11-22-10

I had the oppurtunity to teach a class of 1st graders a Junior Achievement curriculum for a day. The curriculum included 5 lessons that were to be taught throughout the day. We had use this curriculum given in a booklet to teach the class the lessons in a timely manner and a way they would remember it. It was amazing to see the children interact and comprehend the lessons. We taught the 1st graders "Our Families" lessons. These included neighborhoods, jobs, and the people connected to them. We had a picture of a neighborhood put up in the classroom and had the children point out good deeds going on and actions that were taking place. Through this J.A. activity the children were able to see how a neighborhood works and certain jobs that go on inside neighborhoods just like their own. Later we put a big map on the floor, given to us in the J.A. booklet, and had the children recognize symbols, keys, and buildings in relation to streets. The children were then given their own smaller version of the map and stickers that represented the buildings on the bigger map. They were excited to be able to put the buildings where they wanted to on the map and be a part of that decision.

Nov 15, 2010

Website Ideas.
 I would use the wordle.net website to help the kids read the words they are learning that week. It is a wesbite where you can write in different words and it puts them all into one box. The box would be full of the words they are working on that week. I would say a word for the students and then ask them to point it out for me in the box of words. I would contiue this until they found every word and could reference to each word. This would be up on an ACTIVboard or projector screen so all the students couod see it and could go and point.
Another website I could use would be meegenius.com. It has lots of childrens books that are classroom favorites. The books are right on the website and are very large, making it easy to read the words and see the pictures. This could be used on the projector screen or ACTIVboard as well. The books can also be personalized, the characters names can be changed if you wanted to make it special to your class's students. This could help the students get involved in the reading and excited about reading books.

November 12, 2010

A teacher can impact a child's development through many ways, including physical, social/emotional, and cognitive. A teacher can help with daily exercise with the students. They can teach them about healthy eating habits that can help the students grow and learn properly. The teacher can be nice to children and almost be their friend in a way, so the students will want to come and learn and be happy while they are at school. This will increase the learning ability of the students and help them achieve more. The teacher can set up group projects and partner work so the students work together and create friendships in the classroom. This will help further their want for learning and coming to school if the have friends that will be there as well. Teachers are their to help the students learn information and grasp the concepts so they can carry them on to learn more stuff as the years of education go on. They can do this through projects or class activities as well as writing the stuff they learn down and drawing. To remember the information the teacher should go over it daily and often in a way the students will remember it, may that be through flashcards or some type of game.