tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56392164757214934382024-03-13T06:34:35.437-04:00Practicum ExperiencesAt the Summer Learning PlaceUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639216475721493438.post-78767314617515032012-07-30T13:22:00.001-04:002012-07-30T13:22:51.958-04:00FINAL ENTRY!!!!<br />
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Dear Blog,</div>
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I have been anticipating this final
entry for weeks! This is officially my
final blog of my Master’s program! Yes,
this calls for a celebration! </div>
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Now on to business… This practicum experience has been a great
way to spend my July! Chelsea and I were
lucky to have a great group of five first graders. These students were all very eager and
motivated to learn reading and math.
They came to “school” each day with smiles on their faces and snacks in their
hands. We taught these students basic
first grade mathematics and reading skills, along with social skills. We focused our instruction on high frequency
words and numbers and operations. </div>
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I learned that I love working with
younger students. Previously, I have only
worked with second through fifth grades. First grade was a new experience for me! I enjoyed working with them and was eager to
watch them learn new skills.</div>
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I will always remember this
experience and am so grateful to have the best co-teacher!</div>
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Adios, blogging world,</div>
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MM</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639216475721493438.post-44278453638715870332012-07-24T13:07:00.003-04:002012-07-24T13:07:43.783-04:00<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Dear Blog,</div>
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Here are the required components for my lesson reflection.</div>
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<u>Lesson Summary</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The objective for my lesson today was:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Given a set of 10 two-digit subtraction problems with regrouping, the
students will solve these problems with at least 80% accuracy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I taught my two rising second graders this
skill.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because these students do not
need remedial math instruction, I have decided to move forward to second grade
content. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I expected this to be a
difficult concept for them to grasp.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>However, they grasped this new concept very quickly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To teach this concept, I first taught the
students a poem about subtracting with regrouping.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This greatly helped them differentiate
between problems that did not require regrouping and problems that did require
regrouping.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I modeled this several
times, and then the students helped me complete the guided practice
portion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<u>What Worked</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The poem was very advantageous for these
students!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They said the poem aloud for
each problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This helped them to not
only be able to determine if regrouping was needed, but also helped them to
complete the steps in order. <br />
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<u>What Would I Change</u>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Next time, I
would speed up the lesson.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The students
learned this concept so quickly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was
unexpected and we were left with extra time.</div>
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See you next week, blog.</div>
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MM </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639216475721493438.post-36755294785641934102012-07-17T13:07:00.000-04:002012-07-17T13:10:43.353-04:00Week Two Observation<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
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</span><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Hello Blog,<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Here is the required information regarding my observation.</span><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<u><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Summary</span></u><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">My
lesson was on the beginning consonant blend [fl-]. This was a continuation of
our blend unit. We previously learned about blends (definition) and the
beginning blend [sl-]. The two students in this group were already familiar with
blending sounds together because of a previous lesson.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because of this, this lesson was very
appropriate for these students.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Students
first reviewed the [sl-] blend by reading words and a short passage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Next, I introduced the beginning blend
[fl-].<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Students learned six new words
with this consonant blend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Students were
required to read these words and give meanings to them by creating sentences.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Students used the following strategies to
practice spelling these words:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>skywriting and felt writing. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The students in this group were also required
to match words to the corresponding pictures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This helped student identification of words and required them to fully
understand the meaning of each word.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Lastly, students were required to write simple sentences using each of
the six newly learned words.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<u><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">What Worked</span></u><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">: <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
</span><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 1pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Students of all ability levels need multiple ways in which to
learn how to spell newly learned words.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Skywriting and felt writing are easy ways in which this can be
accomplished.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The two students most
definitely enjoyed using these strategies as opposed to all written work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Chunking also proved to be an effective strategy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These students need ample time to process and
learn new material. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Breaking up the
lesson into chunks worked well.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">
<u>What I Would Change</u>:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">If time permitted, I would have also added a kinesthetic component
to this lesson.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wanted the students to
end the lesson spelling each word using movement exercises.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The lesson ran a little long, so this was not
achieved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would definitely like to
have a clock for the next lesson, so I can better pace the lesson.<o:p></o:p></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639216475721493438.post-64108452686251065682012-07-10T20:22:00.000-04:002012-07-10T20:22:46.278-04:00Experience #1<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Dear Blog,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">To be completely honest, I find this whole social media thing very strange. I don't have twitter. I don't have a Facebook account. I still don't really understand plurking. I had a webpage as a teacher (which I rarely, if ever, updated). I have a phone and an email. Period. Please forgive my ignorance of social media. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Practicum Experience #1: To my surprise, the students in our group were very smart! They were all able to recognize letters and produce letter sounds, as well as read high frequency words. My experiences in special education have taught me to "expect the unexpected." Well, this was definitely unexpected. These kids can read! Truthfully, I was expecting students who probably could not hold a pencil or know any letter sounds. This trend continued in math. These kids already know how to add and subtract! I couldn't be more relieved. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The parents were friendly and the kids were eager...what more could a teacher ask for?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Professionalism is a topic I'd like to address. Conversations between or among teachers regarding students should (in all professional arenas) be kept confidential and private. These conversations should always occur behind closed doors---not in front of parents or students. Students should never be present when these conversations occur. Personally, I believe conversations about a student in front of other students is tacky and unacceptable. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Okay, I'm off my soap box. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">See you next week, blog. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">MM</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">P.S. Are we getting graded for grammar in these blogs? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6