Week 8 of Teaching

I would rate this week a 4.

·         Observe: I was able to connect with my new student. While the students has ADHD and can be very distracting to not only himself but the other students, I have found a way to help the student have  a way to get rid of the extra movement, by giving them a stress tooth.

·         Reflect: I have found that differentiating is not only on what you are teaching your students but also the atmosphere in which is conducive for the students. My student that suffers from ADHD cannot sit still during any of the lessons when there hasn't been any medicine I allow the student to walk at the back of the room while I am teaching if they are having a hard time.

·         Focus:  I am still planning on how to differentiate and implement global awareness in my lesson plans.

·         Be Productive: I am continuing to work on spending lesson time on managing negative behavior and praising for the good behavior that students are doing.

·         Have Courage:  During one of my lessons, I had a student constantly calling out the answers, now mind you the answers were correct, and the student never call out, but I gave a warning, and it was not heeded. I had to have the student clip down for not following directions.

·         Begin Anew: My first logical step for next week is to find strategies that will help my students to learn the value of money. Students are going to begin on this once they return from Spring Break.

NC Professional Teaching Standards 

·         Standard 1: 1a, I am continuing to maintain a safe and orderly classroom that facilitates student learning. My new student has thrown a monkey wrench in this plan, but I have continued to communicate expectations and goals for students. I have continued to enforce consequences for bad behavior.

·         Standard 2: 2e, I had a pretty good response to my parent involvement project for my students. Many of the parents with the students to research a specific country of their choice.

·         Standard 3: 3a, I have been working on integrating vocabulary in my math lessons. I can tell that since I have began teaching the math vocabulary that students are able to solve word problems easier that are used to compare data on a chart.

·         Standard 4: 4d, Integrating technology has been a goal for me to do in the classroom. I have had students watching videos on youtube that acts as a read aloud for students. Students seemed to be engaged in these lessons.

·         Standard 5: 5a, I noticed this week that students are struggling with answering word problems. They are not able to break apart what the problem is asking them. Word problems that allow them to use more than one specific type of data causes them to become frustrated.

·         What components of your portfolio have you started to complete? I have started to complete the student teaching video.

·         What support does your clinical educator need from Mrs.Suttle? None at this time

·         What support do you need from Mrs.Suttle? None at this time