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Taking what happened in the interactions and decided what category of class management was being utilized out of our possibilities. Also, how Junie B. reacted to each style of teaching whether is was a positive or negative interactions and whether it had a positive or negative reaction correlating with it. After deciding what our topic was going to deal with we decided to pull examples from real life that also illustrated our main ideas, so, the group also pulled examples of classroom management from bulletin boards seen in classrooms at the schools Raymond F Brandes and Creston that included clip system of disciplinary action, expectations of reading comprehension in grade levels, and a smiley to frown face disciplinary system.

Managing your classroom determines how effective you are as a teacher. In this training, it talks about many different ways you can create structure in the classroom. One of the ways was setting rules. Another was to set individual and whole group goals in classroom and commit to completing each goal. It is very important to have complete control over your classroom it promotes maturity, safety, trust and easy flow.

In conclusion, the instruction of social studies has continue to take a back burner role in classrooms,because it is not one of the subjects in the high stakes testing covered under the NCLB. However, this can change if teachers employ effective teaching strategies, that will help everyone to realize the importance of social studies content at every grade level. This will ultimately help our students to have the knowledge, and understanding to appreciate our diverse culture.

Social studies ultimately about civic education, or civic competence. The idea being that all students need to have a certain amount of knowledge, skills, and democratic dispositions to be an active participant in their community (Chapin, 2013). The Arizona standards are quiet complex and thorough when it comes to social studies in the fourth grade, but only in some areas. Asking Mr. Aleman a few questions regarding his personal feelings on social studies as a content area, I was ill-prepared for the honesty of his responses. First, was the question of whether or not social studies was a subject that students needed. This teacher felt that social studies was extremely important because it was a way to connect students with their past and cultural identity. I think that this is reflective of the Arizona state standards, which emphasis learning about the history of civilizations in Arizona and the Southwest. While the focus is on Arizona, it stresses the

Students come to the classroom with their own ideas and pre-conceived notions. As a future educator it is important for me to understand what students know and where there are misunderstandings. These incorrect ideas about our world and history translate into misconceptions, gaps in knowledge, and stereotypes that will be taken as fact until otherwise taught. To better understand the missing pieces in social studies education and to find ways to address these gaps, I delved into the minds of two third-graders, one male, Sawyer, and one female, Brooke. After conducting my interview I have a better understanding of topics that students are not clear on and would benefit from more instruction. One topic students have missing information about is knowledge of famous women in history. A second topic students seem to be confusing is basic geography understanding.

In addition, Ms. Preston-Grimes, discusses how the integration of social studies should be “to create children who will be able to use the disciplines to advance democratic thought and life.” The author goes on to explain that is about creating different ways of thinking and not just focusing on bits of information. In addition, social studies should not simply be about learning small pieces during a reading lesson. Ms. Preston-Grimes stresses that true integration of social studies allows students develop thought process which are applicable outside the classroom. It allows students to develop inquiry skills which lend themselves to excelling in other areas and real-world experiences. The disciplines, the author writes about, help students understand their world and investigating ways of solving problems. The term stealthy integration is mentioned in the article and defined in a way that is remarkably similar to what is often happening in the classroom. This stealthy approach sends the message that social studies is secondary to reading or writing and carries less value. Additionally, this stealthy approach is not effective and not healthy. Healthy integration involves the students gaining greater insight and developing an understanding of the world around. This type of integration involves primary and secondary sources, connections, reading and writing as part of the inquiry. Finally, the article reiterates the point that all areas of study are important and teachers must find a way of teaching social studies without fracturing the subject

During teacher training sessions and from reading and researching the subject it is clear that it is not easy to manage a classroom full of students. In fact, many factors need to be taken into account when planning strategies to be used. By being pro-active, looking, and analyzing our own practice, it should give us a better

When diving into the world of teaching, there are many important aspects that are essential in order to create a successful classroom environment; one in particular being, classroom management. Understanding what classroom management, classroom discipline, teacher characteristics, behavior management, and teacher organization are all crucial components of what makes a successful classroom. Of course, with every grade level comes a different style of classroom management; however, for this particular paper the targeted grade - level is lower elementary school.

Becki’s first year of teaching is here with Mimi in the 4k room. Becki stated that one things that she enjoys/enjoyed is the 1 on 1 interactions with the kids and being able to get to know their personalities. One challenge Becki says she faces is that there are a lot of different personalities and some of the children may not like to do one thing at a time. When asked what some professional behaviors are needed in order to be successful in a classroom Beki stated that being flexible, understanding, and

Sarah is a second grade teacher at Punchbowl Public School. Her classroom is working at meeting outcomes at a high Stage 1 level. Sarah has a class of 26 students and with her beliefs in teaching she creates an effective learning environment for every student. Through her implementation of Classroom management, structure, organisation, essentials for literacy, effective communication and introducing technology she achieves goals she has set in helping her students improve and satisfies herself by seeing the results of her hard work.

The aim of Social Studies is the promotion of civic competence the knowledge, intellectual processes, and democratic dispositions required of students to be active and engaged participants in public life. Proverbs 19:2 (ESV) states," Desire without knowledge is not good, and whoever makes haste with his feet misses his way."For example it is essential for there to be commonalities across the grade levels so that there is a scaffolding of concepts to build from one grade level to the next.

The integration of art and social studies provides students opportunities to engage in learning, and experience content in a relevant way (Burnstein & Knots, 2010). The process of experiencing social studies through non-standard written assignments, and creating tangible products, also connects learning in more concreate ways for young children. Learning about government in the early years, is essential for young children. Through government instruction, children are exposed to the purpose of rules, and respecting authority. Integrating art in the plan for teaching these important concepts, will increase children’s engagement and lend to more active

Teachers are not only expected to teach their students, but also provide an environment where everyone feels safe and can learn. Classroom management is a very important part of teaching. Students cannot learn in an unsafe, disruptive environment. This paper will discuss the strategy of SHAPING, how it is used to modify a student’s behavior, and give an example of how to modify a student’s behavior. This paper will also discuss my personal beliefs about classroom management, share rules and expectations for the classroom, rewards for individuals and the class, designing the classroom where the teacher is visible and there are no distractions, and discuss some classroom procedures and how they contribute to classroom management

To study Social Studies is to study the tapestry of humanity. Every thread is a different life that has its own unique color and texture. Each thread affects not only the threads that it comes into contacts with, but the entire tapestry. The knots of war and violence, the beauty of perseverance, and the joys freedom all weave together to form a never ending fabric that joins the past, present, and future. It is only through acknowledging and understanding the complexity of this tapestry that one can learn and teach Social Studies. The National Council of the Social Studies has created ten themes which when followed demonstrate understanding of the topic and all of its complexities. Evidence of my understanding of these concepts are displayed

Unfortunately, I have hardly witnessed any social studies taught in my classrooms. None yet in my field placement, and small bits here and there during my field one and field three placement. My field one placement was in a kindergarten classroom. I am not sure on what the exact lesson was about, however, it had something to do with geography I believe. We watched several interesting videos about different places in the world and briefly discussed languages. The only activities that took place while I was there were videos and class discussion, however, I am sure they did more to complete the lesson. During my field three placement, I was in a fourth-grade classroom. I didn’t actually see social studies being taught because they divide it and