Lesson Reflection Essay

Social classes are a dividing system for people of a nation or country, and have existed for as long as history can date back. In the past, it has designated people to certain categories that determined the opportunities and privileges that they could receive. In the past, the social class a person belonged to was determined by which one he or she was born into, and this label generally stuck to someone for life. In more recent history, broadened opportunity has opened up an escape for those stuck in the lower classes. The social class a person is born into has become a starting point in life, and where somebody ends up is decided by his or her determination. In Toni Cade Bambara's “The Lesson,” the theme is about learning that a

In December of 2013, I was told that I was not considered for the full-time temporary faculty position in political science on South Campus by Dr. Sonia Nieves because I was not able to teach international relations even though I have graduate level coursework in international relations and Political Science degrees do not specify a focus. I later found out that, this requirement was false and inconsistent with Broward College’s Faculty Credentialing Manual and that Dr. Nieves hired an adjunct faculty member from another campus who had the same degree as me. This left me in the middle of December with no classes for the upcoming spring term despite my ability and record to fill my classes and outstanding reviews by students and supervisors. Dr. Neves also mentioned to me, on several occasions, that it was always a major scheduling “hassle” to be forced to find a downstairs classroom in order to accommodate my ADA needs.

Upon my arrival today, the students were silently working on math skills using number lines. Once they finished, they went up to the teacher’s desk and had her to review their work until it was time for recess. When the students returned from recess they changed to Ms. O’Neal’s class for reading and social studies instruction. Prior to beginning the day’s reading lesson, the students completed two worksheet pages. One of them was on main idea and details and the other was on sequencing of events. With the main idea and details worksheet, the students collectively read a passage and determined the main idea along with 3 supporting details. With the sequencing of events worksheet, the students read a passage on Hurricane Katrina and were to fill in a graphic organizer with important events and dates

Shepard always seemed to know what best fit into the lessons and into her students’ progress, or lack thereof. One of the best tools she used in the two week period was during the final two days. Ms. Shepard had a lesson planned on bringing the area and perimeter discussion together for a final conversation. When she assessed the students based on some responses to early questions, she realized that because many students had missed at least one day of class, that it would be better to set up “catch-up” stations. In these stations, or which there were three, each student would complete the tasks relevant to himself or herself. For instance, some students needed to complete the questions corresponding to the bumper-car rides while others needed to finish justifying their rationale for making the community garden six-by-eight tiles. In all cases, Ms. Shepard provided an outlet for all students to get where they needed to be. This was inherently student-centered, and definitely best

In this story the author tells us about a girl named Sylvia, the narrator, who lives in a very low income family. A place where school is not a priority. A place where it is more important to be strong and hard, than to read a book. This was the thought anyway, before Miss. Moore moved in. She was a school teacher who took it upon herself to teach the neighborhood kids. On one summer afternoon in particular she was going to take the kids into town on a field trip. The kids are not at all happy about this because they know it is summer break and they are not supposed to be in school in the summer. They would rather be at the pool playin’, but Miss. Moore knows that if these kids want a chance at a better life,

The first smart goals I chose are to learn to become a leader and to have better time management skills. I chose these because I work on a small unit with no assigned charge nurse. Any day you go in to work it could be your day to be charge nurse so everyone on the unit needs to be able to step up and be a leader. Time management is a skill that every nurse needs to learn. In my opinion, if you have good time management skills it can decrease your stress level and make your workday more organized and enjoyable.

Social classes divide the people of a nation or country and have existed probably for as long as human history itself. In the past, they have designated people to certain categories that determined the opportunities and privileges that they could receive. In the past, the social class a person belonged to was determined by which one he or she was born into, and this label generally stuck to someone for life. In more recent history, broadened opportunity has opened up an escape for those stuck in the lower classes. The social class a person is born into has become merely a starting point in life, and where somebody ends up is decided by his or her determination. Through its plot, characters, and use of certain symbols, Tony Cade

This lesson was taught September 25, 2017. It was the introductory lesson for my first grade, SPAT Science unit about the sun, moon and stars. My science lesson time slot is split into two 30 minute time segments. During the first segment, I did a unit pre-assessment with the students. This reflection video was taken during the second time slot, at the end of the day. I chose this lesson for reflecting because at first glance, it appears that it went fine. But, after viewing my video choices it is my opinion, especially for this lesson, that I might have gotten better results had I arranged things differently.

