ICAP Class Reflection

“Alright,” the teacher says to the students, “I’m going to number all of you off into groups. Each group will read a section from the textbook and become experts on that section. Then, each group will teach the rest of the class what they learned from their reading.” This is an instruction common to the classrooms in the United States. More and more is the pedagogy of public education leaning in favor of team-based activities, projects, and learning. Group work is generally seen as an ultimately beneficial way to teach students, but this may be somewhat of a fallacy. The emphasis on group-based learning in public schools causes a multitude of problems.

In the article, “Flexible Grouping in the Classroom,” Rick Wormeli explains the ways to accomplish flexible grouping in classrooms. He begins the article by referring to the Fibonacci sequence. Through this sequence, he focuses on how a group of students will not recognize that these building blocks are all around them, but many will. Rick goes on to mention that nevertheless these students will all be in our classrooms and we need to create lessons that work for both groups. He then expanded upon the idea that not all groups will be the same and that they should become adaptable because of all the diverse students in our

This week I learned about differe\irente instruction. I also learn how to implement a lesson plan to meet the needs for each students in the classroom. Each child learning style is different one child might understand the problem one way and then another child might solve the problem a whole different way. I learned about exceptional children and how they need intensive learning and individualize learning. That why it is important to observe and know each individual child so you can support them to the bset of their ability. My host teacher used different strategies to help the students understand the problem. When I did my lesson plan if was a challenge and time consumer.I likle how the lesson plan met the needs of the children. The teacher put the students in different groups so they acn help each other learn. Sometimes children learn best and better from other children.My host teachger explain to me that

learning in different groupings (e.g., whole class, small group, pairs; homogeneous, heterogeneous) throughout a lesson

Some of the students have a low level of English in this group however so I make sure that concepts are fully explained and groups are mixed so as the low level English speaking students do not group together.

The teacher prepares the students to operate in a small group together. This practice can enhance the student’s cooperative learning skills.

This lesson was not just one of learning knowledge to have passing grades, it is a lesson about learning from others that have gone before and lived experiences that we will never know creating an understanding for the reader that it is about understanding what life is really about. Fiction and Nonfiction characters from the course have given inspiration to the reader about life lessons on education, research, poems, and living life to the fullest. The characters all the way from Victor Frankl, and John F Kennedy leading the innovation of being full of inspiration and the ability of sheer will to keep pushing forward and to do something about their lives. As well about short stories about

Is grouping students by ability used in your school? How is that done? How do you see your cooperating teacher differentiating their instruction? Do students get any choices in the way they demonstrate what they have learned?

Belair Elementary School has four hundred twenty-five students, of those students forty-four have IEPs (Individualized Education Plan) or 10.3 percent. One instructional strategy that I could implement for these students is that of small group work. Small group work has many benefits such as the students will receive support from others in the group. So they are not just doing independent work but learning from others and interacting with others. Also, group work focuses on specific skills of those students. With that I could match instruction to each students’ needs and have them work with students who will help them learn. The teacher can place students in specific groups based on their specific groups so they will learn from the group and

As I am reproaching my upper electives, more and more of my classes require working in teams in order to prepare us for our senior design project. I am currently in four different classes of which all require us to have a group. In each class, I have different group members even though about two- thirds of the same people are taking the same classes as I am. This is due to many reasons but one of the reasons is because one class assigning us our group

It is already very difficult to get enough seats in classes for my students and making sure there are no time conflicts and that everything fits together. For example, due to an error in the BIO Dept, this semester my students were split into FOUR (!) sections of BIO311C, whereas I was hoping they would be split evenly into two. Additionally, my students were split into four FRI sections. Students bond best when they are in the same classes; yes, technically the students were in the same classes, but any difference (class times, professors, TAs, etc.) really does make a difference in group bonding.

For example, how would you teach about death? The topic alone, is scary – ‘death’. Yes, your children or students will freak out, panic from fear but you may find that they will be better prepared for the end result – knowing what the end result is. Death is a fact of life and no one can escape it – it affects us all. What lesson plan would you create to get your children or students engaged, thinking, and or disagreeing about death? How would you get them to practice the skills and make use of their knowledge of the topic of death? Would you have the children or students write their own eulogy – as an end result for the lesson plan? Will you teach the children or students about death from a philosophical, ethical or practical view – or a combination of the three? So that, the children or students have a real chance to develop their imagination and critical thinking skills – instead of death’s taboo status in our culture. While in fact, learning about other cultures and traditions, and the controversy that death embodies but not limited to: palliative care, assisted-suicide, etc. If only we taught are children, that death is going to happen whether you want it or

I like what we are doing in science. One thing that we did was we had diffrent sunflower seeds and we had to measure the length, width, and height of it. I thought I was a good excersize, not only in science, but in every day life to show us that everything is diffrent. Another thing we used to do was something like we did last year,

Going into this observation project I didn’t know what to expect, nor did I know what type of school I was going in. I’ve observed schools back at home but I know that schools run and operate different in other states. So I decided to go with an open mind. I’m so happy that the school and Mrs.Delk was so welcoming. Before I went into Mrs.Delks first grade class, I already and in mind that I want to teach older children. So, I just want to see what I could take from the children, the classroom and the teacher.

Last semester had its favorable moments, even though I wasn’t doing well in some of my classes, I actually enhanced my writing skills which led me to do well in my COM 100 class. Every essay I turned in would earn at least an 80. For my COM 100 class, I always handed in my assignments on time. If I had a reason to not hand in my assignments in on time, I would always let my professor know ahead of time. Along with this, I attended my classes. If had to miss a classes, it was only once or twice. Then the next day I would always ask my teacher if there was anything I needed to review for the class. Another favorable moment from last semester, I found myself participating and answering questions that were given by the professors. Along with the