Reflection On My Second Field Experience In Klenk Elementary School

During my instructor led field experience, I was placed in a first grade classroom. The teacher in this classroom really had a great grasp on management in her classroom. She used the Classdojo app. The teacher had the option to award student points or take them away throughout the day. This was also an app that kept parents informed on their devices of how their child was doing throughout the day. I really enjoyed seeing this in real life. Hearing about this app in management or technology didn't do it justice. The students really were aware of the points and managed their behavior.

First knowing the subject, then deciding the length of the lesson and which key stage is it aimed for.

Rewarding children for his or her accomplishment will give the class an incentive to do the best work in the studies. Lesson planning plays a major role in a classroom setting the steps I would follow for an effective plan is to have suitable objectives a list of materials and resources with direct instruction also practice exercises and study guide. A good teacher should be detailed to ensure the student’s the ability and skills also student’s come first in the class.

For my Field Experience I chose to observe at Krahn Elementary which is a part of Klein Independent School District. After my approval, I was assigned to four teachers and their classrooms. I observed at Krahn Elementary on six Tuesdays between 15 September 2015 and 27 October 2015, and more or less followed the schedule that was given to me by the Assistant Principal Ms. Shannon Strole. From 8:30 am to 9:15 am I observed Ms. Judy Burkes, who is a third grade Math and Science teacher. Her classroom is comprised of twenty students which range from average to below average learners and a student with ADHD and another with autism. For most part of my observation, M. Burkes had been working with her students on fractions and multiple digits addition and subtraction. From 9:15 am to 10:30 am I observed Ms. Lisa Parker who is a Math co-teacher and resource teacher at Krahn Elementary for grades K-5. During my assigned time, Ms. Parker usually joined Mr. Duru’s fifth grade class of twenty three students as a co-teacher and when required would pull out a group of six students after initial instructions from Mr. Duru and would teach them the concepts separately at a slower pace. This particular group of students with special needs was mostly seen to be focusing more and more on mathematical word problems. These students were students with Learning disabilities, behavioral issues and one of them was a student with ADHD. From 10:30 am to 11:15, I was with Ms. Janice Bluhms, who is a

The learning outcomes are important. There has to be a reason on why something is being taught, and how it will be useful to the students future. Throughout the paper, I’m going to give you an example of a lesson plan I

In order to create the lesson plan, the objectives had to be planned first. As per the requirements for the course, I based my learning objectives off of Bloom’s taxonomy with my learning objectives falling under the categories of remembering, understanding,

Lesson Plan: Show the entry event, write down the essential question, do inquiry, set the deadline, answer some questions, let them do research, make blueprints, we will do check-ins every day except the last 3 days we will give them time to do work instead of doing check-ins, try to do journals at the end of every day, after done with research give them materials, let them make a plan, let them build farm, after everyone done with the farm they will present them in front of everyone and explain how a farm works in the presentation, the teachers will grade the

I observed that the students were finding themselves hard to concentrate on the lesson plan and I believe there were couple of reasons why the lesson failed to captivate the interest of the students. One of the reason is because, the activity of watching a movie and answering couple questions lacked the critical thinking process. Also, the students had to watch the same story videos from different websites which just seemed meaningless. The materials were extremely repetitive. Throughout the lesson, students had hard time sitting still and seem to lack interest; their heads were on the desks. Lastly, there were no hooks in the lesson plan to captivate the students that will make them desire to learn the

Week two of field observation at Crestone Charter School. My Second week of field observations was really fun and interactive. I had the opportunity to work with several students from the k-1 class with special needs. We traveled to several reading stations and did a read along with the fourth and fifth-grade students. At arrival, I met with the main Para, Ammie Morphet and was informed that Lexi whom is one of the charter schools highest priority/needs students was the student I would be working with. Lexi usually has a personal in class Para that works with her throughout the day, but she was out sick. Since I know Lexi and have personal experience working with her we came to the conclusion that it would be best if I assisted with Lexis daily routine and any other classroom needs. This allowed Mrs. Morphet to attend to the other students she had previously scheduled for us to meet with.

I found learning about Robert Gagnes 9 step lesson planning really interesting, his theory stipulates that there are several different types or levels of learning, which I totally agree with.

This was my childhood dream come true starting on Tuesday September 8, 2015. As I finished my required field experience hours on Thursday the 10th, I couldn’t resist and had to return back to my new set of children. Immediately within the first few minute of me being there I built such great relationships with these loving and adorable children. Mrs. Poland the teacher I had the honors to observe was an amazing role model for me. She modeled extremely well what a teacher should be especially working with ESE students. Approximately three of them were in the process of mainstream but on a trial and error basis. I decided to complete my observation hours at Lewis E. Wadsworth Elementary School here in Palm Coast. According to Old.flaglerlschools,

3. My field experience has influenced my perceptions of the school environment. I learned how important is it to get to know your students. The teachers learned so much about their students during sharing time, where students shared with the class important things about themselves or things going on in their lives. This helped the teachers get to know the students on an individual level and help meet their needs. I also learned how important it is to help meet the needs of all students. I saw how the teachers met the needs of all students and incorporated different ways to teach all students with different needs. Some students had different needs than others and the teachers took this into consideration during lessons. Some of their lessons

The volunteering that was required for this class was completed in four different locations. Three of these locations did have a connection to my education. The first was at an elementary school. The volunteering position was for a pre-kindergarten teacher aide. The second position was for a kindergarten AWANA’s class. The last position was babysitting a nine-month girl. All three locations and volunteer jobs were connected to my education, because I was working with children and my degree is in Early Childhood Education.

When I learned field experience was a requirement for the Foundations of Education Class, I was quite nervous because I did not feel prepared to go into a classroom at that time. I felt that if were to go into a classroom, I would have no idea what to expect and I had wanted to learn more about being a teacher prior to going into a classroom. However, once I was told I could go to an organization such as Hephzibah, I immediately knew I would want to volunteer there. Hephzibah is an afterschool daycare for children from kindergarten to fifth-grade. Because of my experience in Educ. 200 – Foundations of Education and my time at Hephzibah, I have an even greater motivation to become a teacher and to be able to make a difference in children’s lives.

I have learned a lot about myself as a student and as a future educator the past couple of weeks while working with the 1st grade teacher at St. A. I had the privilege of spending four weeks in a 1st grade classroom with thirteen incredible students, I also had the chance to get feedback from their outstanding teacher. I thought the students and the teacher enjoyed the lessons I prepared. The students seemed to have learned a lot from the activities I had planned for them.