Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Webquest Reflection
I really enjoyed doing the Webquest. Perhaps my partners didn't like me being in their group... I felt really useless. Like mentioned in class that four to a group was hard because it really didn't take more then one person to put all the information in. When we were doing it I was in charge of keeping up on the Jazz game and the score! :) don't you fret I did a great job at this! But honestly I feel like doing Webquests are a great way for students to build a self-confidence in themselves and using technology. Perhaps they do not have a computer in the home, or they did not catch on as quick as the others. This provides an opportunity for them to succeed! I really loved it and learning about dinosaurs again for the first time in years was great too!
Websites for our class!
Of course our blog!
* http://mshatchsclass.blogspot.com
The Utah Education Network
* www.uen.edu
The school website wherever I may be teaching
* www."theschoolofmydreams"
National Geographic for kids
*http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Stories/
* http://mshatchsclass.blogspot.com
The Utah Education Network
* www.uen.edu
The school website wherever I may be teaching
* www."theschoolofmydreams"
National Geographic for kids
*http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Stories/
Classroom Rules
1. Be respectful of others, and yourself
2. Be on task
3. Raise your hand
4. Help others
5. Try your hardest
2. Be on task
3. Raise your hand
4. Help others
5. Try your hardest
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Correction
I just read over my last post about my students, and from a comment I realized that you all probably think my students are horrible students that need to go to reform school! That is not it in the slightest, we just have noticed that our cooperating teacher has some classroom management problems, and really each student individually is excellent, but when you get them together its a hay day! So please don't think that are students are bad, they are such good little people, they just have little attitudes!
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
"Welte Worthy"
So, this is just a funny little thing. I ran into Professor Welte the first week of our field in the computer lab. She of course was so excited to hear how field was doing. She asked about our lesson plans and I responded with, "You will be excited to see them, I defiantly think they are Welte worthy!" She gave me her little smile and laughed with me. I hope I didn't offend her, however I think she was ready to slap me! So advice to you all, make sure your lesson plans are "Welte worthy" :)
The word SILLY...
Our cooperating teacher uses the word silly SO much. It seems like it is her best adjective to describe her students. Describing her students at times with the word silly at times when I would really like to use words such as; stupid, disrespectful, immature, little tyrants... and the list goes on and on, depending on the day of course. And she seems to always say, "their good kids aren't they.." Every time she says, "they are so silly" or "their good kids aren't they" it makes me laugh so stinkin hard inside. Cause in my head I am not hearing silly, or good kids I hear the other words that could perhaps replace them. So for the rest of my life I am going to be scarred with the word silly, and always think of it in a negative connotation!
On a lighter note, I have absolutely LOVED my "silly" 6th graders. They are the most rambunctious 12 year olds I have ever met! I think that I needed to get a class that was full of students that have behavioral problems and loud mouths and disrespectful words to say. I needed them because I think I can say now more then ever that I am so excited to be a teacher, if anyone really didn't want to be a teacher they would know at the end of the three weeks with my class.
To finish up our week we taught our last lesson on Monday and gave our assessment today. Audra and I were betting how many groans and complaints we would get when we said the word test, we got lots of them. So Audra did a cute thing with them she told them for the next 5 seconds we are going to get all of our groans and complaints out. So for the next 5 seconds our class groaned and laughed. It worked perfectly and I think it worked well!
So to say the least about all of our up coming assignments that are going to be due lets groan and complain for the next 5 seconds! Ready? AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! :) just teasing, but it is getting to the time in the semester when you can almost taste summer, but it's just not quite here yet! Good luck to everyone and see you on Monday!
On a lighter note, I have absolutely LOVED my "silly" 6th graders. They are the most rambunctious 12 year olds I have ever met! I think that I needed to get a class that was full of students that have behavioral problems and loud mouths and disrespectful words to say. I needed them because I think I can say now more then ever that I am so excited to be a teacher, if anyone really didn't want to be a teacher they would know at the end of the three weeks with my class.
To finish up our week we taught our last lesson on Monday and gave our assessment today. Audra and I were betting how many groans and complaints we would get when we said the word test, we got lots of them. So Audra did a cute thing with them she told them for the next 5 seconds we are going to get all of our groans and complaints out. So for the next 5 seconds our class groaned and laughed. It worked perfectly and I think it worked well!
So to say the least about all of our up coming assignments that are going to be due lets groan and complain for the next 5 seconds! Ready? AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! :) just teasing, but it is getting to the time in the semester when you can almost taste summer, but it's just not quite here yet! Good luck to everyone and see you on Monday!
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Week two... the observations start!
Hello everyone! I hope everyone is doing really well in the "field!"
Audra and I are loving it, but sometimes you just want to scream! :) We started our lessons this Monday and to our suprise we were going to have the class to ourselves and they said to go on with it anyways. So, we did! We succuessfully pretended to be real teachers for two hours. That included a vocabulary lesson, (in which I drew a four legged bird?!) who knew a bird only had two? I forgot until my class quickly reminded me! They are so fun and it is even more fun to get to know their little personalities. Some of our students push my buttons more then others. Other times they make me laugh really hard. For example, yesterday we were in computers and two of my students were complaining about how much they don't like the computer teacher. They kept going on and on and then I quickly told them to get back to work right as the teacher came back. My student started talking to the other really loud on purpose so the teacher could hear and was saying things about how much they don't like her and making jokes. I know it is not a laughing matter and they should behave better, but I did have to leave the room for a second before I lost it and started laughing at them in front of the teacher!
Our first lesson was very fun and went really well. We made a timeline of WWII. It is now hanging in the wall of our school. I will talk a picture of it and load it up here so you can all see. And, today we taught our second lesson. And the TSA or basically a Vice Principal came in to observe us. It was scary he came in almost 10 minutes before it was our turn to teach and I couldn't help but freak out... in the inside of course!
Our new motto is fake it til you make it! This has been my motto my whole entire college career and I finally convinced Audra that it should be ours! So my piece of advice for the rest of field, FAKE IT TIL YOU MAKE IT! :)
Audra and I are loving it, but sometimes you just want to scream! :) We started our lessons this Monday and to our suprise we were going to have the class to ourselves and they said to go on with it anyways. So, we did! We succuessfully pretended to be real teachers for two hours. That included a vocabulary lesson, (in which I drew a four legged bird?!) who knew a bird only had two? I forgot until my class quickly reminded me! They are so fun and it is even more fun to get to know their little personalities. Some of our students push my buttons more then others. Other times they make me laugh really hard. For example, yesterday we were in computers and two of my students were complaining about how much they don't like the computer teacher. They kept going on and on and then I quickly told them to get back to work right as the teacher came back. My student started talking to the other really loud on purpose so the teacher could hear and was saying things about how much they don't like her and making jokes. I know it is not a laughing matter and they should behave better, but I did have to leave the room for a second before I lost it and started laughing at them in front of the teacher!
Our first lesson was very fun and went really well. We made a timeline of WWII. It is now hanging in the wall of our school. I will talk a picture of it and load it up here so you can all see. And, today we taught our second lesson. And the TSA or basically a Vice Principal came in to observe us. It was scary he came in almost 10 minutes before it was our turn to teach and I couldn't help but freak out... in the inside of course!
Our new motto is fake it til you make it! This has been my motto my whole entire college career and I finally convinced Audra that it should be ours! So my piece of advice for the rest of field, FAKE IT TIL YOU MAKE IT! :)
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