Reading Anchor Classroom

After analyzing results, I deviated from my lecture style of teaching and began making the students more accountable for their learning. Visual students interpret information more clearly if it is in color. To expand their learning I encouraged students to use highlighters (to identify key vocabulary) and colored pencils / crayons in their math journals (to draw diagrams). Students were also encouraged to draw pictures of a story to show their comprehension of reading material. In addition, I planned more visual games to help students with reading and mathematics. Students participated in review jeopardy, jigsaw activities and used white boards to write timed group responses to answer questions. As a result student engagement increased and behavior significantly improved among

(2.1) Explain why it is important to create an inclusive teaching and learning environment? We all learn in different ways, influenced by the combination of our past educational experiences, study practices and personal approach to specific tasks. This can be described as our learning style, defined as ‘particular ways of gathering,

Professional development principles Ben embraces are Rigor, Relationships, Relevance and Realness. Mr. Rhodes continually emphasizes that work needs to have relevance and rigor in assignments and that the relationships teachers build with students is essential for success. Specific content used for staff development goals are Glenn Singleton’s work (Equity), National Achievement Gap, High Performing Schools, 90/90/90 Studies, 21st Century Skills, Marzano’s Instructional Strategies, and Heidi Hayes Jacobs’ literacy work. A variety of activities for teaching new skills to teachers occurs throughout the year. These include study groups, guest speakers, ERO (staff development classes), open classroom visits, master teachers sharing best practices in literacy, differentiated instruction, , math, and culturally responsive teaching, conference opportunities, mentors, district content area inservices, building inservice days, monthly district content area meetings, partnerships with universities, Collaborative Action Research for Equity (C.A.R.E.) cadre, and monthly building equity meetings. Mr. Rhodes uses the district Teaching Learning Cycle (Plan-Teach-Monitor- Adjust) to evaluate and assess the learning goals and make improvements. Ben also meets with Ben and the leadership team about the goals and creates the timeline to provide training and analyze progress. Evaluation of the learning goals using the SIP (as a living document) and individual goals are important

I believe that I am proficient in establishing a classroom setting that calls upon the students to learn in an individual and collaborative manner. I believe that I have sufficiently encouraged positive social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self motivation. I have shown this in learning activities that have been presented to the students. An example of this would be with the placard assignment, which had the students fill out a sheet that corresponded to four maps to help them figure out what artifacts certain cultural regions would use. During this learning segment, students would have to be self directed after the directions were given, the students would have to use collaborative skills, and they were all engaged during

1. What were the objectives of this lesson? How well do you think your students understood the overall purpose and relevance of the lesson? (APS 4.A–C) For the lesson observed the objectives was to explain the trends of the periodic table based on the elements’ valence electrons and atomic numbers.

One aspect of my lesson that I felt went well in the implementation of my lesson was the information being grasped by the learners. Before I began my lesson, I asked the learners some questions about the fun phonics letter. I started off by asking the children if they knew what the fun phonic letter for the week was, then I asked them to tell me some words that begins with the letter “Dd”. Next, I read a story called “Harry the dirty dog”. Throughout the story I asked some questions to keep the learners engaged. I asked them questions like “what words that begins with the letter “Dd” did you hear?” I can tell they were engaged because their answers were never off topic. The learners were so excited about the end result of their letter “Dd”

This past Friday, I had the opportunity to interview Carolina Portales. Mrs. Portales is a kinder garden ESL teacher in the Grand Prairie school district. She was nice and kind answering most of my questions, and she even gave me some advices to get through the first year . According to Mrs. Portales the math professional development activities that she has participated in are the ones that the district of Grand Prairie offers. She described her overall experiences learning math as not so good, because she has had good teachers that care about students’ learning, but some other teachers do not. She has not learned everything she needs to learn, but she knows enough to teach, what she needs to teach.

– Fred Jones "To create student engagement, the teacher must succeed in managing both discipline and instruction. If kids are goofing off, you won't get much engagement."

My students are reading, “Fist, Stick, Knife, Gun.” When I picked the book, I anticipated full engagement as many of the anecdotes are similar to that of my student’s lives. Despite the book being an awesome conversation starter, students have become extremely bored. The book does not pick up in

Throughout my practicum experience, I worked towards creating an environment that was highly supportive of individual and collaborative learning. I strived to encourage positive social interaction and to facilitate active engagement in learning and self-motivation. With the help of my professor and cooperating teacher, I was able to practice implementing this in my teaching.

Observing my students in a variety of academic environments, I see how they engage in their learning throughout the day whether they are interested in the subject, if a teacher is particular engaging, or even if a certain lesson or strategy is particularly effective. The teachers are all SIOP trained

Engaging the Adult Learner Jeffery Collins COLL100 B100 Fall 14 American Military University Dr. Gibson Engaging the Adult Learner Engaging adults during the learning process is an action that encompasses the use of skills to conquer their concentration and interest. The engagement is performed to ensure the adult learners will immediately identify with

Identify relevant research/theory to justify why learning tasks (or their application) are appropriate. How have you intentionally linked this to your instructional planning? Phonemic awareness is crucial to a child’s development of learning how to read. According to the National Institute

The film The World in Claire’s Classroom, 2000, shows us an alternative first and second grade classroom dynamic that Claire helps facilitate by her teaching style and beliefs.While certain parts of the film are socially problematic, in regards to some methods when learning about other cultures, Claire practices very progressive teaching methods and concepts that our class has covered. Because of using these varied teaching methods, Claire is also creating a more indepth and engaged learning environment that appears to have a positive impact on her students. Two concepts that I will be introducing and comparing to Claire’s classroom are Self-directed Learning and The Four Aspects of Engagement. Both of these concepts connect to multiple

One of the most essential exercises when in comes to professional development as an instructor is to continuously reflect on your perspective, methodology, instruction and behavior within your profession. Doing so ensure that you a growing and improving on teaching skills and building on old strengths to benefit you as an instructor but especially the students that you serve.