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willingness to be engaged and on task. I can be a perfectionist and being unprepared has caused me to have high anxiety in the past. To help minimize my anxiety and concerns about being prepared, I will prepare my lesson plans at least three weeks in advance, along with alternative lessons and activities. I will make sure the supplies are ready and on my students tables the evening before. Most importantly, I will learn to adapt and…

Several students shouted out “That’s me a fireman, I gone rescue people and put water on the fire.” No that’s me a police lady, I going to arrest people and put them in jail.” “I gone be that one a construction man and wear a yellow hat.” As, the lesson continued the story of Percy’s Neighborhood by Stuart J. Murphy was well received. The students began to ask and tell stories about their experiences in their…

A less comfortable path to explore is my weaknesses, yet I will press on. As silly as it may seem to an external eye, one of my major weaknesses in the first few weeks was that I doubted myself, the extent of my knowledge, and my ability to help my students. I felt somewhat out of place in my tutoring sessions considering the proximity in age and my lack of experience in tutoring reading comprehension and literacy skills. Within a few weeks, I realized that I had an academic knowledge base,…

Language Arts. This will allow me to observe lessons one week and assessments the following week. I am personally used to running a five-day block; I feel the seven-day block has both benefits and disadvantages. One benefit would be it allows students more time to grasp a concept. Another benefit would be having time to catch up if a student is absent. And last, teachers would be given more time to be flexible with slowing down or speeding up the pace of the lesson. The only disadvantage I…

deserve. Learning should be presented in different methods, and styles, filled with creativity, and life lessons. Each child is unique and learns in different ways. For example there are children who are visual, verbal, auditory-musical, mathematical, interpersonal, and interpersonal learners. As a future teacher, it will be my responsibility to incorporate all learning styles into my lesson plans, and always be prepared to present an activity in an alternative way, so each activity is age…

because if you do not follow through with your plan then students will not listen to all of the other steps again. I have to be considerable and consistent with the consequences as well. I need to remember to stay focused on the conflict and save lessons for later. Conclusion All of these steps and precautions will help me have great control over my classroom. The whole reason for having a good classroom management plan is so that I have more time to teach. When I have more time to teach, I…

high expectations and plan accordingly. 2. A lesson plan needs the following; a. An aim- This is essential in describing my purpose of teaching a topic. It will be the primary focus and a very critical part because it supports why the lesson is being implemented. In addition, it will help with assessment of the students…

During my fieldwork observations of the second grade in PS 119, I had the opportunity to observe some of their social studies lessons. One the lessons was based on a reading aloud of the fairytale Little Red Riding Hood as a medium to teach the students the importance of following instruction given by authority figures and the consequences of disobeying them. This lesson was part of the topics regarding the Civic Ideals and Practices, which is one of the inquires developed in second grade. In…

creating flexible lesson plans, to dealing with students who have special needs, to grading and assessing their work and behaviour. During all of this, it is important to remain an effective teacher by caring about students in and our of the classroom. This can be done by building a relationship with lesson plans, and reflecting on your work after every school day. An effective teacher will combine their knowledge and lesson plans with fun creative ways to learn. For my lesson plan on…

of children what would they like to me read to them. Each wanted something different. So, the mentor suggests, that I stick to the lesson plan. The lesson plan for the week consisted of getting the children ready for a field trip. This field trip had been a plan for quite some time. The plan for the field trip is planned July 9, 2015. Teacher and staff, lesson plans are center around this event. My job was to Read the book Animals you can see at the Zoo, by Rolando Merino during circle…