Today was very busy and felt like it flew by. I was busy interacting with the kids from the time I walked in until the time I left. I loved feeling like I had responsibilities and feeling like I actually was doing things. I got one on one time with a speech impaired child and they read their story to me. I helped the student with their pronunciation and vocabulary. I still didn’t have the Popsicles for Conner and Olivia’s birthdays, but I told them I would have them next week. I checked off their books they take home to read and gave them credit. Then, I picked out one of my favorite books to read to them. The book’s title is “Froggy’s Day with Dad.” It is about a frog who can never do anything right, but just keeps trying. I love how the children get so involved and interested with any and every book you read them. I hate that I will not be with them tomorrow. I finally got to see a little of how she teaches math to them. They have blocks they use and I can remember the very same blocks when I was younger. The blocks teach them well and keep them involved because they feel like they are playing while they are actually learning. Being a teacher seems so easy at times, but today I experienced a few tasks that could sometimes make their job difficult.
Today during Mrs. Masons 3rd block elementary class we did our usual routine. We stood for the pledge and were silent during the moment of silence. Once the announcements were over I began to read to Jermaine, David, and Carter. Once everyone was finished with reading we went to the computer lab and took our AR tests. Once everyone was finished with that we went back to class where the students had to group their vocabulary cards. I went around and helped the kids that were having trouble with them. Once they finished they put them in bags and gave them to Mrs. Mason. She then told the kids to go sit at the board where they did their math equations. Once they were finished with the equations she told them to grab their math books and turn to page 171 where they started doing the problems on that page. I went around the room and helped some of the kids with their hands up while Mrs. Mason talked to the rest of the class. We did this for the remainder of the time I was there until I had to leave. - Christian
Today was pretty uneventful. They were doing a worksheet where they traced a number first then wrote it three more times. Some of the students didn’t follow their directions well and Mrs. Gandy got frustrated that almost no one did their work right. She walked up to the board and explained it. One girl whose name I will not say, kept showing me her unfinished worksheet and I had to keep telling her to sit down and finish it. Eventually when Mrs. Gandy started her calendar. The girl didn’t start her calendar along with everyone else she just kept right along working on her worksheet. When she came up to show me it again I just told her to put it in her mailbox and finish her calendar with everyone. When they got sent to their groups and three kids in my group did really well. They did exactly what I said and moved on. The other two did not. I explained what they were to do and they displayed an understanding of the activity. When I came back to check on them they were just doing their own thing. One refused to look or speak to me at all. It was an off day.
Today Mr. Leininger had me attend to an upset female student before we started class. I made sure she was okay and took her to Mrs. Pate so she could discuss her problem. She later returned to class. It was a good learning experience for me. I had to be more than a student teacher to her which is important. The students have to know you care about them and their problems. I loved being able to establish that relationship with that student. Once I attended to that student for Mr. Leininger, I came back to class and went over the South Carolina Facts with the students. I love getting to have mini-discussions with the students every morning. Mr. Leininger even told me he can tell I have a passion for politics and history that I should not ignore later in life. After we finsished the facts, Mr. Leininger began the notes for the day. The students only had to copy down a slide worth of notes. They discussed the Panic of 1819 and how it ended the Era of Good Feelings. The students then finished watching the video about the Donnar Party that they began earlier in the week. The Donnar Party resulted to cannibalism to survive their journey out west and only one member of the party survived. After they finished the video, the students played the Oregon Trail game. The students have to make decisions about what to take out west with them and see if they can survive the journey and make it to Oregon. The classes will be competing against each other to see who can make it the farthest. I love that Mr. Leininger finds fun things to relate to the lesson. The students really enjoyed the video and the game and I did as well. I hope to find cool things like that when I begin teaching which he told me will be Monday. I can use his PowerPoints to begin with and slowly work my way into my making my own. I am so excited!!
