The Reflection Of Student Disconnection In The Class

My third grade class at P.S 45 is an ICT class where half of the students are low-functioning and half of the students are general education. My classroom contains 29 children, 15 boys and 14 girls of mixed heritages. The majority of my students are Hispanic and African American; however, there are a few students who are Caucasian and Asian, too. The class consists of many students who have an impulsive tendency of constantly getting out of their seats. When this happens, it breaks the focus of other students and disrupts the lesson. Most students come ready to learn, but some of the students lack focus due to insufficient sleep and nutrition. Some students are more skilled than others; however, most of the class is struggling academically. My class requires special and differentiated instruction. Twelve students in this class

When there are too many distractions in a class, students are less likely to focus on what is being taught. Distractions cause behaviors in the classroom, limiting classroom instruction. It is my goal to ensure that students are receiving and understanding each lesson or topic. In order to provide this for my students, I will

strategies and learning tasks to re-engage students (including what you and the students will be doing)

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

A typical day consisted of, casual conversations between students, Mrs. Hughes, and myself while we wait for more students to arrive. The older female students often got side-tracked talking to one another and on their cell phones. I noticed the majority of the students who come to class are the intermediate/ advanced students, only two beginner students came throughout the entirety of my service. At most, only seven intermediate/ advanced students came to class. Yet, there were two constant students in attendance, Rose (intermediate) and Vicente (advanced). I consider both Rose and Vicente the most driven students in the program, their attendance and participation in class speaks for

Students have their own best way in effectively learning the lesson. With the diversity of students, the problem is each student has a preferred learning style. It becomes undeniably one of the reasons that make it difficult to achieve the best expected outcome out of teachers’ effort. However, teachers try to incorporate various teaching techniques to make every learning opportunity become productive, meaningful, and relevant for the learners.

I find it imperative and important to use instructional strategies that assist the whole class and also individual students and even more importantly, students on IEP, 504 and ELL’s. I have no students that are on IEP’s, 504 plans, nor do I have any ELL’s, I do have some students who struggle with motivation and attentive learners. One way I will overcome this is by connect more with these students after I have lectured, or given instructions to ensure they have complete understanding. Additionally, students with motivation, I will work to ensure content is relatable to them and make connections with their own personal interests. This way, it can assist them in their motivation, finally, having multiple check-ins to keep them on track and assist

Student engagement is the best predictor of academic success in the classroom, but for students with instructional or behavioral deficits, disruptive behaviors and lack of positive interactions

To begin, students don’t really concentrate in classes. During math class, my teacher gets on to students who aren’t listening to her teach her lessons. Math class is 7th period for me and this school gives us only 30 minutes for lunch. However, some students come inside and miss almost all of their lunch break so they don’t get to go outside.

Student apathy grows depending on the relationships between teachers and students and student to other students. These relationships prove to have an influence with student apathy at all grade levels, especially elementary. Students either develop closeness or a conflict with their friends and teachers throughout the year. People are social and they prefer to relate to others. Bad relationships hurt the student’s psyche. When conflicts occur, a student’s engagement decline, and they do not feel successful and do not contribute with ideas in the classroom. Teachers, who do not relate and work with their students, fail to keep students interested. Students will not listen to a teacher who is not their friend. When conflict arises with friends, a student will fail to be active with their education. Friction acts as a major distraction for students and increases student apathy (Hosan, Hoglund).

Every day the lesson plan for my class is fast paced and as exciting as possible. The idea is to keep them busy the entire class to avoid disengagement. If we are moving at a good pace it’s harder for a student to zone out or they miss a lot of information. Next, I utilize different types of materials to explain the topic of the day. I may start by giving notes and lecturing, then move on to a video where the same idea is communicated more visually. Changing up instruction methods seems to hold a student attention better than if I simply drone on lecturing. I also like to switch up activities, class may begin with a lecture for fifteen minutes then move on to a worksheet or some online learning. Changing activities provides a natural brain break, although at times I implant those by telling a joke or allowing a student to share a story.

Consistent use of scaffolding techniques throughout the lesson. Introduce a new concept using a lot of scaffolding and decrease support as time goes on.

No matter what, a routine is important within the classroom, but outside of the basic routine, it’s important to shake things up to provide different activities to keep the students’ attention. Some students work better within groups, and others on their own, so it is very important to make sure a teacher has a balance of that. This will also help strengthen the students’ skills by working on both of these. An example of engagement could be based on a kindergarten classroom. As they’re developing and reaching certain developmental milestones, listening and sitting still is difficult for them. Kindergarteners weren’t made to sit in a chair all day and be silent, movement and talking are a huge part of the various developmental milestones they surpass. Having activities that get the kids up and moving can be very beneficial to not only them but the teacher as well because it keeps the students

Effective differentiated instruction reflects where the students currently are in their educational stage and not where a teacher wishes them to be. This step is important; placing students either too high or too low in the instruction can be adverse to the teacher’s goal of helping all students. Developing lesson strategies for students that are too demanding may have a negative effect on performance and reinforce negative emotions concerning learning. Likewise, developing lesson strategies that do not challenge students to perform at their best can also have a negative effect. Some students that are not engaged by a teacher's instruction are left adrift waiting for new or more stimulating material. Engaging students in the learning strategy is the key ingredient in producing active learners.

Keeping students engaged and on task can be, at times, the most difficult part of being a teacher. You have to come up with new ways to engage them and keep them focused on learning, especially at the end of the day when all they can think about is going home.