These papers you are about to read is about my kindergarten years through third grade years. My life has had its ups and downs but as you can tell I survived. These words on this paper are hopefully going to entertain you, but I understand if they don’t. Let’s see where should I begin? How about the beginning of kindergarten? My first day of school was probably the most horrifying day of my entire life. After my mom and grandma took hundreds of pictures I walked up to the bus stop where my friend
are categorized as either smart or in need of extra help. I was one of the people who were categorized as somebody who needed "extra help" in the third grade. In the third grade, I had a challenge with reading and writing but at the same time I was seen as the best student in the class. When I was in the third grade my sister was in the fourth grade and she was the opposite of me. My older sister has always been the best at math, reading, and writing, my parents always said, "I should learn
The case study of Kathryn Carlson and Andy Randolph was about a third grade student who was having trouble academically and behaviourally. This case study follows the life of Andy, the third grade student, and Kathryn, a special needs educator, as they decide whether or not Andy should receive his IEP in the fourth grade. This case study began in Andy 's second grade when he first received his IEP. In his third grade year, he was in Mrs. Sachs ' class, who is a strict teacher. In that environment
On October 25, 2016 I observed Mrs. Boer’s third grade classroom in Orange City Christian School. When I first arrived it was read aloud time, the teacher read aloud a story book while the students listened while working on unfinished work. After that they did a math lesson. When I looked around the class room I noticed it was set up in different sections, there is a project area, desk area, carpet area and a group table area. This set up allows for different types of work and even different types
For this reflection, I would like to reflect on my first full day of solo teaching without my mentor in the room. My mentor went to an in-district training for three days and I was able to be her substitute. On my way to school, I was really nervous about what the first day on my own would be like and would everything run smoothly. I was pleasantly surprised how easy this day ended up being. First, I think that I set the day up well by discussing my expectations with the students and providing
his glasses did very little to sharpen his vision, and that he was legally blind. On the last day of second grade, at the unofficial annual picnic at Westland Hills Park, we became good friends. As we moved from the swings to the jungle gym to the sprinklers, I realized how much we truly had in common. We enjoyed the same things: Legos, swimming and being Cub Scouts. Throughout third grade, we spent nearly every weekend together. During this time, though I had been informed of his disability, I never
losing their interest in learning math this problem occurred as early as 3rd grade. For most of the time they have do not, care or attitude toward academic and their attention span are limited. For example, math and science are the hardest content for students to absorb the materials and understanding the concept. "Motivation students in mathematics course can be a challenging task" (Raines and Clark, 2011). The fourth grades students whose are in technologies rich environment their academic and behavioral
The “Perfect” Thanksgiving In the James family Thanksgiving is far from perfect but this year I wanted to change that. Know more playing Minecraft on the Xbox. It's just going to be chatting at the dinner table and eating till we pass out, while watching football. I was determined this will be the perfect Thanksgiving. But know I had to pick out my outfit for tomorrow. I'm ready” I said with wearing my second favorite dress. A very simple one in fact, it was made of cotton and
recognized for my talents. My time in school continued to be dismal until my third grade year. I remained stuck with the teacher that no one else wanted. It appeared as if this year was shaping up to be just as painful as the others. However, it happens to be that this third grade teacher that changed my outlook on educators forever. This teacher was able to create a learning atmosphere that was both gratifying and pleasurable. My third
Classroom Environment A general population third grade class was observed to further understand the psychological aspect of teaching. The Title I school classroom observed has sixteen students, eight girls and eight boys, and is almost entirely made up of students from a low socioeconomic status (SES). The desks are arranged with one big horseshoe and two rows of desks inside the horseshoe shape. The teacher has made adjustments to seating assignments and layout due to student behavior and feedback
3rd grade CBM test rather than the 4th grade. My tutee’s median of digits correct was 41 and her median of problems correct was 23. She got 100% of the addition correct, but lacked in division, subtraction, and multiplication. During normal circumstances, most people would boost my student’s testing to the 4th grade level and I do believe that she is smart enough to complete a 4th grade
sada Nicome Anthro 290 Final Paper Artist Statement In this artist statement I plan to address a borderland space in reference to neighborhoods, also known as redlining. I also plan to discuss the discrimination associated within these particular neighborhoods. A description of goals of the work that I produced and lastly what inspired me to specifically choose this borderland space. The borderland space I choose to discuss was Los Angeles
In Patricia Polacco’s biography, Thank You Mr. Falker, It’s Called Dyslexia by Jennifer Moore, Tom’s Special Talent by Kate Gaynor, and The Alphabet War by Diane Burton Robb, dyslexia is presented in a visually appealing format in which children can understand. Children sometimes have difficulty understanding that just because someone thinks or learns differently than them, it doesn’t mean they are less intelligent. These books can be the inspiration that encourages a child with dyslexia not to give
learning how to identify numbers and understanding how to reverse simple equations and operations. I remember in second grade, we always did mad minutes, and I would always be the first or second person done in my class because math came easy to me. To this day, I still like helping people out with math because I enjoy it. At the end of second grade, my brother was in sixth grade, so he was able to babysit me after school while my parents were still at work. One day when we got home, I had my hair
Max Wilson Woodard Biography He was born in Palestine, Texas to the parentage of Clyde Burette Woodard and Marye Regina (McClung) Woodard at 9:45 AM at the Palestine Sanatarium. His parents lived in Elkhart, Texas where his father was the owner and operator of Woodard Cleaners and his mother, Bubbie, as he called her, was the owner and operator of a beauty shop. 1938-1941 His first dog was an English Shepard named Rex, who was a one man dog and his constant traveling companion. Beginning
brother play an online game called RuneScape and first learning how to type with him. He would teach me the arrangement of letters on the keyboard and how it was used. This was my first experience with instant messaging and I was only in the fourth grade. I communicated with friends on the video games and used my writing skills that I had learned in past years. I was shown internet communication which was different than academic writing. Spelling was not as important and abbreviations took over while
My Childhood Memory It was the fourth grade. I always heard rumors and gossip about a certain teacher. This year, kids said to take any teacher except Mrs. Williams, the oral project teacher. Of course in elementary, we did not have a choice of which teacher to choose. Boy, I was shocked when I glanced at the window that had my schedule. Just by looking at that plain white piece of paper sticking on a safety-glass window, I knew it was going to be a bad year. The old, grouchy, strict, and mean
parents attempted to mold me into the perfect daughter, or at least what they thought that was. Their hopes were shattered when I entered the third grade and a mini rebellion phase kicked in. I stopped doing what my parents wanted; I just tried to do what made me happy. Sadly, that phase didn 't last long. My eight year old self was
work to reach these learners who are often ignored because of time restraints or lack of support. Validation: The fourth grade slump is a term that is used to describe the phenomenon where students who previously did well in school before grade 4 have a large performance drop in achievement. Many researchers and educators believe that this transition period from grade 3 to grade 4 is a critical moment in any students education as we shift from ‘learning to read’ to ‘reading to learn’ ideologies (Sanacore
What influences have made me the person I am? It was a Tuesday afternoon and I was just getting to my psychology class and as usual I was chit chatting with my neighbors in class, Cpl Christie and Fausnight about the things that each of us did this weekend. Just when I had finished talking to Kara (Fausnight) about her weekend our psychology teacher Dr. Douglas walks in. As she is walking in I in my peppy self- personality ask how her weekend went. Dr. Douglas then proceeded to tell me that it was