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Overall my experience of being in Lingleville ISD was a great experience that allowed me to learn a lot not only about the students in the classroom, but also helped me learn a lot about myself. Going in to this classroom I expected to only learn things about classroom management and maybe a few strategies. After spending a few days in this room I learned many other things. I did learn about classroom management but I also learned about content, strategies, organization, lesson planning, and inclusion adaptations. I learned that an inclusion special education student can really thrive being in a mainstream classroom, not only academically but also socially. It was a wonderful learning opportunity to get to be a part of that. My mentor teacher …show more content…
The rule that was one of the first ones that I encountered being in this classroom was her noise level rule/chart. There was a chart hanging in the very front of the room that enforced and reminded the students of her noise level rule, and she frequently referred to it. This rule was one that the students new well and followed it without a problem, it is also one that I wouldn’t mind using in my own classroom. The rule is that the students have different noise levels that are expected from them, the level they are supposed to be at is given by the teacher after the students are given the rules of an assignment or test. The first level is level 0 it means that there should be absolutely no talking, then there is level 1. Level 1 means that the student can whisper to their neighbor (shoulder buddy) but the person that is sitting across from them shouldn’t hear them nor should the teacher. The next level is level 2, it means that you can quietly talk to your group, this would be used if there was any group work going on, but the tables surrounding you should not be able to hear you. Then there is a level 3, level 3 is the classroom discussion level meaning that anyone in the room can hear what you are saying. I really like this classroom management technique because I personally think that the noise level and talking of students is the hardest classroom management to maintain. She also uses a …show more content…
My mentor teacher also half way through went through some personal health problems that made her have to sit a lot, this only meant that while students were working on their classroom work that I was able to walk around and observe students as well as answer questions that they have. It was a great learning opportunity for me because it really allowed me to jump in with two feet. This was such a great experience and it shaped me greatly as a future
It was my pleasure to be able to experience children with these disabilities. A day spent at Westgate was aery active one, I always was able to write plenty of notes from my observation. When the English language students were peer mentored with their 4 grade class, they had to write an autobiographical poem. The fourth grade students had to help their first and second grade ELL students write this poem. When the poem is all written out the students will then type up the poem on word and create a PowerPoint. After the poem was finished they would then present the poem in front of the whole class. This activity was pretty challenging for the fourth grade student because they had more reading and writing skills then the first and second graders. Ms. Lewis; the class teacher had to always redirect the ELL students because they did not understand what to do or what some of the questions said on the organizer. The next day I was in I was able to experience working with three students that had learning disabilities in the classroom. The teacher would separate the children in to groups, the learning disability children were paired up with me and they were given different book pages and problems to work on. Since these children were struggling in math I was able to help them comprehend. I was asked plenty of questions on how to do the problems. Usually Ms. Lewis is paired up with these students but today instead of me just observing them she wanted me to be hands on with the students and be able to interact with them. The next day I went I observe the boy with ADHD. It was very interesting to observe him. I was able to see him use assistive technologies to be able to focus. He also was seated on the outside of the desk range right by the teacher’s desk. I believe he was by the teacher’s desk and on the outside so he was
Firstly, etiquette makes an agreable and a peaceful classroom. These days, there is a misconception that etiquette is about formal behavior. The foundation of etiquette is kindness to others, treating others as you would like to be treated. Although many of its rules evolved into f...
In this report I intend to focus on the different strategies of quieting down and calming the class. Managing the behaviour of the classroom has always been a problem for the class teacher. When given the responsibility of 30 children, all individual, all different, it is a hard task to try and also keep your class peaceful and co-operative. The Elton report stated that ‘Primary schools had to deal with many incidents of minor disruptive behaviour e.g. shouting out, pushing, running in school, name calling, defiance.’ (Elton Report 1989)
Some teachers do not allow any talking during class at all, even when students are just working independently. Students need to be able to collaborate with each other to help each other out and create new ideas. If a student says something that the teacher does not like the teacher can punish the student, an example of this is the case of Bethel v. Fraser; Matthew Fraser gave a speech to the school that contained offensive and sexual references and then officials at the school then punished him for saying those things (What are the free expression rights of students in public schools under the First Amendment?). The teacher can also send that student to the principal and the punishment could end up being suspension or expulsion. An example of this is one of my good friends was in his PE class a couple weeks ago, his teacher said something that he did not like. So he decided to yell back at the teacher, no one was in danger, the teacher did not like what my friend had said so he got sent to security and eventually go
My sixth grade science teacher sat me at a table with children in my class who had special needs. At the time, I perceived it as a punishment, but she later showed me her intentions. One day, she pulled me aside and thanked me for sitting there and working with those kids. She told me that my patience and kindness allowed those students to excel in ways that they never had before in that class. She listed instances where she watched over us from her desk and saw me including all of them in the work we were assigned and making sure they knew they had a voice in what was going on. She even gave me a gift and presented me with an award at the end of the year. I didn’t know it then, but that experience is ultimately what led me to the field of occupational therapy.
