1. My teacher hardly has a classroom management plan. It seems to me that her plan simply consists of screaming at the studnets all day. She uses a green, yellow and red star. At the beginning of the day all the studnets names begin on green, if they misbehave their name goes to yellow, then to red. It most definatley is NOT a positive plan!
2. One thing that my teacher does, is she has a book basket at each table for the studnets to use during independent reading. This prevents studnets from getting out of their seat and wandering around the room to find a book. They already have a small selection right there at their seats. Another thing my teacher does is she collects the students boxes of crayons while they are not using them. If the crayon boxes stay on the tables while the studnets are not using them they become distracted and fiddle with their boxes and crayons and tend to not pay attention.
3. Classroom Management Plan:
a. Guiding Prinicples:
1. Students should have good behaviors modeled for them so they know what to do.
2. Classroom management should ONLY be positive!
3. Students will only be acknowledged for good behavior.
b. Classroom Set-up
I will have the desks in groups so that 4 students will sit at each desk. They will be spread out evenly among the room, but their needs to be plenty of space in the front of the classroom for me to stand and use the white board. My desk will be in the front of the room but off to the side. I think this creates an unspoken authority in the classroom, but it needs to be off to the side so studnets are not crowding around my desk, and taking things that are not theirs. The rug and rocking chair will be in the back corner surrounded by bookcases to make a secluded little cubby for quiet reading.
c. Classroom rule
1. Students will raise their hands if they want to speak.
2. Students will sit in their seat.
3. Students will only walk in the classroom.
4. Students will use their inside voices in the classroom and outside voices on the playground
d. Routines
coming into the classroom at the beginning of the day, students will sign in and stamp their right hand, then they will put their homework folder in the homework folder bin and put their backpack in their cubby, then they will sit at their seat and chose a book to read quietly from the book bin at their desks. Students may go to the bathroom anytime they need. We as adults go to the bathroom when we need to so the students should be able to as well. for lining up the class will line up in alphabetical order, this way they always know where their spot in line is and there is no confusion. for going somewhere students should have their hands either beind their back or in their pockets, this prevents students from touching things they should'nt be touching or pushing other students. They should also have a bubble of air in their mouths so they dont accidently speak out loud while we are in the hallway! In order to get students attention, I will use a signal, for example two fingers in the air, when students see this signal they will know this means to be quiet and pay attention.
e. List of steps for disruptive behavior
First is an oral warning
Next students will have to move their name from one color to another
Then a note home about disruptive behavior
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Blog # 2
1. So far in my classroom, I have observed many things. Number one being the diverse group of students we have. I absoluetly LOVE how the children interact with one another. They are all so friendly with one another and I have not seen any HATE from one studnet to another. They are like a little family to each other. I love how they all get along and how they do not seem to notice things that we adults in the "adult world" pay too much attention too. For instance the black studnets interact with the white studnets, the girls are friends with the boys, the smartest child plays with the lowest level child. I love how innocent the children are and how they have not learned the prejeducies that happen in the real world. I know they will eventually fall victim to harsher judgements of people but I love the little community or family I should say in the classroom.
2. I have to say that the teaching stlye is similar in many ways. I feel that my supervising teacher has a good understanding of how she wants her classroom and she is very frim about trying to achieve that. I feel that she doesn't let any student take advantage of her and I feel that she is very concrete in her directions to the class. These are qualities that I have always admired in my past teachers, and they are qualities that I hope to attain. One thing that I think we may differ in slightly is the behavior management. I feel that my supervising teachers style is more negative. I beleive that in order to help students succeed, then we need to set them up for success. In order to do so, I would have a postivie behavior management plan in place in my classroom.
3. The elements of my supervising teacher's teaching style that I will most likely incorporate into my own are the fact that she is firm with the students. Consistency is also an important aspect that I feel I can incorporate. Utilizing the entire classroom, such as writing on the borad, the elmo, and simply talking to the students. Her versatility for teaching the lessons for example, just standing in the front of the class or splitting the students up into groups for the lesson.
4. I haven't spent any time in a Kindergarten class before to be able to really notice any curriculum elements that are different because I don't have anything to compare this Kindergarten class to, but I have notcied somethings that I did myself in Kindergarten that have seemed to be abandoned. For example, nap time. I was wondering why my class doesn't have nap time. Is this a Forest Hills policy not to have nap time, a Hillsborough county policy or simply a teacher policy. I know when I was in Kindergarten we had a mat and we took a nap everyday, now the students just have quiet time. Another thing I have noticed is that we are not teaching the alaphabet. Again, when I was in Kindergarten we learned a new letter each week and spent the whole week working on learning that letter. To me it seems that they are expecting these Kindergarteners to come in already knowing how to read!
5. The one thing that is familiar and comfortable to me is the reading time on the carpet. I'm glad to see that this hasn't been taken out of the Kindergarten classroom yet. Reading is a strong suit of mine and I enjoy very much reading stories to the class. I think that I am good at fluctuating my voice to go along with the story. I think that a good reader has the ability to capture the attention of the students or vice versa, if you are reading in a boring monotone voice, the students will lose intertest.
6. I plan to work with an ESOL studnet and see first hand how lessons actually get modified for these students. I want to see if it is obvious that they are not cognitively delayed, just not able to understand the language, or if it something that I will have a hard time with in my own classroom.