Today is the second day that some of the students will be going out of class for their reproductive health class. Once they read for SSR, Mrs. Holley took the attendance then separated the class and left. The remaining students were left with me and Chief Smith to go through with the regular activity. First, we did our normal stretching routine and finished them up with fifteen push-ups, sit-ups, and mountain climbers. Next I got out the agility ladders and hurdles for ten minutes of a variety of different coordination and quickness drills. Lastly, the students went on a “run-walk” for twelve minutes. This is when the students would run around the gym for a minute and get a thirty second walk break then run again, and repeat until twelve minutes were up. Once they were complete, they were allowed to play basketball or volleyball for the remaining twenty minutes of class.
Today was one of my favorite days so far in my placement by far. It was so great because for the first time me and the kids played a actually basketball game. It was a four on three game with me, Thomas, Storm, and Zack against Dontrel, Adrian, and Shaun. My team one two out of the three games, I enjoyed watching the smiles on the kid’s faces because they were enjoying the competition. Zack, Storm, and Thomas all asked me if could dunk which is hilarious because I am only six foot and the goal is way over my jump range. But these kids think I’m the best basketball player ever which just makes me laugh and smile. All the classed got to play basketball since they were are so well behaved in their individual grades awards day. After the last class me and Coach Frye throwed the football around and I made it in the basketball net from farther than half court! Coach Frye is like a new friend to me because he relates to me, he played football and was in Teacher Cadet. Like today he asked me what I was getting my girlfriend for Christmas, most teachers wouldn’t take the time to ask! I am really glad I choose to take the Teacher Cadet Class!
Today the students started with a warm up like they always do, which was pretty simple. After they did their warm up, they then began to work on their classwork. They really understand this lesson, and it makes me happy. There is this one boy in the class that I think gets special help. On his test he goes to the resource teacher I guess to help him. He also carries a notebook where the teacher writes down everything he needs to do for homework. I am not sure what his condition is, but I know he gets assistance for things. Today I felt bad because he was so sure about the answer to a question and he was wrong when he said the answer to the entire class. I felt really bad, but everyone messes up. I think if I were a teacher it would be hard for me to see students struggle in a class who almost gets everything. Also, some students look like they have personal problems and it makes me so sad. I wish I could talk to them about what’s going on, why their grades are low. I know if they care about their grades, they would be able to make good grades. Mrs. Mathis always gives them an opportunity to make good grades, and make up any grades they don’t agree with.
Today was nothing special. The class worked on a math warm up for their first morning activity. Then we all headed back to Morning Meeting. I made sure to pay extra attention since I will be teaching Morning Meeting next week. I wrote down everything that Mrs. Catoe does on the calendar and I plan to study it until I know what I am doing! After Morning Meeting, the students returned to their desk and completed their daily math and language worksheets. While the class worked, students came back to my table one by one to work on their page for the class book. I helped a couple of kids write neatly and spell correctly. I mostly just watched them to make sure they were doing the right thing. Other than that, it was a typical day in Mrs. Catoe’s class. I am very excited for my lesson next week! I enjoy my students so much and I am looking forward to teaching them. They are all so brilliant and attentive, and I love that!
Today everything went back to normal again. I came in and talked to Mrs. Joyner until the kids arrived again. When they arrived we helped them pick out their lunch and get un- packed. When they were finished with that we began morning work and I walked around and helped them with that. After completing their morning work the kids got out their reading logs for me to check. Once again I rewarded them with ram bucks if they read the previous night. After this they had their morning meeting and I stapled papers and watched as they did this. After the morning meeting the kids had silent reading time and Mrs. Joyner asked me to read this story out of a book to one of the students. This student doesn’t particularly have motivation to do her reading log. She likes to blame others for lack of reading. The story I read to her was about a kid who was bored and couldn’t find anything to do, so he blamed others for being bored and never took action himself. Mrs. Joyner asked me to tie this in with this student’s lack of reading. So I gave the student a quick lesson on how she should take responsibility and read and I also encouraged her to read. I told her how much it would help her in every grade she will ever be in. She told me she would start reading and she even pinky promised. It was so nice to be able to encourage that student!
Today, I was able to take attendance without asking the students what their names are. I feel as though I am connecting with them on a deeper level and I know something about each of them. I did not do much throughout the rest of the class period. It was a very relaxed day. The class read biographies about Edgar Allan Poe the entire time. I was impressed at how attentive they were while Mrs. Kahler was reading. They all listened intently to every word that she had to say. I hope to be able to hold their attention as well as she does. I think that because this particular group of students are so respectful, they will listen when I speak just as intently. Teaching children who are not as well-mannered frightens me.
