intelligence. We had to go through and circle each topic that related to us. The purpose of this was to find out what type of learner we are. When each student figured out which intelligence was most applicable to them, we then made a mini poster. These posters stated which intelligence we were. Afterwards, we took notes on the brain, and the different styles of learning that students experience. 

Different Styles of Learning

      After SSR, we wrote about what three traits we posses that will make us a successful teacher. Then as a class, we learned about the different ways of learning such as visual, auditory, and kinesthetic. We went through a list of different learning activities and circled each that we agreed or related to. Once we finished we separated the activities into the three different types of learning to figure out which one describes is the best. We then continued to work on our books for the remaining time we had in class.

Big Book Project

Before class began, we did our usual SSR and pot notes. On Tuesday, August 27 we worked on our big book in class. We are writing a book about self esteem to read to an elementary class at Mt. Pisgah Elementary School. Our class is making the pages from poster board and using markers and crayons to enhance the overall appearance. My particular group is writing a book about uncle Si from the show "Duck Dynasty". The self esteem book is about Si being bullied in school. The big book project taken several hours to complete, but I am thankful for the time Mrs. Sutusky has given us.

 

Big Books

Today we completed our journal at the beginning of class. Then, we wrote and read pot notes. That is my favorite part of the day. Before we began, Mrs. Sutusky reviewed the expectations for our big books. After that, we split up into our groups and worked on our big books. We worked on our big books for the remainder of the class period. I am thankful for the extra time we have in class to work on our big books.

Big Books

We began class today by reading A Child Called It during SSR. Before we began working on our assignment, Mrs. Sutusky reviewed the Big Book assignment and rubric, and asked if we had any questions. There are three differentiated groups with five students in each. We worked extremely hard on our books, and they are going to look great.

Self Concept

Today, we focused on self esteem. First we started with our pot notes. Everyone got their first ones! Then we went into our journals to discuss how we can boost other students and kids self-esteem, not only in school but everywhere else we go. The class got into three groups following this and read a paper on why self-esteem and positivity is so important. We finished the class with getting into groups deciding on the book we're going to create about boosting self esteem.

Pot Notes

This morning in Teacher Cadet we started off by reading this article about self esteem. in the article the girl talked about how a pot from her child hood reminded her of people who have high self esteem versus people who have low self esteems. She said that the amount of confidence someone has in their selves shows by the way they treat themselves and others. I believe this to be completely true, because if you don't feel good about yourself most of the time you're going to make others feel bad about themselves. So to conclude the lesson we all picked out a pot and decorated it. Everyday we are going to write a note to two different people and put them in their pot. These notes are going to be words of encouragement so we can build each other up instead of bringing each other down.

Discovering Who We Are

When the bell rang this morning, Mrs. Sutusky asked us to pass in our homework from the previous night. We had all written a half a page paper on how we think our best friend would describe us. It was obvious that we all felt uncomfortable. Saying nice things about yourself in front of everyone is a challenge. But we all got through the assignment and I realized that being confident in who you are doesn't necessarily mean that you're vain. We continued learning about ourselves by filling out a quilt square that represented our strengths, our dreams, our beliefs, and our insecurities. This was just another reminder of who we are and what we are capable of.

First Last Day!

We walked into class with a warm smile from Mrs. Sutusky. She told us all to pick up a book "A child called 'it.'" After reading was over she began to pass out a million papers, she also passed out a crayon. There was a prompt on the board for us to complete. The prompt told us to smell our crayon. At first I was confused, but I finally saw the relation. It said for us to think of the smell. We had to write about what memory the smell brought back. After writing what memory we had we shared them. Then after that we watched some videos and talked about how we felt about the video. After that we learned a little bit about Sutusky, and we filled out papers about ourselves. Then we went over rules and procedures for the rest of class and left. Before leaving class, we did an activity on the white board called "A great teacher is...." We each went to the board and wrote two positive adjectives that described a great teacher.

Welcome Back to School

Welcome to Honors Teacher Cadet. I am beyond excited to have each of you in my class.