tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1631945600745331712012-02-16T18:47:41.069-08:00This blog is an exploration, a learning experience, and an observation of and by four student teachers.Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07972721902020174528noreply@blogger.comBlogger291100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163194560074533171.post-30615039389134821532009-04-17T20:41:00.000-07:002009-04-17T20:48:26.936-07:00

I am in a classroom that began with 26 students during my September Experience. It rose to 27 in January when I returned. It is now at 30 students. I am expected to run science labs with 30 students of elementary years and have discovered it is more crowd control at times that lab time. We are limited on space - the class room was designed and built to accommodate 23 - 25 students. We are limited

Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07972721902020174528noreply@blogger.com37tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163194560074533171.post-16019399918000335592009-02-12T18:40:00.000-08:002009-02-12T18:46:46.503-08:00

At my master placement where I am working on my internship, we celebrated "Friendship Day" in lieu of Valentine's Day. The school district eliminated Valentine's Day celebration as a parent complained a few years back that it was a religious holiday. So the premise of "Friendship Day" is that we sit in a circle and primary school age students discuss the value of friendship day. What really

Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07972721902020174528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163194560074533171.post-19118062308234856652008-12-22T21:32:00.000-08:002008-12-22T21:40:35.848-08:00

What a confusing endeavour we have to weave through. First it was the Praxis which I have completed but now I understand that I need to retake the required teacher tests because our state has changed the rules to meet some higher standards. So I have to hand over some more large amounts of money to retake the tests I have already passed to meet the qualifications to become a teacher. Am I

Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07972721902020174528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163194560074533171.post-90438908884707195242008-12-02T13:11:00.000-08:002008-12-02T13:25:45.327-08:00

As many have read or heard, Michelle Rhee has been quite a topic discussed around school districts, Time Magazine, and The Atlantic Magazine. She is determined to change American Education through her agressive tactics. Yet she has only three years of teaching experience; that is usually just enough time for teachers to get "grounded" in their profession. She is chaufferured in a black SUV,

Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07972721902020174528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163194560074533171.post-53899763286649237702008-12-02T12:26:00.000-08:002008-12-02T12:27:42.603-08:00

This is a pretty good video on some classroom management ideas. Watch it you might learn something.

Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12842071508443071011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163194560074533171.post-7450210647301114192008-12-02T12:25:00.000-08:002008-12-02T12:26:41.983-08:00

Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12842071508443071011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163194560074533171.post-1901385220115284542008-12-01T17:10:00.000-08:002008-12-01T17:11:34.452-08:00

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/27/fashion/27service.html?ref=educationMany high schools in America require students to have service hours in order to graduate. The weekend before last I volunteered for a non profits auction and there were many high school students present. While talking to these students I learned that they 1 were not really interested in being there and they would rather be

Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12842071508443071011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163194560074533171.post-74849580253236729732008-11-24T23:11:00.000-08:002008-11-24T23:23:36.387-08:00

I don't know about you guys, but I know that a constant challenge that I face now as a preservice teacher and one that I know I will face daily when I become a teacher is how to keep teaching interesting and creative. It's a good thing that as teachers we keep this in mind and are constantly challenged by the aim to be creative in our teaching especially now a days when students are being

Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02608637679648727951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163194560074533171.post-59448074363190699232008-11-23T21:15:00.000-08:002008-12-02T18:14:24.449-08:00

Check this site out. I responded to this posting because it is something that I find quite interesting. When will we stop and at what cost?http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/27/standardized-tests-for-kindergartners/

Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04210134950465764607noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163194560074533171.post-44100056811100140782008-11-23T18:41:00.000-08:002008-11-23T21:22:22.381-08:00

Well, Randy Dorn is now the Washington State Superintendent of Education and has made statements regarding standardized testing - "the WASL needs to be shorter, the results need to get to people faster, it should be hooked up to technology and the information it provides should be understandable to parents, students and teachers." And he wants results quicker in his comment, "the WASL should help

Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07972721902020174528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163194560074533171.post-42048476942372704902008-11-18T14:07:00.000-08:002008-11-18T14:14:24.311-08:00

I don’t know about this style of teaching. It might be a good way to teach a room full of ADD students or students who have a difficult time sitting still. Also it would be a good way to teach if you are trying to mix up the classroom. My question is what happens to students who only learn in a quiet structured environment. Also what happens to students who need a little more adult help? I don’t

Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12842071508443071011noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163194560074533171.post-3793375100806989352008-11-18T13:49:00.000-08:002008-11-18T14:15:27.142-08:00

I think incentive pay is a great idea if you give teachers complete control of what happens in their classroom or within their teaching groups if their school is designed that way. Plus you would have to let them keep the students for 2 years. If a teacher’s job and pay is contingent on how much there students improve then they should be able to have complete control over how they learn. Also

Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12842071508443071011noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163194560074533171.post-1219088530020098982008-11-18T03:36:00.000-08:002008-11-23T21:23:05.917-08:00

