Elementary Education Destination

·          Rate your overall experience of the week: 1-Very difficult | 5 – Great week Hello Everyone, I would give my week a 5. This is my last week full time with my students. Though I am happy at the prospect of soon graduating, I am not looking forward to saying goodbye to my children. The consolation is that I will be teaching Kindergarten a few doors down from my CE’s class. ·          Seven questions to end your week: How do you insert music on to your video portfolio? What kind of music are you going to put on your video portfolio? What grade are you interested in teaching when you get out of college? How are you going to decorate your own classroom? What will be your classroom theme? How do you handle transitions in your classroom? How do you handle a student who refuses to do work? ·          Observe : My EC student completed his spel...

Hi Everyone, I hope you all have had a good week.  I would rate this week a five. I was happy to see my first-grade students this week. Though I enjoyed spring break, I do miss the students. Also, I got word from the first-grade team, that we will be going on another field trip. The students are going to go see a Letterland concert. Letterland is part of our phonics program. I did not expect to go on another field trip this year, therefore finding out we were going was a pleasant surprise. ·          Seven questions to end your week: How do you talk about culture in your classroom? What phonics program do you use? How do you communicate with parents? Do you discuss flowers and growth during the spring in your classroom? Are you doing anything for Earth Day? How does your school keep up with who is a car rider and who is a bus rider? What spelling technologies do you use in the classroom?         ...

I would rate my week a five. I was able to get all my standards checked off with some exceptions to modify my lessons and to do a group project in the classroom. I feel that I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel for graduation. Next week, I look forward to getting all the documents ready for my portfolio presentation. I am so thankful for an Easter break where we can power down just a little and enjoy some time with our families. Seven questions to end your week: How do you do group projects in your classroom?   Are there any geometry math apps you use in your classroom? Do you use brain pop for science or social studies?   What did your students do for Easter?   How do you discuss Easter in the classroom?   What are some researched based strategies you have learned in the classroom?   What did you do for your spring bulletin board?   Observe : I was very happy to get my bulletin board done for spring before we...

Overall my week went smoothly that I would rate it a 4. The biggest highlight of my week was finding out my edTPA score. I was so glad to finally get my grade.   Seven questions to end your week: How do you teach geometry in your classroom? What kind of manipulatives do you use in geometry? What is the easiest way to explain to students the differences and similarities between a rhombus, square, and rectangle? What are some jobs you give your students during group time? How are some ways you have integrated cultural diversity in your classroom? What does your classroom do for Easter? Where does your classroom go for field trips? Is the field trip connected with the curriculum your room is teaching? Observe : This week I was happy to complete the rough draft of my philosophy of education. I found it much easier to write this time than the first time I wrote one philosophy two years ago. I have not only read in books what happens in the school environment, bu...

Hello Everyone, I hope you have had a great week. Questions for the Week: What are some good technologies do you use in your classroom? Does your school have a science night? What programs does your school have to raise money? How are some ways you integrate science into your classroom? Does your teacher use anchor charts? How are some ways you have had several groups of students collaborate with each other on a project? How are you modeling writing? Observe: I feel my biggest accomplishment is helping students figure out how to add two-digit numbers. Students really struggled with the process of adding the two-digit numbers at the beginning of the week. For the most part, most of the students are understanding the process. Reflect: I need to make sure when I am demonstrating how to complete an application problem, to use literacy. Students will need to write a sentence restating the problem. I will also show students how the number looks in its written format....

Hello Everyone, I would give my week a four. I was able to experiment with some lessons this week since we did not have to do the regular phonics and LIF (literacy instruction framework) because of the three day week. I experimented during the time by having students use technology to display their learning.  I had several unusual instances which I will discuss on my blog. I discussed different cultures around the world and I had students to create a pages sheet and pic collage as an assessment of their understanding. Though students had never heard the word cultures, pages, or pic collage, they did a good job adapting to new information. Questions to ask for the Week: 1.What technologies do your students use to create something to prove what they have learned? 2. What are some excellent math manipulatives do you use which help students better understand math principles? 3. What are some good activities does your class do in the month of March? 4.Do your school use ti...