Sunday, November 28, 2010
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Action Research
I feel that this process is going to quickly approach me and I will be very stressed. I do know what I want to do, I just need to figure out the main questions and how I want to write it up.
Since I will be in a classroom that has a diverse group, I will need to make sure that I can help all students.
I think that photograph and learning will be a great tool for my students with special needs. I will have the students complete the photography and allow them to have ownership in what they use to describe the words.
Since I will be in a classroom that has a diverse group, I will need to make sure that I can help all students.
I think that photograph and learning will be a great tool for my students with special needs. I will have the students complete the photography and allow them to have ownership in what they use to describe the words.
Week 1 Reflections
First week in high school started out very different from my elementary school. Hearing all of the different bells were so confusing. I was not sure what class was what and when we were going to change classes. Overall, I was simply nervous. After talking with my teacher my nerves turned into excitement. I was excited to start teaching my students. I have also learned a great deal about administration duties. My teacher has taught me so much about the IEP's and the special education process. High school exposes you more to the IEPs since they are more intense and the difficulty level increases.
I feel that I have made great strives with the high school students, I opened the day with each class and try to see what they did last night or if they have anything that they can share. I have students wanting to talk with me and they feel that they can share things, which makes me feel better about being in high school.
I have the best teacher, she is so caring and wants to help me learn and grow as a teacher. I am very lucky to be with her and her students.
Some of the strength of my year four portfolio were my action research, I feel that I truly understood the different aspects of the research.
For my fifth year portfolio I am planning on show the variety of characteristics that I have exhibited in my high school placement as well as my elementary. Through this experience I plan to show how I have grown in my ability to teach.
I feel that I have made great strives with the high school students, I opened the day with each class and try to see what they did last night or if they have anything that they can share. I have students wanting to talk with me and they feel that they can share things, which makes me feel better about being in high school.
I have the best teacher, she is so caring and wants to help me learn and grow as a teacher. I am very lucky to be with her and her students.
Some of the strength of my year four portfolio were my action research, I feel that I truly understood the different aspects of the research.
For my fifth year portfolio I am planning on show the variety of characteristics that I have exhibited in my high school placement as well as my elementary. Through this experience I plan to show how I have grown in my ability to teach.
Week 2 Reflections
This week has gone really well. I have been teaching full time. This week we have gotten into the Read 180 program as well as the civics book.
The schools management system has improved based on communicating with my teaching. I feel that my teacher's classroom has good management. There is an understanding between my teacher and her students about having respect. I feel that my students have the respect for me and the other students that is need for them to have the best education. The students get a long very well.
Today, September 1, 2010, I had a students that was constantly talking. I could not get him to understand that it is important to be quiet. He was very happy today, but could not get him to understand that he needed to be quiet. He was argueing with me today, but he was doing it in a joking manner. I feel that it was good, because he felt that he could talk and joke with me. Other than that I feel that the day went well.
Civics is something new for me to teach, but I feel that I am learning as I am planning my lessons.
The schools management system has improved based on communicating with my teaching. I feel that my teacher's classroom has good management. There is an understanding between my teacher and her students about having respect. I feel that my students have the respect for me and the other students that is need for them to have the best education. The students get a long very well.
Today, September 1, 2010, I had a students that was constantly talking. I could not get him to understand that it is important to be quiet. He was very happy today, but could not get him to understand that he needed to be quiet. He was argueing with me today, but he was doing it in a joking manner. I feel that it was good, because he felt that he could talk and joke with me. Other than that I feel that the day went well.
Civics is something new for me to teach, but I feel that I am learning as I am planning my lessons.
Week 3 Reflections
This week was midterm for Special Education interns. I have had a great experience with this school and the students. I have learned so much about special education and myself.
Something that I have learned about myself would have to be my ability to keep control over high school students, even when the class is not my class. Today, September 9, 2010 I had to cover a class for another teacher. I found that it was a very difficult class. They did not want to listen to me, nor did they respect me. I felt very helpless and confused because I was not sure of her rules or how things are ran. I wanted them to complete tasks without being defiant. I had students constantly not listen to me and put their head down. I felt that this was something that was an uphill battle, there was no way they were going to really listen to me. When I had a discussion with them about needing to read and follow directions the students said things that were very frightening. I was very shock to hear some of these life long plans. I did however hold my ground, I continued to monitor the students, I made sure that I let them know that I would be sharing the information their teacher. They were not phased by this, but they did understand that it was not okay to "walk over me" because I am a student teacher.
Part of my experience has given me experience that I need to gain first hand. I could read from a text book for several days, but wont be as meaningful.
The state department came to the school this week and I learned a lot of rules that need to be followed to make the school an effective environment for students.
Throughout these weeks I have been working very closely with my teacher and the counselors and other teachers to make sure that all of the students are in the classes that they need to be. I feel that this has given me a great insight on how the school system runs.
Overall, my first week of lessons written by me, has went really well. I started research with my civics class and they really are getting the hang of research. I have made modifications as we are going so that they will have the best opportunities to learn.
The English and reading classes are coming together. We are finding the reading levels and interest of the students so we can get into the programs more.
I feel that this program is really going to be helpful for these students. I am sad that I wont get to see some of the progress of the students, but I am sure that there will be great strives with some of the students reading and language art skills.
