Weekly Reflection

Drafting a final paper allows you to put together all the research you have conducted into one form and analyze it. Until I took this class, I honestly did not know half of the element involved in a proper research paper. I only knew the very basic components and not the fine details. I have learned that the fine details are the most important. Those details are what separates your paper from good to being great.

Week 13’s readings and conversations with my peers challenged my thinking about sexual minority students. I think what challenged me the most was how unaware I was of any sexual minority students at my school. It was not until after this discussion bored I found that there is a set of parents at my school who are Queer. I was honestly just mad at myself for not taking the time to better understand the families represented at my school. Just because I am not Queer does not mean it does not exist around me.

I am concern about Krista Cain’s ability to complete the COS 121 5H01 class successfully. I reported she did not have a workbook, which was required for the course; however, she stated that she had purchased an electronic copy of the workbook. I gave all the students a copy of the first chapter, including her with the understanding that they had to have all their supplies by the September 11 to continue in the program. I made Krista a copy of the next chapter workbook; however, she did not turn in the assignment. There has been three tests given and her grades are as following: 84, 79, 76. I give the students time during class to complete all their assignments; therefore, I do not assign them any homework. They receive

As a white Australian with Anglo-Saxon heritage, I truly believed that I had no race, ethnicity or culture. These were only things that people of colour and foreign languages had. In the first tutorial I could not articulate whom I was, where I had come from or why I didn’t completely understand anyone who was not as I was. I have no connection with religion or spiritual matters making it extremely difficult to understand the impact of what happened when there was a culture here in Australia before white culture dispossessed them. My life previous to being asked the question ‘Who am I?’ I would have responded saying I was ‘normal’. Even writing this reflection was difficult to begin because I have never really

This week I spoke with Ms. Ward about getting re-appraised since I got a “1” for not “Checking for Understanding” and a “2” for “Students actively participating in lessons activities” even though every child actively participated minus the child that was in a desk away from his classmates for some minutes due to his behavior (we just did not have dialogue back and forth as we would have if it were a review or lesson being taught since they were taking a test.) In addition to that, we already reviewed the content that we were being tested on and it was sent home to study before that day (please view the message that was forwarded to you by Ms. Ward and is also attached to this message.) As a result, she decided

This week’s readings covered the ethical and legal issues in psychoeducational assessment as well as in school-based interventions. School psychologists are life-long learners and need to stay on top of these ever-changing issues.

I was not able to earn a grade above 90 because my reminiscence lacks description and I focused more on plot rather than imagery. First, throughout the story, I did not focus on one situation but have multiple plots. “ My best friend, who is one of the experienced football player” (line 5). Was referred in the beginning of my story, then I transitioned the story to myself, “ I was ready and determined to grab the ball.” Instead of giving background information about my friend, I can focus more on one moment. Next, in the middle of my story, I did not have enough description. “ As we continued to practice, I grew comfortable with one handed catch, so I decided to try something more extreme” (line 7-8). I could add more description about what

I cannot believe we are already ending Week 3! This course is flying by, and the knowledge I am learning is a lot from what I stepped into the course knowing. Before this week I was not aware of the amount of people without access to the internet. This stuck out a lot to me that something like the internet which is often taken for granted is limited in some countries. I get frustrated when it’s moving slow or not giving me the answer I was looking for, while some people have never had the luxury of using it. A statistic that shocked me was from the article, A Cell Phone Surge Among World’s Poor where it states “less than one percent of the people in Haiti have access to a landline.” That is something as simple as a house phone that they don’t

Weekly Encourager: God has given each of us certain gifts, talents, and abilities that we must make sure we are being faithful with; using them to honor Him. You must use your abilities and talents that you have been given so that they do not tarnish. Make sure that you are using your gifts diligently to benefit your students, which will, in turn, benefit you!

Chino Hills High school recently participated in the two-day long "Every 15 Minutes" presentation on March 15th and 16th. Starting on Wednesday, all Junior and Senior Huskies were sent out to the parking lot during their 3rd period where they sat on bleachers facing Rincon Rd. Set up in the middle of the road were four of our very own Husky students staged in a head on collision car crash. Behind the staged crash were 15 students dressed in black t-shirts with their faces painted white. Next to them were two other students dressed up as the "Grim Reaper." The presentation started with a pre-recorded voice on the speaker acting out a phone call with 911, explaining the car crash that happened on Rincon Rd. Within a couple of minutes, police

Weekly reflection 12/7/2016- 12/9/2016- After my first week of training, I wanted to spend my first sessions learning about the capabilities of my clients. With CJ I wanted to push her a little during the first workout to see how willing she was to challenge herself. Based on her fitness scores she is in fairly decent health and achieve her goals with hard work. While we were doing the workout she appeared to respond well to the rotation of exercises but in her evaluation she gave me a 3 in responding to her feedback. This was concerning because I thought I was listening to what she was saying but apparently we weren’t on the same page. I think the workout Josh completed went well as he indicated the different exercises were exactly what

On the second day of Daily 5 the author encourages you to go back with your students and review what happened on the first day. The second day will be closely related to the first. The teacher will continue working on stamina building and refining the skills under each foundation. The foundations may not always be taught in the same order they are listed in the book. According to the author, it is important the teacher look at the students immediate needs and use their judgment to decide what is most beneficial to their students.

My time this week was spent pulling resources from my second lesson. My lesson will fall on a short week. During short weeks, Ms. Davis introduces lessons that will be covered later in the year, or goes back and reviews. Students tend to lack focus during short weeks, so I am trying to keep that in mind. I don’t want to come up with anything too easy, but from what I understand the lessons leading up will not be heavy in content.

My reason for failing to meet satisfactory academic progress (SAP), or my lack of successful completion of credit hours attempted, is due to emotional hardship. During the Spring semester of 2017, I stopped showing up to classes entirely a little bit before midterms. I stopped going because of the state of my mental health. I am currently diagnosed with Social Anxiety Disorder, Major Depression, and Post-Traumatic-Stress-Disorder.

Since I have been doing the weekly reflections in my Reading Methods class, I have truly learned information that will be beneficial to me in the near future. So it is safe to say that I have truly grown in my reflections. For example, when I first did a reflection for this class, I did not really know what all to include in it, even though my teacher gave the directions. Once I went to visit her, she did a really good job of explaining it to me. So I just limited my self to only including the information that she required in it. Then the second week came around and I remembered everything that I had done the week before. So when it was time to do the reflection for week two, I included everything she wanted and also reflected on what I thought