Today in my placement was okay. When I arrived there the class was working on their bell work. I started putting together work for the class, while Mrs. McFarland went through the student's homework folders and 100 book challenge folders. Once she was done with them, she asked me to take the folders and put them together. Once I was finished with that, she asked me to take the class to the restroom. When I returned I read to the class. Today they actually sat there on the rug and didn't say a word until I was finished with the books. After I was finished reading the books, Mrs. McFarland told the class to go to their seats and get their math work together. By the time everybody was ready for further instructions, it was time for me to go.
Today was a pretty relaxed day. The students came in the classroom and I took attendance like any other day. We also watched Channel One News. After that the student began with a warm up. The students went through the rubric with Mrs. Peake on what they need to have before they could begin writing their rough draft. She made sure they knew what was required of them in the summary, and she also went over the tenses they have to write their summary in. She also talked about making sure they read through their paper lots and lots. She also talked about making sure their paper flow. She told them about a water fall effect, where one subject flows in to the next. I got to walk around and help the students. The kids asked me questions about how to make their papers flow and what they could do to improve their writing. They also asked me how they could improve the language in their papers. That’s basically all I did today.
Today for my placement I began checking homework. I quickly realized several students still aren’t doing their homework. After doing this, Mrs. Smith passes out a study guide for the students. The study guide was basically a worksheet straight out of the textbook, solely based on graphing. Still one day away from the test, students don’t know what they’re doing. She did each problem individually on the board. She also had times where she gave the students to try, on their paper and the board. The students seemed to really get involved this way. Most of them also seemed to understand. However, there were a few who seemed to be lost. After they went over the study guide, the teacher informed them to study for their. After they left, the next class started with the same routine.
Today was very busy and felt like it flew by. I was busy interacting with the kids from the time I walked in until the time I left. I loved feeling like I had responsibilities and feeling like I actually was doing things. I got one on one time with a speech impaired child and they read their story to me. I helped the student with their pronunciation and vocabulary. I still didn’t have the Popsicles for Conner and Olivia’s birthdays, but I told them I would have them next week. I checked off their books they take home to read and gave them credit. Then, I picked out one of my favorite books to read to them. The book’s title is “Froggy’s Day with Dad.” It is about a frog who can never do anything right, but just keeps trying. I love how the children get so involved and interested with any and every book you read them. I hate that I will not be with them tomorrow. I finally got to see a little of how she teaches math to them. They have blocks they use and I can remember the very same blocks when I was younger. The blocks teach them well and keep them involved because they feel like they are playing while they are actually learning. Being a teacher seems so easy at times, but today I experienced a few tasks that could sometimes make their job difficult.
ReplyDeleteToday during Mrs. Masons 3rd block elementary class we did our usual routine. We stood for the pledge and were silent during the moment of silence. Once the announcements were over I began to read to Jermaine, David, and Carter. Once everyone was finished with reading we went to the computer lab and took our AR tests. Once everyone was finished with that we went back to class where the students had to group their vocabulary cards. I went around and helped the kids that were having trouble with them. Once they finished they put them in bags and gave them to Mrs. Mason. She then told the kids to go sit at the board where they did their math equations. Once they were finished with the equations she told them to grab their math books and turn to page 171 where they started doing the problems on that page. I went around the room and helped some of the kids with their hands up while Mrs. Mason talked to the rest of the class. We did this for the remainder of the time I was there until I had to leave. - Christian
ReplyDeleteToday was pretty uneventful. They were doing a worksheet where they traced a number first then wrote it three more times. Some of the students didn’t follow their directions well and Mrs. Gandy got frustrated that almost no one did their work right. She walked up to the board and explained it. One girl whose name I will not say, kept showing me her unfinished worksheet and I had to keep telling her to sit down and finish it. Eventually when Mrs. Gandy started her calendar. The girl didn’t start her calendar along with everyone else she just kept right along working on her worksheet. When she came up to show me it again I just told her to put it in her mailbox and finish her calendar with everyone. When they got sent to their groups and three kids in my group did really well. They did exactly what I said and moved on. The other two did not. I explained what they were to do and they displayed an understanding of the activity. When I came back to check on them they were just doing their own thing. One refused to look or speak to me at all. It was an off day.
