Graduation Speech: Kindergarden Classroom

Dear administrators, teachers, parents, beloved friends, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the 8th grade graduation. It’s a pleasure to be standing in front of you today on this beautiful day to express the happiness we all feel.

I was welcomed to Southeast Elementary by Mrs. Becca ElsaMiller. The environment as you walked into her special education classroom felt very open. As soon as I walked in I could tell that the students felt accepted in this classroom. I enjoyed the way that the adults were referred to by their first names. I was referred to as Ms. Caroline and that made me feel like I wasn’t as far off from the students. I saw a lot of trust and good connections among Mrs. ElsaMiller and her students.

I mentioned something to you last week about continuing to mentor for next semester at Kennedy middle school and you told me that I needed to ask the school for permission. Who would I need to contact in order for me to continue to mentor next semester?

Hello, I am Sadè Stanton, a 2ND grade teacher at M. Agnes Jones Elementary School. Per our conversation, the second grade team will be coming to the King Center on Friday, May 6, 2016 at 10:00am-12:30pm. This will be approximately 80 students, 5 teachers, and 10 parents. If there are any further questions, please feel free to contact me at (404) 748-2261. If you need to contact the school, the number is (404)802-3900. Thank you in advance for what I know will be an amazing experience.

The Grace M. Davis Class of 2018 has been through much together. From the first day as a freshman realizing that high school is nothing like High School Musical to witnessing your first riot, #DavisRiots2014. We may have never thought about it but we all went through probably the most important part of our lives together. We may have lost friends, but we gained even better ones in return. Some of us found our best friend(s) in these past four years, or maybe you found your best friend before that and grew closer over these past four years, or maybe you’re like me and found your best friend but didn’t know it at first because you used to hate each other.

Good afternoon my fellow classmates thank you for joining me on this journey through life. I thought there would be nothing more appropriate than to share twelve things I’ve learned over the twelve years here at Putnam city. So number 1 was in first grade I learned to always listen to your teacher.

First, I thank you for the countless contribution of moving forward with the community growth agenda. Furthermore, the project is worthwhile and I admire you for these progress steps in improving Sanford.

Thank you so much for taking the time to consider me! I am more than willing to tell you about myself and hope you will let me know if you would like to know any additional information.

I greet you in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, whom is the head of my life, and the epitome of all things good. On Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at 3: 30 p.m. The Daughters of Obelisk Court donated ten bags of school supplies valued at $227 to an Department of Defense Education Activity, Bechtel Elementary School PTO, aboard Unites States Marine Corps Base, Camp McTureous for the Tools for School initiative. We were delighted to meet with the school’s Principal, PTO President and staff during our exchange. The supplies will be distributed amongst various classrooms in need of items. This experience has opened a new opportunity of volunteerism within the local community, that’s affects our military and civilian families. I would

Signing up for encouraging critical and skillful thinking class I was really excited at the possibilities I could learn as an educator to share with my students. Every day in my math class I am trying to show students how I approach different math problems. I go step by step explaining my logic behind every move I make and emphasize why I am making these very specific moves throughout the problem. To me, I feel what I am doing is very cut and dry but somehow there are students who get lost along the way. Maybe it is the way I present the material or it could be that our thinking does not line up. To some students Algebra is very stressful and it is almost a self-preservation class, meaning students fall back on prior knowledge and

Do you believe that you have accomplished something truly noteworthy in my class this year? * (Yes)

As an aspiring elementary educator, my goal is to bridge the student’s knowledge to their curiosity. I will provide the facts that will drive their curiosity to asking questions that are relevant to the past and the future. I do not believe that avoiding inquiry is the most beneficial teaching method for my students because no student is “too young” to understand the events that have shaped our country and our world. There is always a method to teach difficult content in an honest, truthful manner to students. Since I am currently spending my first practicum in a kindergarten classroom, I have been considering and applying methods of teaching history, in regards to Teaching What Really Happened, to the primary levels.

The following paper is a reflection of the experiences and life lessons that ultimately led me to choose a teaching career in mathematics. Of the many experiences that contributed to my desire to become a teacher, tutoring high school students who struggled with math, and hearing my mother’s stories about the rewards of teaching were my greatest sources of inspiration for becoming a teacher. As a student tutor, I witnessed students who lacked self-confidence find hope and pride in their newly acquired abilities through their practice and determination. During this tutoring experience I not only earned the respect of the students, but I gained a sense of purpose for my future. In addition to these short-term rewards like respect and purpose, the success stories my mother (a chemistry professor) shared about the rewards of teaching provided additional motivation for me to become a teacher. These stories consisted of students achieving success in their career fields after taking one of her chemistry courses. Above anything else, my mother found the most rewarding part of teaching was the opportunity to help students develop the life-long skills that ultimately lead to a student’s success outside of school. Thus, it is from these experiences tutoring high school students and my mother’s stories of the long term rewards of teaching, that provide me the passion to become a math teacher.

First Grade Competency 1 - Understand the symbols, icons, and traditions of community, state, and nation relates to theme II. Time, Continuity, and Change. The curriculum framework states that first grade helps children to understand family life and structure, as well as their roles in a global setting—such as the community. Students are learning about variations in the ways families’ live (i.e. single-parented, self-employed, unemployed, retired and various other housing options. Children should learn that family is the primary support group for people everywhere. Objective c. under Competency 1 states that students learn and discuss songs that express the ideals of the United States of America (i.e. America the Beautiful, the Star Spangled Banner, etc). NCSS Standard II relates to Competency 1 because the Learner Expectations require an in depth understanding of one’s past, where they have come from, to understand where they are going or even to realize how far they have come.

English class seemed to be the most dreadful to take within school. Writing essays for most of my grade in a class is not what I was looking forward too. When I entered college I knew that it would be one of many challenging classes I would have to take. Starting from the lowest English class to moving on up, the writing assignments became longer and more thought out. The time came when I got into this class that I knew more work was going to have to be put into essays and thus brought out what I had not seen before in my work progress.