An NPR report mentioned an opportunity for teachers in D.C. a chance for pay for performance in trade for tenure. I also read this in the Sunday Times and the article even hinted that salaries could go up as high as $100,000 all for giving up tenure. This was an "opporunity" to weed out the bad teachers and reward the good ones. But I wonder - what are the measures for this?http://www.npr.org/

Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07972721902020174528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163194560074533171.post-15129605239921856202008-11-18T03:03:00.000-08:002008-11-23T18:30:43.707-08:00

Remember School House Rock about a Bill - "I'm just a Bill." Wouldn't this be fun to show, a sort of a "I'm just a debt - a national debt"

Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07972721902020174528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163194560074533171.post-7631767556946602452008-11-18T02:36:00.000-08:002008-11-24T10:23:44.677-08:00

Okay, it has been a while and the election results are literally two weeks old but it did take awhile to tally up the middle school votes. At the middle school I am interning there were over 700 students that participated in the "pretend elections. The president's election was not close: Brack Obama received 508 votes (71.85%) and John McCain received 149 (21.07%). In the governors race the

Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07972721902020174528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163194560074533171.post-10034938762707364902008-11-05T22:11:00.000-08:002008-11-05T22:49:29.551-08:00

I am unsure of what I think of this type of teaching. Watch the adult class before you watch the children. It was a little strange to go from one to the other, as it looks and sounds different and the same all at once. Anyway, let me know what you think!!! It is definitely an...interesting way to teach (and that is the best way to describe it).

Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04210134950465764607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163194560074533171.post-39504365058484394982008-11-03T12:21:00.000-08:002008-11-03T12:27:23.693-08:00

In response to T I think the students are a reflection of both. Especially in middle school they are trying to form their own opinions, so they are paying more attention to what people on the TV and the internet have to say (the people they view as role models). But they are still influenced by their families and the opinions they have.W

Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12842071508443071011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163194560074533171.post-58997024318156612252008-11-03T12:20:00.001-08:002008-11-03T12:20:47.475-08:00

Thanks for the website it looks like it has some information I can use.W

Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12842071508443071011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163194560074533171.post-85143550990274727272008-11-02T22:52:00.000-08:002008-11-02T23:07:18.664-08:00

I stumbled upon this website along my internet travels. Since we have been talking so much about classroom management, lesson plans, discipline and the like, I felt that this would be an interesting website for everyone. It has links to many other websites as well as links for printouts and "free stuff." So check this website out and I hope you enjoy it!!http://www.theteachersguide.com/

Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04210134950465764607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163194560074533171.post-79911379642266692132008-11-01T21:08:00.001-07:002008-11-01T21:16:24.251-07:00

In a middle school where I am completing my internship, we have been studying the Constitution which, as we know, details the responsibilities of each branch of our government. Since this is election year, we have also focused on voting, what a ballot looks like, and how this is a civil responsibility. I mentioned to the students that this is a task I take very seriously. The school had set up a

Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07972721902020174528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163194560074533171.post-370165434528168812008-10-24T17:21:00.000-07:002008-10-24T17:31:19.973-07:00

My daughter and her friend were watching this show hosted by Jeff Foxworthy call "Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader." I was curious about it and sat with these two seventh graders to see what this show was about. It appeared to be a show about trivia that requires information to be memorized in some schools - some core knowledge perhaps? I wondered why it was important for a fifth grader to

Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07972721902020174528noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163194560074533171.post-36398497550916823072008-10-21T14:45:00.000-07:002008-10-21T15:06:02.617-07:00

I have been in many discussions regarding merit pay for teachers and that they should be based on the scores of standardized questions of their students. Many of us feel we can be responsible for any learning received prior to arriving in a classroom. But I wonder, could a standardized test be issued at the beginning of school year and another at the end of the school year to determine the

Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07972721902020174528noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163194560074533171.post-71865396631720265502008-10-21T14:02:00.000-07:002008-10-21T14:04:02.986-07:00

Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02608637679648727951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163194560074533171.post-53725087671418763442008-10-21T13:57:00.001-07:002008-10-21T14:00:07.527-07:00

Well, well, well...let's see how long it will take for me to want to pull my hair out? Wallis is not the only one who needs help!!! Our blog is fun!!!

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Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12842071508443071011noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163194560074533171.post-2355988327045619802008-10-21T13:39:00.000-07:002008-10-21T13:40:12.622-07:00

Well, let's see...here is my very first blog EVER!!!!Yay, yay, yay!!!

Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04210134950465764607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163194560074533171.post-51236771595864372232008-10-21T13:22:00.000-07:002008-10-21T13:25:28.825-07:00

I thought this would be a good open ground for us to post anything and everything on our minds about our dyad experiences this quarter. Type away bloggers!

Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02608637679648727951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163194560074533171.post-84739094544603161162008-10-20T22:36:00.000-07:002008-10-20T22:42:05.855-07:00

A beautiful college campus!!

Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07972721902020174528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-163194560074533171.post-39356411765314564802008-10-20T22:25:00.000-07:002008-10-20T22:27:17.927-07:00

Hello, This is my first blog and my first post as required by my curriculum. I think I will find this fun. I have set this up for two other fellow students to join my in designing this blog. This shall be exciting.

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