Looking back over the course of the semester, I feel that I learned many new and interesting uses for technology within the classroom – both for classrooms that have a lot of technology and for classrooms that are limited with technology. For the majority of the class, we utilized William Kists’ book The Socially Networked Classroom: Teaching in the New Media Age (2010), which provided multiple modes of instruction that both utilized and/or created technology. One of the first things that I remember, and consequently that stuck with me through the course’s entirety, is that individuals must treat everything as a text. Even a garden is a text. The statement made me change the way that I traditionally viewed Language Arts both as a student and as a teacher, as I very narrowly saw literature and works of the like as texts only; however, by considering nearly anything as a text, one can analyze, study, and even expand his/her knowledge. Kist (2010) states that society is “experiencing a vast transformation of the way we “read” and “write,” and a broadening of the way we conceptualize “literacy” (p. 2). In order to begin to experience and learn with the modern classroom and technologically advanced students, individuals must begin to see new things as literature and analyze those things in a similar manner.
learned the different methods of teaching with a diverse class of exceptional students. I have
I believe that inclusion is necessary for a child to prosper in society. I think that it is a great learning experience for both the special education student and their peers in the class. I think they both can learn a lot from each other. I also believe though if the student has a severe enough problem where learning in a regular setting would not benefit them I believe they should be placed in a setting where learning is most beneficial. Inclusion is a very good thing when it is used right where both the special education student and their peers can both learn from each other and still not be distracted from their studies.
That was a great experience and I felt comfortable in the classroom with the teacher and the children who was happy and enthusiastic to have me working with them. Also, the teacher was very kind to answering all questions that I had about children behaviors.
The most important rule that I believe in is that my classroom should be a place of learning. The best way to create this type of environment is to make sure that I am consistent with all students and that I make the students feel comfortable and relaxed. I believe that students learn more in a consistent relaxed atmosphere, because all students need to know that what’s wrong for one is wrong for all and what is right for one is right for all. I want my students to be comforted in the feeling that they are all on equal footing when they step into my classroom.
In these two weeks I taught on my own. That was an interesting and exciting experience. I think the students really enjoyed my lesson, which was exciting. However, I was a little bummed out when my cooperating teacher did a very similar lesson right before I taught mine. All in all though, it was just more practice for the students and I think they are really starting to get a tighter grasp on sequencing. I was a little frustrated because I wanted to try some different attention getters during my lesson, but I have only seen my cooperating teacher use one of them so I had to keep repeating the same attention getter, which I found to be less effective. One of my partners taught this week also they did a good job. I felt that she needed to have
The last and most important rule is to be polite. My favorite example is reciting the Golden Rule to them. The Golden Rule is to “Treat others the way you want to be treated”. Inside of the classroom, each student is responsible for respecting themselves, their peers, and the teacher. All body parts, such as hands and feet, should be kept to themselves. Respect also goes as far as respecting school property. That means students should not damage or vandalize the items that the school provided in the
In second grade my mother decided to take me out from Engelmann and put me in Startown, because Engelmann was not willing to work with me. When I got placed at Startown, it was phenomenal of how much help I got. I was used to teachers looking down on me and yelling at how stupid I was. At Startown they were very patient with me and helped me overcome my disability. They helped me see that it is ok to be different because being different means that there is no one like
Classroom management is a necessary component to every classroom. It includes creating a set of rules and clear expectations that all students follow. This helps unify the classroom for both the teacher and students allowing for a smooth, effective, and educational environment. When the students are aware of what is expected, they are motivated in order to attain the goals dispensed by the teacher. Some students are naturally motivated and want nothing more than to surpass goals for the sake of triumph and pleasing the teacher. Other students need extrinsic motivation in order for them to become engaged in
In this course I experienced an important change in my beliefs about teaching; I came to understand that there are many different theories and methods that can be tailored to suit the teacher and the needs of the student. The readings, especially those from Lyons, G., Ford, M., & Arthur-Kelly, M. (2011), Groundwater-Smith, S., Ewing, R., & Le Cornu, R. (2007), and Whitton, D., Barker, K., Nosworthy, M., Sinclair, C., Nanlohy, P. (2010), have helped me to understand this in particular. In composing my essay about teaching methods and other themes, my learning was solidified, my knowledge deepened by my research and my writing skills honed.