Reflection On My Second Lesson

At the end of my first day, although exhausted, I felt amazing. I felt as if I had really given these young children a memorable learning experience. Not only did I teach them, but they taught me. They taught me patience, understanding, and

Description of activity (how will this be presented to children and what will they do):

My time spent in the Clinical setting, so far, has been extremely inciteful as to how to become a better educator in a classroom setting. Through the data I collected I was able to connect Borich’s Seven Variables of learning to the students. By being in the clinical setting for nearly two months, I have been exposed to new ways of thinking when it comes to structuring a classroom and instructing a classroom. Within this reflection you will find out how I would better plan an effective lesson for the pupils in my future classroom. You will also discover what I will do about certain issues in the classroom and how I will address/fix them.

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

Toni Bambara’s “The Lesson” was published in 1972. Bambara wants to show not just the inequality that was widening and separating people in the 1970’s but also how it limits the worldview of the children growing up in poverty. Bambara also shows the effect that learning about it would have on the children. This piece of fiction tells the story of a group of children being shown an unfortunate truth about their world by a more knowledgeable teacher. Bambara uses rhetorical appeals, dialect, symbolism, and juxtaposition to show the level of disparity and how the children's worldview has been limited.

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”

Since I was unable to help the children with their understanding of the new concept, I spent extra time going over it with them again. The students began to connect previous knowledge to the new concept using descriptive words, sensory words and emotions. As they worked in groups, they were able to think up different points of view for different characters. They played with creativity while giving human characteristic to objects. Students showed a good understanding of the material. One group in my first class gave me a great idea. As they stood up to share the point of view of a specific object, they did not tell us what object they had until the end of their writing. This made the class guess what the object was. I noticed all the students attention became more focused on what they were saying as their brains were churning. Since this was such a fun experience, I decided to continue it with my next couple classes. I was pleased with the outcome of the second lesson and how much the class not only learned from this lesson, but also how much fun they had doing

Describe fully what happened when you tried to engage the children’s interest during the activity time? When the children first came to me I didn’t have any problem engaging them in the lesson. They were excited to do an activity that was new and on a topic that they don’t normally do during centers. The students like the game nature of the lesson. They didn’t necessary realize that they were learning while completing the center. The problem came with some of the children that have a harder time with self-control. They had a time waiting for their turn without goofing off. Also the children were the lesson wasn’t just not developmental appropriate had a hard time focusing.

The Last Lecture is equally a telling of how Randy Pausch lived his life and a guide on how others should live theirs. Pausch was a professor at Carnegie Mellon and gave his last lecture after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. However, this lecture was not filled with weepy memories of his family or things he wished he could change. Instead, it was a recount of how he was able to achieve all of his childhood dreams and steps for anyone to do the same. Almost everything Randy says in his lecture are extremely quotable words to live by. He touches upon some of the most fundamental themes that everyone can understand, like the benefits of a positive attitude and how to overcome obstacles to achieve your dreams.

This is the second writing course I’ve taken in college, and it has ultimately helped with my writing abilities. Something significant that I have learned throughout this course, which I didn’t previously know, is the complete writing process. I was unaware of the distancing period. This certainly helped give me a renewed outlook of what I was trying to accomplish in my essays. Similarly, this course has brought to my attention revising resources I was unaware of. I found the smarthinking website to be very useful in completing my essays, and I know it will be beneficial for future

1) Describe fully what happened when you tried to engage the child/ren’s interest during the activity time. The students were naturally engaged when they came to the table because of the setup I had on the table. Science is most of the student’s favorite center, so they were excited to just being able to do a science experiment. They approached the table asking what we were doing. Which made it really easy to engage the students. I started asking what plants need to survive? Then after students gave the answer, air, water, soil, I told them we were going to make plants grow a different way by germinating them today. I explained what germination was and then started the activity.

As a future teacher, you will be self-reflecting on your teaching and the activity that you had the class complete as part of the lessons. By reflecting on what you presented in class, you will learn how to and what to modify in future lessons which will help you become a stronger teacher (Ed-TPA). Please answer the following prompts (honestly) with a minimum of 4 sentences for each section.

Today, December 9, 2017, the date of my first ever final exam in a, full semester, college class. This marks a very exciting but stressful time for me.

Over the past four weeks, our class had an experience gaining, eye opening opportunity that us as a class were able to capitalize on to further our knowledge and experience as teachers. The opportunity for us to work at Birchland Park Middle School over the past four weeks was an irreplaceable experience being able to work with middle school students and working along side such knowledgeable and experienced teachers at such a great school. I can personally say, the feedback that I received from my students as they were learning the content and performing the lesson, the feedback and friendly life comments I received from my cooperating, Ms. Crews, and the feedback I received from Mr. Losee and Dr. Lorenzo, all together was one greatest learning experiences I am able to take away a plethora of knowledge.

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,