2/29- SPRING BREAK! had the week off :)
3/7 - This day was quiet boring. My teacher didn't do anything but sit and observe next to me. As I have spent my time here, she sits with me more and more and will not help out because there isn't much time to help other students. Most of the time I am there is lecture from the General Educator. I get more and more confused of why my teacher sits in the room.
The class lesson was about nouns, verbs, and adjectives. My teacher took notes on her iPad to help with after school lessons.
3/14 It was a reading day. They spent three hours in their 1st period class reading. She sent me home! haha Nothing to observe that day.
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
2/22
New exciting news: New BOOKS! She had a huge box of books for her classroom and stalked the shelves. The school also announced that they raised $8,000 for the school! How great is that?! :)
I heard the teacher gave the class a compliment for the first time eve in three weeks. The teacher seemed to be in a very good mood this morning.
Today, the students were learning about sentence structure and compared English and Spanish sentences. Most students did not understand sentence structure in either language. Then the students went to the computer lab. We went to a Math classroom to switch things up a bit. The Math class was much more interesting to me because the students were much more engaged in their learning. I vaguely remember how to do the sam math problems and the students were getting the problems better than me. The teacher would talk around the room to the different groups and helped the students who asked for help. Some students however would just sit there and not do any work until a teacher would help them. They didn't really need the help; they could do it, but just did not have the confidence to do so.
I heard the teacher gave the class a compliment for the first time eve in three weeks. The teacher seemed to be in a very good mood this morning.
Today, the students were learning about sentence structure and compared English and Spanish sentences. Most students did not understand sentence structure in either language. Then the students went to the computer lab. We went to a Math classroom to switch things up a bit. The Math class was much more interesting to me because the students were much more engaged in their learning. I vaguely remember how to do the sam math problems and the students were getting the problems better than me. The teacher would talk around the room to the different groups and helped the students who asked for help. Some students however would just sit there and not do any work until a teacher would help them. They didn't really need the help; they could do it, but just did not have the confidence to do so.
2/14
Class naturally divides themselves boys vs. girls
Beginning of class they read for 15 minutes but most of the students hate it.
The teacher I am shadowing was told to straighten up a bookshelf-she did- then the other teacher just shoved her aside and said "Actually, I can do this later. Just sit down." She said that in front of me and in front of the students... I felt so bad for her :(
However, the Gen Ed teacher was much softer than last time. So i think we're making progress...
For the class, they are learning about poetry and had to find different characteristics of poetry in songs they hear on the radio. I really like this idea because most songs were rap/hip-hip songs, which the students seemed to enjoy. Even though the students liked the activity, they still did not know poetry characteristics. My teacher walked around the room and tried to help but she did seem a little confused. The Gen. Ed. teacher really shot her confidence for the day.
Beginning of class they read for 15 minutes but most of the students hate it.
The teacher I am shadowing was told to straighten up a bookshelf-she did- then the other teacher just shoved her aside and said "Actually, I can do this later. Just sit down." She said that in front of me and in front of the students... I felt so bad for her :(
However, the Gen Ed teacher was much softer than last time. So i think we're making progress...
For the class, they are learning about poetry and had to find different characteristics of poetry in songs they hear on the radio. I really like this idea because most songs were rap/hip-hip songs, which the students seemed to enjoy. Even though the students liked the activity, they still did not know poetry characteristics. My teacher walked around the room and tried to help but she did seem a little confused. The Gen. Ed. teacher really shot her confidence for the day.
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