during my time in schools whether is in Randall Elementary of even in Port Byron Elementary these are the places where i learn the most. I know these classes help us with how to present the material, but its knowing the students is where we can help us determine what the "stuff" we learn is going to be useful to us in your own classrooms. Hopefully if i can get a job. During my field experience i really learned what really works for the students and my host teacher was good of determining what would keep her students engage in their learning and how could they improve on their skills in all the subjects. She gave them opportunities to be successful, and the student must feel that the teacher has confidence in them or else they will not do the work for you. this is where i go back and say that you must know your students and really try to accomadate their needs.
Peace,
Ross
Middle name OVERWORKED!
Friday, December 10, 2010
Quote that I bumped into.
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
I found this quote and i immediately fell in love with it. i think it is true that the past is over, what is in front of us is just a stepping stone in life, but what lies within us makes all the difference. Within us lies the most power in the universe. The trick is we need to find that power within us and expose it to everyone to show the world what your made of. "Dare to be Great?" -this could also be the question.
-Ross
I found this quote and i immediately fell in love with it. i think it is true that the past is over, what is in front of us is just a stepping stone in life, but what lies within us makes all the difference. Within us lies the most power in the universe. The trick is we need to find that power within us and expose it to everyone to show the world what your made of. "Dare to be Great?" -this could also be the question.
-Ross
Great Resources for Lesson Plans...
Who would have thought the well-known crayon manufacturor, Crayola, has great ideas for lesson plans for your classroom. I like their website because it asks you what grade, any subject area, theme, and you can also select what kind of product from Crayola you would like to use. I would definitely use this site in my classroom. Heres the website if anyone was curious: http://www.crayola.com/lesson-plans/
Ross likes waiting till the last minute...and my life.
You know i try not to procrastinate, but i'm guilty as charged. I really try to keep on top of things, but sometimes i just get side tracked. I don't know about you but i guess it's the pressure that actually makes me do the work that is suppose to be done. I feel bad most of the time because i tell myself that i'm gonna do things this night and complete this paper during the weekend. What do i do i wait till that last minute to do things. I really don't like that about me, but i'm gonna try to clean it up.
I mean life always gets you side tracked and then my homework always gets the back burner. I commute to school and i still live home, but it's hard sometimes because my family expects me to pitch in around the house. Especially now in the winter time! the last few days i think i spent more time outside shoveling snow than inside watching tv or doing homework combined. Its hard life sometimes because my father is getting older and i'm trying to help him out as best i can and do my Block 1 work.
Well it's been fun, but i think my bed is callin my name! This is Ross the Boss sayin Good Nite Blog.
I mean life always gets you side tracked and then my homework always gets the back burner. I commute to school and i still live home, but it's hard sometimes because my family expects me to pitch in around the house. Especially now in the winter time! the last few days i think i spent more time outside shoveling snow than inside watching tv or doing homework combined. Its hard life sometimes because my father is getting older and i'm trying to help him out as best i can and do my Block 1 work.
Well it's been fun, but i think my bed is callin my name! This is Ross the Boss sayin Good Nite Blog.
Well my first Science Lesson "Plan"!
When i was doing my lesson plan for science i originally did a lesson on how a lemon can produce and electtic current. I never tried to build the model that was suppose to be constructed to see if would actually work. I really want to try it someday. It was said that the acids in the lemon spark the electricity to flow. The lemon was to light a small string of christmas lights. Hopefully sometime in the future i will try this experiment. Here are the websites that helped me with this lesson plan:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY9qcDCFeVI
http://bizarrelabs.com/lemon.htm
http://www.proteacher.com/cgi-bin/outsidesite.cgi?id=281&external=http://www.miamisci.org/af/sln/frankenstein/&original=http://www.proteacher.com/110016.shtml&title=Frankensteins%20Lightning%20Laboratory &
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY9qcDCFeVI
http://bizarrelabs.com/lemon.htm
http://www.proteacher.com/cgi-bin/outsidesite.cgi?id=281&external=http://www.miamisci.org/af/sln/frankenstein/&original=http://www.proteacher.com/110016.shtml&title=Frankensteins%20Lightning%20Laboratory &
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
VoiceThread from Ross
Hi kids! Well that's how intorduce my voice thread that i created for my project. i did the voice thread with a student in my field experience. I did a math lesson where the students where the student explained to me how to do three digit addition. She was a pleasure to work with on this project. She was really enthused to help me with this project. Copy this link: http://voicethread.com/share/1414300/
Block 1 Practicum
At the beginning of the semester I was very nervous about practicum. However, after meeting my host teacher I started to feel a sigh of relief. As the semester progressed and I got more comfortable within the classroom, the school day became shorter and shorter. Or at least that is how it felt.
I have learned a lot about myself as a future teacher. My strength and weaknesses became evident to me more than ever when working with a group of student, whether small or large. I know I will struggle most definitely with discipline in my classroom. Mrs. Riley has some very innovated ways of disciplining her students. She always tries to resist calling students out or embarrassing the students in front of their classmates. For example, when the topic of algebra was introduced for the first time, the students had a very difficult time focusing on the lesson. Instead of asking the students why are not paying attention or stopping the lesson to redirect the distracted students attention, discipline was integrated into the lesson. Mrs. Riley asked the distracted students questions about the lesson and if the students did not know the answer they were able to solicit help from their classmates.
I enjoyed my time at Randall School and I miss my fourth grades, but I am glad is over because I need all the time I have to work on my Taskstream.
I have learned a lot about myself as a future teacher. My strength and weaknesses became evident to me more than ever when working with a group of student, whether small or large. I know I will struggle most definitely with discipline in my classroom. Mrs. Riley has some very innovated ways of disciplining her students. She always tries to resist calling students out or embarrassing the students in front of their classmates. For example, when the topic of algebra was introduced for the first time, the students had a very difficult time focusing on the lesson. Instead of asking the students why are not paying attention or stopping the lesson to redirect the distracted students attention, discipline was integrated into the lesson. Mrs. Riley asked the distracted students questions about the lesson and if the students did not know the answer they were able to solicit help from their classmates.
I enjoyed my time at Randall School and I miss my fourth grades, but I am glad is over because I need all the time I have to work on my Taskstream.
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