Debate Essay

On April 19, 2016, Lindsay Chang, Kayli Gribi, Jocelin Morales, Maureen Pappin, and I presented our lesson on section C of Mica Pollock’s, Everyday Antiracism: Getting Real About Race in School. A lot of work went into producing a presentation and coming up with a lesson that would best communicate the main idea of our section. There were 4 parts to this section and being that there were 5 of us we each were responsible of covering a part with the exception info Kayli and Maureen who split a…

At CDR, the group is called Parent Group. This meeting was held in the morning from 9:30 AM until 11:30 AM, on April 20, 2016. There were about four to five parents present within the group who chose to stay and discuss topics within the group and connect with others. Purpose of the group or meeting Parents who attend this Parent Group are able connect with different parents/adults whose children are attending Developmental Playgroup. This is a time in which parents can have a light breakfast,…

Discussion posts have always been a challenge for me simply because I struggle with not having an opinion, but stating it and defending it. In my writing, I have made many mistakes including but not limited to grammatical errors, passive sentences, and limited syntax. However, my discussion posts also have several positive qualities: evidence from each module included and outside information presented. Therefore, discussion posts I have presented include both negatives and positives that improve…

Community Task Group On Thursday I attend Refugee Round table at the iACT office in Austin for a quarterly meeting among groups and organizations who predominantly serve refugee needs in the community. The groups in attendance were: iACT (Interfaith Action of Central Texas), Refugee Health Clinic, SARA (Syrian American Refugee Aide), Caritas, AISD (Austin Independent School District, RAICES (Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services), CST (Center for Survivors of Torture),…

“We don’t grow when things are easy, we grow when we face challenges” a quote from Joyce Meyers, which emphasizes the idea of success having different meanings to each individual. Success at this point of the semester is determined by the books being read and how they are interpreted, which demonstrates the difference between Seminar I to II because of the texts style and how the class is formatted to reach a higher understanding through: shared inquiry, critical thinking, and written and oral…

On March 24th I taught a social studies lesson to a 4th grade class. The lesson started out well with me telling the students at the beginning of the lesson what we would be doing during our social studies lesson. However, I noticed I did not elaborate on my expectations for learning, so it wasn’t clear what the students were expected to know by the end of the lesson. For example, I said, "Today we are going to talk about the pioneers’ last trail decision as you head west." The students knew…

Summary: In this article the author talks about “Exploring Sensitive Issues with Pre-K through First Grade Children through Read-Alouds.” Some tender topics that teachers may face while teaching could be family diversity, homelessness, disabilities, and incarceration. Those four topics can be very difficult for teachers to explain or discuss with young children. Teachers and family members have all noticed what makes discussing tender topics so difficult. It is who people are as individuals or…

When reading the case study I immediately picked up on the stress that Pamela is feeling in her situation. I also had the impression that she didn’t feel supported throughout this case study. Pamela may not recognize that she does have the support of her church, but may not be fully utilizing it in a way that would help relieve some of her stress. When counseling Pamela I would start off by telling her that this counseling will not be limited to a one-time session and that we have time to…

The most important thing that I have learned from these chapters is how to engage in civil political discord on the issues that we are facing today. In a time when there is very little positive discord in Washington among politicians there. Using the Heie's approach means that we can begin to look for ways to communicate with those we disagree with in a more polite fashion. We must realize that truth telling is a very important part of winning over those we seek to influence. One of the…

1. The students will know from the previous day that there will be a debate today. I will first show a quick video of a presidential debate so students see how a debate is supposed to go. 2. After this short clip I will give my students a few more minutes to finish up their research. “As you know from yesterday we are having our class debate today. I’ll let you guys have a few more minutes to finish up your research and discuss what you want to bring up during the discussion with your groups.”…