Chinese-language surnames

Juan is a very good reader from my few interactions that I have had with him and based on his scores when given the different assessments. He is able to pronounce the words and read without much struggle and according to his grade level. There are those words, which he sometimes stumbles upon, just like a lot of us do so as well today, but they are words that may be too advanced for him or not in his day-to-day vocabulary. But, just like any other student his age, there are a few things in which…

While observing at P.S 105 X in The Bronx, Mrs. Downs’s second grade classroom is a surprisingly calm, regular classroom with 25 students. The classroom was filled with the students, teacher and paraprofessional. Usually, there is another co-teacher in the classroom; however, she was on maternity leave. When entering the classroom, I could see on the other side of the room, against the windows the wall was filled with books, as well as bins in the back of the classroom. The wall is switched out…

Guided Reading (8:00) (Group 1 & 2) [Introduction] At the beginning of the lesson, only the teacher has a copy of the book. 1. Remind students of behavior expectations: Listen while others are talking Wait your turn to speak Keep your hands and feet to yourselves When we read, we read with a whisper 2. EQ: What sound does the “bl” blend and “th” digraph make? 3. Front Cover/APK: Who can tell me something that they notice about the cover of our book (the teacher holds the book up for…

Hello Dr Buxbaum, Below is my weekly update for this week from 3rd Aug '16 to 5th Aug '16. 1) FMR1 5-choice training: - At the end of the 6th week of the Fmr1 rat training, we have one rat that will be presented with the challenge trials in the upcoming week. The rat running on the challenge schedules for one week performed at around 67% accuracy rate with less than 16% omissions on the baseline schedules. This performance was observed after subjecting the rat to a long ITI (8sec) schedule, a…

Walking into the classroom, loud voices blocked my state of mind; my palms were sweating and my legs trembled with fear. Do I have to be here? Can I go home? These thoughts were frantically running through my head as I stepped into the unfamiliar classroom to start my very first day of the first grade. Going from kindergarten to first grade was like going from earth to mars. Well, at least I thought it felt like that. I no longer had my big brother in elementary school with me, and I was…

Significance of Surnames Today, we have grown to take last names for granted. They’re just always there, no one really questions them. But how did humankind reach this point? What was the original significance behind surnames? This question of importance also branches between The Scarlet Letter and The Great Gatsby, where we see the curious tales of two fascinating fellows, Roger Prynne and James Gatz, who revised their last names, causing scholars to inquire as to whether or not surnames could…

It was my 5th-grade year at Maury Elementary School and I was humiliated on the first day of school by my peers after having to read in front of the class. I felt sad and depress about life because the basic English skills I lacked do to the disability I had. Until my teacher Mr. Johnson encourage me to overcome my disability by, working hard and never quit. Which help me with my success today in college. It was the first day of my 5th-grade year and I was unhappy that my summer was cut short…

The writing program used by the teacher comes from Lucy Caulkins. After lunch every day, the class begins their one hour writing block. The block generally begins with a mini-lesson that takes up about 10-15 minutes. These lessons usually involve the teacher modeling for the students different skills and techniques that they will practice in their writer’s notebooks. For the first portion of the year, the class has been mainly working on three different writing skills: how to pick topics to…

Maybe my parents just wanted to get rid of me for a week, but I created some of my best memories at Camp Edwards. The camp itself is a paradise for kids of almost any age. Across the seemingly endless campground, there are tons of exciting activities that campers can participate in, such as sailing and archery. Camp Edwards sits right beside a huge lake, making the entire camp feel separate from the rest of the world, a utopia of sorts. Across the vast water to the right sat a lonely island that…

Sometimes all Nico needs is a little push. An actual one. Right between the shoulderblades to be exact. Thank you Annabeth. I’d noticed Nico staring at Reyna for weeks now. I always notice more than is good for me. Like, say, one day, I noticed Nico standing just the right distance away from Reyna that a good push would send him toppling into her. Most likely he’d hit her. So I decided to play Matchmaker. I reached diagonal from where I was sitting with Percy and pushed right between the…