ReplyDeleteToday Mr. Leininger had me attend to an upset female student before we started class. I made sure she was okay and took her to Mrs. Pate so she could discuss her problem. She later returned to class. It was a good learning experience for me. I had to be more than a student teacher to her which is important. The students have to know you care about them and their problems. I loved being able to establish that relationship with that student. Once I attended to that student for Mr. Leininger, I came back to class and went over the South Carolina Facts with the students. I love getting to have mini-discussions with the students every morning. Mr. Leininger even told me he can tell I have a passion for politics and history that I should not ignore later in life. After we finsished the facts, Mr. Leininger began the notes for the day. The students only had to copy down a slide worth of notes. They discussed the Panic of 1819 and how it ended the Era of Good Feelings. The students then finished watching the video about the Donnar Party that they began earlier in the week. The Donnar Party resulted to cannibalism to survive their journey out west and only one member of the party survived. After they finished the video, the students played the Oregon Trail game. The students have to make decisions about what to take out west with them and see if they can survive the journey and make it to Oregon. The classes will be competing against each other to see who can make it the farthest. I love that Mr. Leininger finds fun things to relate to the lesson. The students really enjoyed the video and the game and I did as well. I hope to find cool things like that when I begin teaching which he told me will be Monday. I can use his PowerPoints to begin with and slowly work my way into my making my own. I am so excited!!
ReplyDeleteToday is the second day that some of the students will be going out of class for their reproductive health class. Once they read for SSR, Mrs. Holley took the attendance then separated the class and left. The remaining students were left with me and Chief Smith to go through with the regular activity. First, we did our normal stretching routine and finished them up with fifteen push-ups, sit-ups, and mountain climbers. Next I got out the agility ladders and hurdles for ten minutes of a variety of different coordination and quickness drills. Lastly, the students went on a “run-walk” for twelve minutes. This is when the students would run around the gym for a minute and get a thirty second walk break then run again, and repeat until twelve minutes were up. Once they were complete, they were allowed to play basketball or volleyball for the remaining twenty minutes of class.
ReplyDeleteToday was one of my favorite days so far in my placement by far. It was so great because for the first time me and the kids played a actually basketball game. It was a four on three game with me, Thomas, Storm, and Zack against Dontrel, Adrian, and Shaun. My team one two out of the three games, I enjoyed watching the smiles on the kid’s faces because they were enjoying the competition. Zack, Storm, and Thomas all asked me if could dunk which is hilarious because I am only six foot and the goal is way over my jump range. But these kids think I’m the best basketball player ever which just makes me laugh and smile.
ReplyDeleteAll the classed got to play basketball since they were are so well behaved in their individual grades awards day. After the last class me and Coach Frye throwed the football around and I made it in the basketball net from farther than half court! Coach Frye is like a new friend to me because he relates to me, he played football and was in Teacher Cadet. Like today he asked me what I was getting my girlfriend for Christmas, most teachers wouldn’t take the time to ask! I am really glad I choose to take the Teacher Cadet Class!
Today the students started with a warm up like they always do, which was pretty simple. After they did their warm up, they then began to work on their classwork. They really understand this lesson, and it makes me happy. There is this one boy in the class that I think gets special help. On his test he goes to the resource teacher I guess to help him. He also carries a notebook where the teacher writes down everything he needs to do for homework. I am not sure what his condition is, but I know he gets assistance for things. Today I felt bad because he was so sure about the answer to a question and he was wrong when he said the answer to the entire class. I felt really bad, but everyone messes up. I think if I were a teacher it would be hard for me to see students struggle in a class who almost gets everything. Also, some students look like they have personal problems and it makes me so sad. I wish I could talk to them about what’s going on, why their grades are low. I know if they care about their grades, they would be able to make good grades. Mrs. Mathis always gives them an opportunity to make good grades, and make up any grades they don’t agree with.
