- This week Hannah M had her second read a loud, where she read a passage from No Limits by Michael Phelps. It was a passage about how people say the want to be the best but few truly try and succeed, I really liked the passage and would use it as motivation before a big soccer game or when we are setting goals for the season.
- Hannah S also had her second read a loud, she choose the book Just Listen by Sarah Dessen. I LOVE Sarah Dessen's books!! The part she choose to read was about when the main character's sister is dealing with body issues and who she is. This was a good choice to read to the class because we were learning about barriers and body issues are barriers so it tied in very nicely to class.
- Mary Beth read Come Fly with Me by Satomi Ichikawa. This was a book about the weather and airplanes, which would make it a good book to read before a math lesson where you compare the rates of two trains or work on word problems.
- In class we finished up learning about Special Ed this week but before we did we had the chance to met with the adaptive P.E. teacher. She showed us video of the kids during P.E. and how she has changed various activities to allow them to do them. Then she took us to the Special Ed rooms to visit with the kids, which was really good! Hannah and I decided that we were going to start helping out with P.E. during our study halls. I really enjoy it! We also started working on our presentations of the barriers to the class. Jordan and I had teen pregnancy which was really interesting to look at all the statistics and how many young girls have babies each year. That is all I really got to do this week because I got sick and was out for three classes :(
- http://bangordailynews.com/2012/10/11/news/midcoast/school-district-sending-entire-staff-to-technology-conference/
- I really like what this school district is doing by sending their teachers to the conference. I think it is a good idea so that way the teachers can better engage their students. A lot of times I feel like we have the technology but we don't always know how much we could be utilizing it. I think our district does a pretty good job incorporating technology in the classrooms but not all districts are as fortunate.
"Education is not the filling of a pail,but the lighting of a fire."
-Wiliam Butler Yeats
- I really like this quote because education isn't just about talking and hoping that your students grasp it, it is making sure the understand and have something to build upon. It is also about engaging your students and wanting them to be inspired and continue to learn.
- While I was working with the kids who have special education I realized how some people just ignore them and treat them differently when all they want is is to be treated like everyone else. They really can do more than you think.
- I'm looking forward to helping out with P.E. now that I'm not sick anymore. It is hard to miss a lot of school especially in a class like teacher cadets because we do so much each class.