2. I have to say that the teaching stlye is similar in many ways. I feel that my supervising teacher has a good understanding of how she wants her classroom and she is very frim about trying to achieve that. I feel that she doesn't let any student take advantage of her and I feel that she is very concrete in her directions to the class. These are qualities that I have always admired in my past teachers, and they are qualities that I hope to attain. One thing that I think we may differ in slightly is the behavior management. I feel that my supervising teachers style is more negative. I beleive that in order to help students succeed, then we need to set them up for success. In order to do so, I would have a postivie behavior management plan in place in my classroom.
3. The elements of my supervising teacher's teaching style that I will most likely incorporate into my own are the fact that she is firm with the students. Consistency is also an important aspect that I feel I can incorporate. Utilizing the entire classroom, such as writing on the borad, the elmo, and simply talking to the students. Her versatility for teaching the lessons for example, just standing in the front of the class or splitting the students up into groups for the lesson.
4. I haven't spent any time in a Kindergarten class before to be able to really notice any curriculum elements that are different because I don't have anything to compare this Kindergarten class to, but I have notcied somethings that I did myself in Kindergarten that have seemed to be abandoned. For example, nap time. I was wondering why my class doesn't have nap time. Is this a Forest Hills policy not to have nap time, a Hillsborough county policy or simply a teacher policy. I know when I was in Kindergarten we had a mat and we took a nap everyday, now the students just have quiet time. Another thing I have noticed is that we are not teaching the alaphabet. Again, when I was in Kindergarten we learned a new letter each week and spent the whole week working on learning that letter. To me it seems that they are expecting these Kindergarteners to come in already knowing how to read!
5. The one thing that is familiar and comfortable to me is the reading time on the carpet. I'm glad to see that this hasn't been taken out of the Kindergarten classroom yet. Reading is a strong suit of mine and I enjoy very much reading stories to the class. I think that I am good at fluctuating my voice to go along with the story. I think that a good reader has the ability to capture the attention of the students or vice versa, if you are reading in a boring monotone voice, the students will lose intertest.
6. I plan to work with an ESOL studnet and see first hand how lessons actually get modified for these students. I want to see if it is obvious that they are not cognitively delayed, just not able to understand the language, or if it something that I will have a hard time with in my own classroom.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Blog # 1
1. I have taken all of the required education courses already. This term I am only taking this Level 2 along with ESOL 3. The one that impacted me the most was Integrating the Exceptional Child. I particuarly liked this class becasue I realized that every student is different whether they have a disability or not and as a teacher I must find a way to teach an entire class of 20 students the same material but basically 20 different ways so that each student, disabled or not, learns what they are supposed to learn.
2. The only real experience I have had is babysitting. They kids I used to babysit were about 5-7 years old. I used to enjoy babysitting so much because we got to do "little kid" stuff all day and throughout the days I would find myself sharing things with them that I had learned. While it wasn't a formal lesson I still got much enjoyment out of sharing my knowledge with the kids I used to babysit.
3. Looking ahead to my inernship I hope that I get to actually do some teaching this time. In my Level one i did nothing. I literally sat in the back of the class observing the entire semester! I fear that I will not be smart enough and that I will make a fool of myself in front of the students or even worse that I will teach them wrong information. I consider myself and intelligent person but I am just nervous I guess. One of my worst nightmares is being observed my the supervising teacher and my USF teacher. I think that I will feel more comfortable alone with the students, but I think that having experienced teachers sitting in the back of the class judging me while I teach will be super nerve racking!
4. I can honestly say that I have never had a BAD teacher. Some have been better than others but none have been exceptionaly bad. That being said my favortie teachers were always the ones who had a bad reputation for being harsh. I am an extremely organized person so I always felt most comfortable with a teacher that "had their stuff together". I couldnt stand those teachers that were so wishy washy and the class walked all over them and they were so unorganized and flew by the seat of their pants. The qualities that I always admired in my teachers were that they were firm but fair, and organized to a tee. I liked my teachers who always explained everything in a straight forward maner, teachers who were so thourough the first time around that there was no confusion.
2. The only real experience I have had is babysitting. They kids I used to babysit were about 5-7 years old. I used to enjoy babysitting so much because we got to do "little kid" stuff all day and throughout the days I would find myself sharing things with them that I had learned. While it wasn't a formal lesson I still got much enjoyment out of sharing my knowledge with the kids I used to babysit.
3. Looking ahead to my inernship I hope that I get to actually do some teaching this time. In my Level one i did nothing. I literally sat in the back of the class observing the entire semester! I fear that I will not be smart enough and that I will make a fool of myself in front of the students or even worse that I will teach them wrong information. I consider myself and intelligent person but I am just nervous I guess. One of my worst nightmares is being observed my the supervising teacher and my USF teacher. I think that I will feel more comfortable alone with the students, but I think that having experienced teachers sitting in the back of the class judging me while I teach will be super nerve racking!
4. I can honestly say that I have never had a BAD teacher. Some have been better than others but none have been exceptionaly bad. That being said my favortie teachers were always the ones who had a bad reputation for being harsh. I am an extremely organized person so I always felt most comfortable with a teacher that "had their stuff together". I couldnt stand those teachers that were so wishy washy and the class walked all over them and they were so unorganized and flew by the seat of their pants. The qualities that I always admired in my teachers were that they were firm but fair, and organized to a tee. I liked my teachers who always explained everything in a straight forward maner, teachers who were so thourough the first time around that there was no confusion.
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