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.

My decision on a major field of study at Western Michigan University was a process that took much thought and reflection. With my high school teachers’ strong leadership, they inspired me to possibly pursue anything as a career. The long process of finding out what I want to do with my life started in the summer when I was trying to figure out what career would best suit me for the future. Im that kind of person where I need entertainment in my life, so I narrowed it down to some jobs I can't do, such as being a business major and sitting in a office my whole life, and accounting, because I despise math. During my thinking process, I utilized what subjects I enjoyed in high school that I’d like to learn more about in college. I came to a

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,

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

The classroom was a tall open square filled with around 35 student desks and one large set of desks in the front of the class. The front desks consisted of smaller desks which included a stand-up desk that held a computer and a smaller but longer desk with a chair. Behind the front desks was as whiteboard wall that had a projector pointing towards the wall. All of the student’s desks were scattered throughout the class and faced the whiteboard the room has a lot of space, but the number of desks in the room took up most of the walking space. The first student arrived at 5:52. Afterwards nine others join him, one by one. Two of the students began having a conversation while the others. The discussion between the students stopped shortly after Mrs. Keener arrived.

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

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.

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.

The report analyses concepts taught in two lessons and links them to proficiency strands, contents descriptions, elaborations, general capabilities and cross-curriculum priorities outlined in the Australian Curriculum. Furthermore, the report explores three best teaching practices commonly used in the classroom and examines the benefits to students learning. Finally, a detailed lesson outline will be created.

My lesson was based upon the spelling words for the week. I enlarged the letters of each word i.e: make.

Energy is the ability to do work. It has the potential to make changes, and any changes are due to work being done. This is significant because work can generate energy, and energy itself can do work (i.e., work done on windmills by the wind produces energy, and energy is used in homes to do work).

Overall, I thought the lesson study was a good way to start feeling comfortable with teaching science in a classroom, it brought me out of my comfort zone of what I was used to seeing being taught. This lesson allowed me to think creatively because it was a requirement to combine a social study element into the lesson as well. As a group, we brainstormed way that we could include social studies within our lesson that worked seamlessly with science. During this brainstorming session, I discovered that combining two subjects into one lesson can really push your creativity and that sometimes discussing it with your fellow co-workers is a great way to figure out ways this can be done effectively. This may also lead to the discussion of what

I worked with K-1st grade. I have four students, but was only ever working with three of them at one time, as they have to be pulled out of instruction for services. During the first block, I introduced vocabulary words. More specifically, push, pull, force, and motion.

Like most people, my education started out traditionally with Kindergarten and proceeded through current college level. The one piece of education that may differed from most others would have to be “pre-k” schooling. I did not attend this aspect of schooling and believe that it had an impact on my education and readiness for school. Although I was placed in “daycare” programs on occasion, it was not consistent enough nor had the curriculum to prepare me for the social interactions and activities learned in the first year of schooling. From then on, I seemed to adjust to the normalcy of school and began developing friend groups and relationships. I proceeded to middle school afterword’s with little problems until approximately 8th grade where my grades began to see their first decline.