ReplyDeleteToday was nothing special. The class worked on a math warm up for their first morning activity. Then we all headed back to Morning Meeting. I made sure to pay extra attention since I will be teaching Morning Meeting next week. I wrote down everything that Mrs. Catoe does on the calendar and I plan to study it until I know what I am doing! After Morning Meeting, the students returned to their desk and completed their daily math and language worksheets. While the class worked, students came back to my table one by one to work on their page for the class book. I helped a couple of kids write neatly and spell correctly. I mostly just watched them to make sure they were doing the right thing. Other than that, it was a typical day in Mrs. Catoe’s class. I am very excited for my lesson next week! I enjoy my students so much and I am looking forward to teaching them. They are all so brilliant and attentive, and I love that!
ReplyDeleteToday everything went back to normal again. I came in and talked to Mrs. Joyner until the kids arrived again. When they arrived we helped them pick out their lunch and get un- packed. When they were finished with that we began morning work and I walked around and helped them with that. After completing their morning work the kids got out their reading logs for me to check. Once again I rewarded them with ram bucks if they read the previous night. After this they had their morning meeting and I stapled papers and watched as they did this. After the morning meeting the kids had silent reading time and Mrs. Joyner asked me to read this story out of a book to one of the students. This student doesn’t particularly have motivation to do her reading log. She likes to blame others for lack of reading. The story I read to her was about a kid who was bored and couldn’t find anything to do, so he blamed others for being bored and never took action himself. Mrs. Joyner asked me to tie this in with this student’s lack of reading. So I gave the student a quick lesson on how she should take responsibility and read and I also encouraged her to read. I told her how much it would help her in every grade she will ever be in. She told me she would start reading and she even pinky promised. It was so nice to be able to encourage that student!
ReplyDeleteToday, I was able to take attendance without asking the students what their names are. I feel as though I am connecting with them on a deeper level and I know something about each of them. I did not do much throughout the rest of the class period. It was a very relaxed day. The class read biographies about Edgar Allan Poe the entire time. I was impressed at how attentive they were while Mrs. Kahler was reading. They all listened intently to every word that she had to say. I hope to be able to hold their attention as well as she does. I think that because this particular group of students are so respectful, they will listen when I speak just as intently. Teaching children who are not as well-mannered frightens me.
ReplyDeleteToday in my placement was okay. When I arrived there the class was working on their bell work. I started putting together work for the class, while Mrs. McFarland went through the student's homework folders and 100 book challenge folders. Once she was done with them, she asked me to take the folders and put them together. Once I was finished with that, she asked me to take the class to the restroom. When I returned I read to the class. Today they actually sat there on the rug and didn't say a word until I was finished with the books. After I was finished reading the books, Mrs. McFarland told the class to go to their seats and get their math work together. By the time everybody was ready for further instructions, it was time for me to go.
ReplyDeleteToday was a pretty relaxed day. The students came in the classroom and I took attendance like any other day. We also watched Channel One News. After that the student began with a warm up. The students went through the rubric with Mrs. Peake on what they need to have before they could begin writing their rough draft. She made sure they knew what was required of them in the summary, and she also went over the tenses they have to write their summary in. She also talked about making sure they read through their paper lots and lots. She also talked about making sure their paper flow. She told them about a water fall effect, where one subject flows in to the next. I got to walk around and help the students. The kids asked me questions about how to make their papers flow and what they could do to improve their writing. They also asked me how they could improve the language in their papers. That’s basically all I did today.
ReplyDeleteToday for my placement I began checking homework. I quickly realized several students still aren’t doing their homework. After doing this, Mrs. Smith passes out a study guide for the students. The study guide was basically a worksheet straight out of the textbook, solely based on graphing. Still one day away from the test, students don’t know what they’re doing. She did each problem individually on the board. She also had times where she gave the students to try, on their paper and the board. The students seemed to really get involved this way. Most of them also seemed to understand. However, there were a few who seemed to be lost. After they went over the study guide, the teacher informed them to study for their. After they left, the next class started with the same routine.
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