Reflection On The Classroom Library

The students at our school can be influenced about what to think based on the books that they read without even knowing it. They can change our ideas of what should and should not be written about by either eliminating the positive or the negative part of the story and by only containing one side of a story. In the library at this school, almost all students can see representations of themselves and their life experiences in the books, but some do not. Although literature tries to appeal and relate to everyone, there are always a few stories that are not told and have not been represented. These people whose stories are not represented can grow up to tell their own stories and possibly change the world.

Over two hundred years ago, the Constitution was signed giving citizens of a newly designed nation civil liberties that no man could ever confiscate. The first of many Amendments to said document included the freedoms to religion, the press, and most importantly freedom of speech. And with the freedom of speech, arose so many great works of literature. Schools of the past then decided on the context of their libraries and of their lesson plans. However, no one ever concerns themselves with what happens to all of those other textbooks and classics that mysteriously disappear from shelves and are no longer taught in the classroom. Withholding knowledge from any student, who will soon be a full-fledged societal

This movie, The Classroom, which was very interesting to watch, discusses all that goes on in the school system, the good and the bad. But it also shows how things at home can affect the way the student acts during the school day. This movie definitely makes you look at students that act out differently, instead of punishing them maybe we should all look deeper into the issue and find a way for the student to thrive and use school as an outlet.

The book are should contain a variety of books that represent various categories including multicultural books. This area in this classroom seems to be overly crowded with storage items and there is very little to no space for children to look at books comfortably. The area does not seem clearly defined and is somewhat intimidating and uninviting. The books that are on display represent at best two categories although do not represent cultural and linguistic diversity. The teacher seems to be attempting to swap books according to theme but this seems futile. The teacher did share that she rotates books on a monthly basis but admits to not being consistent. A recommendation for the teacher is that she should make a more conscientious effort to provide a larger variety of books. The writing area in the classroom was not clearly labeled and or evident, but after carefully walking around the room a writing desk was seen with some paper available. The area was overly cluttered and seemed to act as a storage space. When the teacher was asked if in the past week writing materials were made accessible she replied as due to space issues the writing area is unable to be used as of this time. She did share that when the writing area was utilized materials such as stamps, envelopes, paper and crayons were available in the area. The Teacher should create designated areas for the

This past week I implemented a five day Social Studies/ELA unit that incorporated reading, writing, vocabulary, whole and small group and centers activities. The unit was designed to comprehend ways in which diversity influenced reading and writing in my students. Furthermore, it provided differentiated instruction and instructional materials to meet the needs of my struggling students and ELL students. Creating this lesson was truly enjoyable. As a third grade

The book describes diversity has been a richness to be enjoyed, treasured, and protected. As teachers, we need to use diversity to our advantage, and incorporated this to our daily teaching. For example, I will use material that the students can related to. This will make their reading experience more enjoyable, and they will want to learn more. Also, it will help my diverse students to related to the given topics, which will keep them motivate.

1. Customer data is one of the most important vital piece of information every large companies should be holding and be kept into their database. Reason being it is within the business part to retain at least one copy of information to provide any information that’s been issued by the customer incorrectly if assuming clients are having trouble, lost or broke a certain product. In fact, it is vital to keep an accurate and updated information on the clients because running a business requires collecting customer’s data and store onto the data base. In today’s technology, the Information technology its precise, efficient and accurate to read and store large piece of customers files. By not having a customer database, businesses are most likely to decrease the number of customers and loss of profit due to ineffective marketing to provide customer with a data information onto the database making it much more difficult and less accurate for both customer and business track the transaction records.

During my field experience class this past Fall semester, as I observed a class of 4th graders at George Washington Carver Elementary, I had the opportunity to sit in as the students spent some time in the library with the school librarian, Mrs. Williams. Although I was technically there to observe the regular classroom teacher, the brief amount of time I spent in the library was inspiring to say the least. I watched as the students excitedly told Mrs. Williams and their peers about the books they were reading and how much they were enjoying them. They were so excited about reading, in fact, that they were appalled when I regrettably admitted that I wasn’t currently reading a book. For these students, reading was something that everybody should be doing, and they weren’t accepting any excuses (Believe me, I tried in vain to explain why I wasn’t reading a book). In no time at all, it

Jack struggled when he was in elementary school - he found it difficult to read, spell, and write. While the other children excelled during Mrs. Leroy’s 3rd grade reading time, Jack often became frustrated and upset because the letters and symbols did not make sense. One day, Jack’s older sister took him to the public library with her to check out a book. The librarian sensed Jack’s trouble when she saw him with a book, sounding out the letters with difficulty. She sat with Jack for three hours and taught him how to read; within weeks, Jack was a proficient reader and headed to the library twice a week to check out books recommended to him. The public library system affects the public education system in the United States by providing the students with achievement, lifelong learning opportunities, and an education.

The new knowledge that I gained from listening to Jennifer was that you need to be very careful with books that you provide students. Be ready to answer those unexpected questions that students may come up to you and ask. The best way to assure that all the books in my classroom library are appropriate is reading them and making sure they are appropriate for the grade level I am teaching.

There is great importance in children having access to thoughtful and purposefully selected texts. Children's knowledge and growth stems from curiosity and desire to learn. Through reading children become learners and investigators by connecting their thoughts with texts. I believe in every classroom should be multiple genre of books. There should be song books, chapter books, picture books, wordless books, and multiple informational books over single subjects. When

My school, unfortunately misses the mark in terms of establishing a learning environment that children of every gender, race, and ethnicity can identify with. Posted bulletin boards and other printed material do not represent the large group of diverse students in our school. While my school struggles with meeting the criteria for being diverse and gender friendly, our school library is far from missing the mark. Shelves are full of books that focus on multiple races, cultures, and ethnicities. My school could improve in this area by making the school more culture and ethnic friendly for example, bulletin boards should display different races and genders, posters should be translated into multiple languages, and the overall learning environment

In Stacey Waite’s “Queer Literacies Survival Guide” it struck a harmonious cord when she said “I teach to change the way my students see, the way they look at what they see” (113). This put into words the way I felt about books. Every book I had ever read had dyed my view in a different way. My books were my arsenal of lenses which I could call upon to try and understand

Classroom libraries should be organized and within reach so the students will be able to use the area independently. The books should be labeled and contain all of the reading levels of the students in the classroom (Sadlier School, 2014). There should also be several books to choose from on those levels so the students can have a variety to of reading materials. It is important to make sure the students know how important the library is to the classroom and how imperative it is to help keep things nice and organized (Sadlier School, 2014).

* How will the system help the librarian to monitor the books and make a report for the library?