Introduction
As a prospective educator, it brings me great joy to participate in any student teaching or field experience scenarios. These settings provide unique and invaluable insight into the career of teaching by allowing me to gain practical knowledge and skills while also providing enough support and guidance to help answer any questions I have. Though I have spent many hours interning in classrooms and student-oriented programs both in high school and college, I am only eighteen, so the concept of being solely responsible for a group of students, their wellbeing, and their learning can sometimes still be intimidating. Therefore, field experience is the best way for me to come to terms with leading a classroom and interacting with
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They would also often say inappropriate or uncomfortable things to try and elicit a reaction from me or other tutors. All of this created new challenges for me that I had not faced before.
Oasis: Connections to Educational Psychology
I attended Oasis on Mondays from 2:30 to 5:30 PM. On any given day, we would begin by leading the students in reading a children’s book, then drawing and writing sentences, then completing their weekly homework, then alphabet or math practice, and finally free time.
Sometimes the books would be the same four students, so they could each read one page and then pass to the next student. Sometimes there would be four different books and the students would get to each choose one to read. There homework always consisted of reading a passage and then answering comprehension questions about it. However, the students always started looking for ways to cut corners to complete the assignment as quickly as possible, trying to answer the questions with out reading the passage. Therefore, I always tried to get them to read the entire passage, but I struggled with this. Ideally, I was responsible for the two students on my side of the table and the other tutor was responsible for the two on her side, but in reality the other tutor and I
The approach to the reading of the novel would be varied. It is anticipated that the class study would begin with a shared reading of the opening chapter to foster students' interest. A prepared reading by the teacher is usually much more involving than a hesitant reading-around-the-class activity (Sykes, n.d.). The aim is to motivate each student to read the
Within my school literacy lesson will be planed by the teachers, the teacher will go over the
here’s a decision to make, and you and your other classmates know just what to choose. Your teacher wants to have the class decide whether the teacher or the students get to choose the books to read throughout the year. Of course, students would want to choose the books they read, but teachers should choose the books because it would follow the guidelines, they will be appropriate, and they aren’t already read by the students.
Book Summary – Big Rain Coming is a lyrical story, told by Katrina Germein, set in an isolated Aboriginal community. It is a story about waiting for rain to come to their community and the tension that builds in the community as the rain clouds spread and darken. Whilst waiting for the rain, they wonder, when will the rain come? Author/Illustrator Bibliography – The author, Katrina Germein, was raised in Adelaide, South Australia. In the remote Aboriginal community of Minyerri, Northern Territory, she began teaching in 1997.
While it might be effective to let teachers pick, it would be more of an impact to let students pick the book for many reasons. When we read The Book Thief, most of my classmate’s grade dropped because they failed the test. If none of the students read the book, they’ll fail their tests and their grade will
The other two groups were seated further away and mainly consisted of working class pupils They were given lower level books to read and fewer opportunities to demonstrate their abilities for example when the teacher asked the pupils to read, those labelled the cardinals and clowns had to read as a group and not as individuals.
Activities and discussions on the book or books being read, depending on whether or not the children got to choose all of their books, would occur throughout the day. For many people, the problem with Gow’s proposition arises when the fact that math, science, geography, social studies, and history would be completely cut out of the curriculum. In spite of the large number of people who back this claim, it’s a simple misconception. Children could, and, if they were interested in the subjects, would, choose books on one or more of those topics. Moreover, the presence of maths, sciences, and social studies in a fourth grader’s education may not be as significant as some people make it out to
I taught the interactive read aloud to two groups of students, first being advanced learners and second being proficient learners. Each group had four students, with one group consisting of all girls and the other all boys. This lesson was conducted at the teacher table, so I would have sufficient amount of space. The teacher at this time was administering nine-week exams at one of the
I am certified as a Guidance Counselor and a CTE Teacher with a BA, M.Ed and a PH.D that alone makes me highly qualified
People nowadays are too big of babies and way too sensitive to be able to just choose a book and have a whole community or class read it. This would
In addition, Harrison and Sellwood (2016) identify intensive instruction with shared book readings. This would include making the text relevant, breaking it down into its components, and eventually using it as a basis for writing new stories. In regard to relevance, shared book reading is similar to oral cultures of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.
The books can also be projected on the whiteboard before, during, and after reading so
When I began to read question one to Charlie, he began to show he was unsure of what the question was asking him to do. After re-reading the question to him, he understands it and began to work towards a final answer. His strategy to finding an answer for this particular question was similar to Mylee’s. He first wrote out 1-20 and each of the twenty students he wrote out the multiples of 2 under each number. As he went through, he realizes that some of the students he wrote down were only counted for
The curriculum had very little focus on creativity, as it emphasized drilling students on fundamental concepts, as well as controlling the classroom (setting the expectation that children needed to respect their teacher’s authority). The curriculum, as it became more diverse, became increasingly unequal between male and female students. The curriculum was primarily based on the textbooks (which often contained all the necessary information). The first book used in the schools taught children basic language. It is assumed that this book covers oral language, as the second book emphasizes reading, and grammar (with content relating to morality. The third book is much more advanced, covering history, poetry, and novels. Most children stopped attending school once they completed the third book. If the person continued their education, books four and five covered science and philosophy. It is important to note that teachers were not required to use the prescribed textbooks. One letter that Margret wrote to her mother on November 5th 1870s suggests that teachers did not give out grades to students, but did provide rankings instead. From the contents of the letter, these rankings appear to have been very important to
mom or dad read my chosen passage as well, to hear how they would read it