We have not had any read a louds since Christmas Break ended but we did have Young Adult Novel presentations. We were allowed to pick a book to read and share with the class, which we did in the form of a pop up PowerPoint. I chose the book What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen. I LOVED this book and strongly recommend any of her books. I also found some books that I wanted to read from this including the Jaycee Dugard book and Thirteen Reasons Why.
Learning Experiences:
In class we are learning about effective lessons in preparation of going out to classrooms soon! Mrs. Jackson did an activity where she should Maslows Hierarchy of Learning so we would be able to see the different levels of learning. We also had a guest speaker come visit us who was a South Carolina teacher of the year. She taught us that you are more likely to remember something if you see it on a yellow background with red type. We also learned that if you put things in to circles you'll remember it more likely as well.
Current Event:
- http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2013/01/16/17gender.h32.html?tkn=QXUFJfZqaU%2BunJI6sKGDd8mx0mQEdpR95Mqe&cmp=ENL-EU-NEWS2
- I found this article to be very interesting because I have a male math teacher this year and I am doing much better than I was last year with a female. I wonder if it is due to the way the class room is different with a male teacher. With a male teacher it is a more relaxed environment rather than a female math teacher it tends to be more strict. I would like to see the effect of the choice of career of those kids in the studies to see how it further effects the children.
"Teacher who love to teach, teach children to love learning" -Unknown
I love this quote because it is so true! If your teacher does not want to teach something then you most likely won't learn it because of their lack of enthusiasm.
Observations:
While working on my vocabulary work this week I realized how Maslows levels of learning applied to myself. One day I did the synonyms and antonyms and by the next I forgot the meanings of the words but once I had to apply them for filling in the blanks and choosing the right word I began to remember the words.
Reflection:
As we begin preparing our lessons to teach the class I continue to get even more excited for field experience!!!
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