Favorite Teacher
Greg is definitely a social student and loves group activities where he gets to work with his peers on projects. He attends classes in the sixth grade at Brown PS12 and changes classrooms and teachers throughout his day. His favorite teacher is his Language Arts teacher, which is not his favorite subject. He does not mind Language arts, because his teacher, Mr. Tooter makes the lesson plan fun by incorporating multiple cooperative learning activities during the class time. He has language arts as his first class of the day, so I feel this is extremely beneficial for his learning because he starts his day off learning in a positive atmosphere. The teacher is using cooperative learning with his students to help them gain
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This day is the same every week and it is used as a punishment/reward system for the students. For students that had a good week and received no negative reviews or assignments a reward is received. This reward can be anything from getting playtime outside, watching a movie, or going to the library to work on an independent project or read a book.
This day is also used as a punishment to the students because of the negative ramifications that come along with getting a zero on an assignment or on his or her behavior. For these students, the time that could have been used to socialize or to watch a movie is now spent in an auditorium with a few teachers available to help the students with assignments. The students are required to use this time to improve a grade on an assignment, make up any missed work, or to simply sit quietly and work on something academic due to a behavior issues with the student. I feel this might not be entirely true because Greg has never had to miss one of the fun days this year, so I am not sure if this is just a horror story he has heard from other students that have had to attend these sessions or if some of it is
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A seating arrangement beneficial in a history class would be where the desks are arranged in a circle with the teacher in the middle encouraging participation from each student on the lessons being covered. Activities used to support learning in a history course, include ideas such as timeline-construction, debates, role-playing, and independent researching with technology. Greg is in the middle grade level; I am very aware of the importance of social interaction at this stage for students and feel it is important to encourage social interaction within a safe classroom environment that everyone feels comfortable voicing his or her opinion without being harshly judged.
Another aspect I plan to bring into my History class is inquiry learning, each student will pick a historical figure that inspires the student. Each student will then research independently, analyze and evaluate all the information found on that person or his or her ideals and philosophy. All students will then give an oral presentation to communicate what information they were able to find outside of the materials we covered in class. I feel this will encourage a civic responsibility in each student to find and make his or her mark in
When that particular group returns from vacation, another track will go on vacation leaving the other tracks in school and so on. A calendar such as this is implemented in response to overcrowded schools, and allows for more students to attend one school. It has also been suggested that single-track YRS serves well as a transition to multi-track YRS (Shields & Oberg, 2000; Stenvall, 2003; Thomas, 1973). Either way both schedules offer more efficient use of school facilities, which is definitely a positive.
This type of seating arrangement should relax the children and make them feel more comfortable. On the bulletin boards there will be pictures of the students while involved in class activities and students work as a reward for doing well on an assignment. Also on the walls, there will be posters to inspire the students. My class will be very organized with little wasted time.... ...
...rch is the arrival of a beautiful season, spring. But March is also the disappearance of cold and dark winter. The Winter Break has ended and students continued on working until March Break, and right after the March Break school starts to become more serious and important. But before all that why do we only get a week of March Break, we’re tired of school and we want to really relax before we head for the difficult part of school. We should at least deserve two weeks of March Break just like the Winter Break, and the March Break is the last Break for the school year. The one week of March Break narrows us to limited activities, which is not enjoyable. The tiredness can cause lack of performance in school and the one week of March Break is not going to help, but two weeks of March Break can calm down the students and prepare them for three more months of school.
Family vacations, pool memberships, and corn de-tasseling; these have been the experiences of traditional Midwestern summers. For centuries young American children have attended school during the winter months, during farming off seasons when their families could afford to be without them. Families have grown accustomed to a traditional school calendar that provides time for bonding throughout the year. Students have grown accustomed to an eight week break during the summer months where they are allowed to refresh their minds before returning for a new school year. Unfortunately, these traditional experiences and practices are now in jeopardy. In today’s race to improve student achievement, traditional school calendars have become a point of contention. Today more and more school districts and parents alike have begun to debate the pros and cons of an alternative school calendar.
Students can want to continue their perfect attendance not because they truly care for waking up super early in the morning and then going off for six hours of learning but the idea of a free brand new car is quite intriguing. Children all over the United States recognize
...d fully appreciate the amount of sacrifice that the hosts of these events make. The negative attitude during these events is also accredited to the bad scheduling of the events. These events are placed during random times throughout each semester, whereas the spiritual credits are given every Thursday from 11:00-12:00 during the day. This bad scheduling and poor advertisement of events brings in many students that usually did not hear about the event until just minutes before it started.
Today however, the role of the modern public school is beginning to change. The United States is no longer an agrarian society. As a result, people feel that the traditional school calendar is too old-fashioned a...
For the lost day, spread out over the four days, comes about just in around 10 additional minutes for each class period. It is additionally brought up that students have additional time to finish homework and do ventures over the long weekend. With online training being underlined by states and regions, the additional weekday would take this into consideration. Other conceivable advantages incorporate an increase in confidence and reduction in non-attendance, by both staff and students. Furthermore, folks at last have room schedule-wise to make arrangements for their kids that will not interrupt with school. They can also take long-weekend family outings, or go to different occasions that do not affect time away from school.
Teaching is a very difficult thing for some people to do. When I look at a teacher that has made a good lasting impression on me, I appreciate their desire to help kids that go through their classroom door, just like my 6th grade teacher Mrs. Enberg. She made a difference in my life by teaching me respect for people in authority over me and that there are consequences for my actions. One common characteristic that she shared with Hattie M. Steinburg in the “my favorite teacher” essay in the book models for writers (103)
My view of Literature is that it is the soul to the imagination. I may be mistaken, but that is the beauty of literary words; there is no truth, no right nor wrong in them, yet they hold just about everything to learn on life. Miss Judy Brown, my form four English teacher, has really inspired me in indispensible ways. She is definitely one in a billion.
Interesting Class/Material: My high school history teacher always kept things interesting. He never did the same thing every day and he rarely lectured us. One day he may have started a discussion and the next day he may have used media to give a more detailed description of the topic that we discussed the day before.
One extra day of school cuts into precious relaxation time of students and teachers alike.
Every teacher has their strong points as well as weak points. Teaching is very hard work and some of them never grow to be anything better than mediocre. They do the bare minimum and very little over and above the call of duty. There are several ways to become a great teacher. Teachers are truly dedicated workers who put a lot of time and schooling into being able to teach for the rest of their lives.
One good quality a teacher should have is, respect for the students. Each person’s ideas and opinions should be valued and not judged. They should be able to express themselves without feeling insecure. Another good quality is, having high expectations for your students. Each student should be encouraged to do their best and achieve goals that they may have never met before. Another good quality is, I believe a teacher should have is good communication skills. They should keep not only the students informed on what is going on in the class, they should definitely keep the parents informed as well. Teachers need to know how to communicate with all their students because some are at different levels than others.
Having the ability to shape a student’s life is truly a gift; so many of my art teachers inspired me to follow my dreams. After hearing Taylor Mali’s poem, What Teachers Make, I knew that I wanted to be a teacher: I want to make a difference. Mali spoke with so much passion as he answered the age old question ‘what do teachers make.’ “I make parents see their children for who they are and who they can be,” this quote really moved me because I think in a lot of situations students’ talents are overlooked by their parents (Mali.) My art teachers always had their hand in the community creating sculptures for the local fire department or crocheting hats and baby booties. I feel good teaching shows students how to apply the knowledge they learned. I want to model what they learned so they can apply it to their everyday life. I attend to teach my students to be active members of society and be aware and respectful of others’ culture, and teach them how to apply the skills they learn in art in their everyday life.