Personal Narrative: My Goal As A Student

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Overall, I fell the semester with my target student had gone great. I have seen the student grow as and individual while getting the know the student and forming an amazing connection. The first day I meet my target student we spend the day getting to know one another. Asking questions, telling stories, and seeing what we had in common. As a future educator I feel this is one area I am truly blessed in; the ability to connect with my students and build a special bond. As a child I never had teacher that made a huge impact on my life or felt that they cared for me. My goal as a teacher is to insure all of my student feel that I care for each of them and know that I am there to help them. I want my student to remember me for year to come and …show more content…
Despite being prepared for my lessons I feel I need to incorporate higher level questioning into my lesson and activities. I feel I am just teaching my student skills he needs but I am not challenging him to do all that he can do. I have been so focused on trying to help the child catch up in areas of growth that I have forgotten to challenge him as well. In addition to including more challenging questions, I also need to find an area in which the student learns best. This is something I have struggled with all semester. My target student gets very distracted very easily and finding a placement in which he learns best is still being determines. We have word in the hallway, at a desk, near a window, in the library and on top of bleachers. When the student is in the hallway he is worried about the students walking, the teahers walking, and things that are on the walls. When he is at the desk the student sits his chair on two legs or plays with items inside of the desk. When in the library or by a window the student is distracted by things area him such as what is outside or what is in the library. While on top of the bleacher the student has nothing but a blank wall and a seat. While here to student learns best and is the least distracted form all other areas. The only behavior observed is that the student does not sit still, he moved from the seat to the floor where the

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