Being a teacher requires you to be able to alter your lesson plans at any moment. There were several times during this lesson that I had to do this. The biggest in the moment change that I needed to make was when we were modeling how to give the survey. Mrs. Vavra had told me practicing giving the survey to our class should take ten to fifteen minutes. It ended up taking the whole math class time. I felt that I had to make sure that the students knew what they were doing before I sent them to survey another class. Since that took the whole time that pushed back the lesson that we were supposed to also learn that day. Using the interactive lessons that go along with the textbook they used worked well for the students to get some hands on practice with the material before I sent them back to their seats to work on their worksheet. Getting the students up and moving also helps. I also tried to vary my instructional strategies. I did this by having the students to view a PowerPoint with the information on it and watch a video to explain the graph instead of me teaching it. The review PowerPoint that I had planned didn’t work out the way that it had on my computer when I previewed it again before class. The PowerPoint was supposed to be all interactive and done on the Smartboard. Instead I had to sit on the computer and go from slide to slide. This caused me to have to be away from the students and not being able to make sure that they were staying on task. I was required to

The lesson was and remains the basic form of the organization of the educational process. The essence of the lesson is the organization by the teacher of a diverse work of students in the assimilation of new knowledge, skills, and development. A modern lesson in math is a lesson in which the teacher skillfully uses all possible forms of organizing the cognitive activity of students. My cooperating teacher is a perfect example of it.

When i first entered this class I didn't know what to expect because our school’s english teachers are so unique in character. I knew for certain that the class was gonna be challenging just because it is an Ap class, but I never expected it to change how i see the world. I have never experienced the type of environment we had as a class in my thirteen year, pre-kinder to eleven grade, of learning. From forming a cult, to engaging in rigourous conversations, to just having moments where we go on off topic and this has brought us closer. I can't forget to mention the fact that we actually learn a few things. Well a lot of important things actually. The course has elevated my English skill in comprehension, writing, speech, and has shifted the way I interact with the world as i search for a deeper meaning because of the influence of the class’ environment.

Nick is a high school senior who spends the majority of his time preparing for tests. He plans to attend college at Ball State University. Nick believes that he will be successful with handling money when he moves out of his parents’ house because he just received a 100% on his math test. Throughout the last few months of high school, Nick’s teacher attempts to prepare him for the transformation from high school to college. His teacher informs him that studying for tests within high school may not have prepared him to face the physical world. Specifically, she informs Nick that studying in high school may be different or more difficult to handle due to specific situations that deal with money throughout life (Handling taxes, bank accounts, work, etc.). What type of learning is Nick’s teacher emphasizing?

Drama, as Heatchote ( Wagner, 1999) put it, is not special . It is something that people do everyday for different purposes , in a complex process that involve their emotion, imaginations, and intelligence. People recreate ( re-live) a past event or visualize ( pre-live) an upcoming role that they have to cope with . If it does not happen visually for other people to see, then it may occur only in our minds . One close example of this mental imaging activity is the act of lesson planning by teachers. When planning a lesson I often imagine what I will do in a class to make sure that I would do it properly . I will think how to begin : what ice breakers I will use to build up a case and how I will deliver them. As I think of core activities to have in a class, my mind also wonders about what jokes I will tell when students show signs of boredom and how I will deliver them. At times, my mind brought me to the memories of past incidents or successful teaching events and have all them mashed up with the plan. Soon as I have them organized, these staged plans are stored on writing forms , but many of them are just stored in my memory.

I started my practicum today in Miscellany second grade class. Mrs. Calloway used a lot of student-centered teaching. The tables are set up into small groups of about five students. Thought out the day we have multiple students that are pulled out so Mrs. Calloway told me I would be working with those students a lot to finish the project they get pulled out during. After reading a book to the class, Mrs. Calloway post a question on the board and has the students answer this. A lot of the students just copy what she posts on the board. When the student is done, she goes around and gives them a star for completing it. This is the only feedback the students get during the day.

ENDS 101 class was drastically different from my expectation. I came from a background of great involvement in Robotics and portray great interests in Engineering. The title of Design Process misguided me into thinking about the learning of traditional design process engineers take to approach problem solving. Through each lessons, I said to myself that I am physically being in the most realistically useful and most applicable class in the University. Never did I thought I will be taking a class that provokes creativity, enhance leadership, and develop good team working skills and other aspects that affect being a collaborative member, or a leader. Several times, professor Vanegas’ and professor Billingsley’s