Something that I have learned about myself would have to be my ability to keep control over high school students, even when the class is not my class. Today, September 9, 2010 I had to cover a class for another teacher. I found that it was a very difficult class. They did not want to listen to me, nor did they respect me. I felt very helpless and confused because I was not sure of her rules or how things are ran. I wanted them to complete tasks without being defiant. I had students constantly not listen to me and put their head down. I felt that this was something that was an uphill battle, there was no way they were going to really listen to me. When I had a discussion with them about needing to read and follow directions the students said things that were very frightening. I was very shock to hear some of these life long plans. I did however hold my ground, I continued to monitor the students, I made sure that I let them know that I would be sharing the information their teacher. They were not phased by this, but they did understand that it was not okay to "walk over me" because I am a student teacher.
Part of my experience has given me experience that I need to gain first hand. I could read from a text book for several days, but wont be as meaningful.
The state department came to the school this week and I learned a lot of rules that need to be followed to make the school an effective environment for students.
Throughout these weeks I have been working very closely with my teacher and the counselors and other teachers to make sure that all of the students are in the classes that they need to be. I feel that this has given me a great insight on how the school system runs.
Overall, my first week of lessons written by me, has went really well. I started research with my civics class and they really are getting the hang of research. I have made modifications as we are going so that they will have the best opportunities to learn.
The English and reading classes are coming together. We are finding the reading levels and interest of the students so we can get into the programs more.
I feel that this program is really going to be helpful for these students. I am sad that I wont get to see some of the progress of the students, but I am sure that there will be great strives with some of the students reading and language art skills.
Week 4 Reflections
This was the fourth week at my high school placement. I have been enjoying working with the high school students. This week I continued to write the lesson plans and I found that they flowed rather well. I felt that the lesson could have parts that would have went better. I did notices that the students were struggling with part of the lesson on Monday so I decided to change the lesson for the following day and do a differentiated lesson. I felt that this was something that helped the students. I saw a difference in the students after completing this task. Also I had the students do a writing process, within this writing process I learned that they have a difficult time figuring out the different ideas and processes. The students wanted me to tell them what to write and how to write it. I decided that since they were having such a hard time with this that on Monday of the next week they would be working on some more writing so that they would get more practice. I am excited to see how they respond to the writing prompt.
My other classes went well. I worked with the student on completing the research project. On Friday, the students presented the information. I found that they did learn something from the other projects as well as from their projects. Since September 17, was the Constitution day, I did a presentation on the history of this document. They really liked the PowerPoint and video that I showed them.
I feel that sometimes I am not sure how to teach the information to the students. I think that this will be something that will come the more I teach. I think that I need to trust the things that I know and share them to the best of my abilities.
My other classes went well. I worked with the student on completing the research project. On Friday, the students presented the information. I found that they did learn something from the other projects as well as from their projects. Since September 17, was the Constitution day, I did a presentation on the history of this document. They really liked the PowerPoint and video that I showed them.
I feel that sometimes I am not sure how to teach the information to the students. I think that this will be something that will come the more I teach. I think that I need to trust the things that I know and share them to the best of my abilities.
Week 5 Reflections
This is the last week at my high school placement. I am very sad to leave my students and the great friends that I have made over the short five weeks. My mentor teacher has given me so much. She has taught me so much about the Special Education in the high school setting. I feel that I could teach high school when I graduate. I never thought I could say that. I also have had some great learning opportunities. I found that writing when made fun can be very helpful to the students.
I look forward to working on the lessons with my students in the next three days. Its very hard to believe that this placement is over, it seems just as I got started I have to leave. I think that it would be better to have the high school placement for Special Education to be longer. You really can't get a good understanding in such a short time.
I have learned so much about myself as a teacher. I can't wait to get the opportunity Over the last few days at high school my lessons went well and I could see that the students learned from what I was teaching them. They had a great attitude and were willing to work on the final projects that I had the students do. I think that it shows that they respected me as a teacher. From day one, I was not sure that I would have all of the students show me respect.
There was one day, where a student was not listening to me and was very disrespectful. After the whole situation, the student had enough respect to explain himself to me and my mentor teacher. Also he apologized to me for not showing me the respect I deserved.
All of my students worked with me to finalize their work. As they finished their work, they saw why I was having them work on the papers and projects so much. The learned a lot and it was a great experience for both the students and me.
I look forward to working on the lessons with my students in the next three days. Its very hard to believe that this placement is over, it seems just as I got started I have to leave. I think that it would be better to have the high school placement for Special Education to be longer. You really can't get a good understanding in such a short time.
I have learned so much about myself as a teacher. I can't wait to get the opportunity Over the last few days at high school my lessons went well and I could see that the students learned from what I was teaching them. They had a great attitude and were willing to work on the final projects that I had the students do. I think that it shows that they respected me as a teacher. From day one, I was not sure that I would have all of the students show me respect.
There was one day, where a student was not listening to me and was very disrespectful. After the whole situation, the student had enough respect to explain himself to me and my mentor teacher. Also he apologized to me for not showing me the respect I deserved.
All of my students worked with me to finalize their work. As they finished their work, they saw why I was having them work on the papers and projects so much. The learned a lot and it was a great experience for both the students and me.
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