The classroom I observed Tommy is in has about 20 children and two teachers. The age range for this class is between 36- 48 months and Tommy is 47 months. The purpose of this observation is to assess the child to see what appropriate skills based on their age they are able to accomplish. If children are struggling to meet the appropriate brackets the teacher is to set goals that are to help the children become successful and accomplish the goals. In this paper I will be talking about the Carolina Assessment Log and what SMART goals I think may be appropriate for Tommy. When I met with Tommy’s teacher we start off by talking about how Tommy is most of the time when I wasn’t there during my observations. She started off by saying that Tommy is very Defiant. When he doesn’t want to do a certain task she and her co-teacher don’t force Tommy to do that task. They give him the option or encourage him to try the task to see if he will try with their motivation. She also mentioned that for some of the …show more content…
Tommy’s teacher said to me, “Tommy does not like to wear a smock when it comes to art projects. He shows interest in the project but doesn’t want to wear the smock. I have tried explaining to him that he should wear the smock so he doesn’t get his clothes dirty, but he still refuses to wear it.” The smart goal for this task is Tommy will eventually wear a smock to do art projects. His teacher should show Tommy that if he doesn’t wear the smock he is going to have paint on his clothes. Every time Tommy wants to do a messy art project ask him to show you how he should wear the smock by trying to motivate or encourage him to put the smock on by himself. If Tommy wears the smock he won’t get his clothes dirty. The more Tommy tries to wear the smock the more comfortable he will become. So by the spring of next year Tommy will be more comfortable with wearing a
Tommy’s teachers have tried different ways of helping him with his behavior. Tommy’s teacher will scold him or initiate an office referral. However, then the teacher started to track Tommy’s
In conclusion, it is felt that these goals are the best first steps for Sebstatian not only to eliinate the issues in the classroom but also equipped him with skills to use ones he has enter Kindergarten program. Additionally empowering him through these skills to see what he is able to achieve in his learning. Sebastian is a very intelligent and bright child who through these goals will be able to have a successful educational journey.
Morgan at PS. 142 about her 3rd grade class on Keller and Bandura in Context, it was learned that her 3rd grade class is at the stage were most of her students are very emotional. She mentioned to me that she has this one boy in her class that is struggling with self-esteem / self-efficacy. The boy who is in her class seems to be struggling with his self because he constantly uses hopeless language about his work. He also gets frustrated and angry when he is not able to complete a task. If the boy is working on a picture or work, he will lash out and say things like “I could never get this right” or things like “why can’t I be like … he is perfect”. What Ms. Morgan tends to do now, that seems to be working is that she makes sure that she praises the boy while he is working on a picture or work. She does this because she wants to help boost his confidence. Then she has another student that is a girl who self seems to be developing in a healthy way because she knows that everyone in the class are equal to her. This girl knows that she may not be the best at everything, however she knows it does not make her less worthy. Ms. Morgan referred to me that with students in her class she must just constantly make all of her students feel wanted and
In the novel, there is a constant social power struggle, and a fight for acceptance. Even early in their lives, the Hailsham students want to be accepted. This is demonstrated through the Secret Guard incidents. In the Secret Guard, there is a constant change of members and a withholding of information to obtain social power. In addition, Tommy’s fits are a result of his exclusion from the social circle. Tommy throws tantrums because the other students were mocking him and without having a sense of acceptance Tommy could not control his outbursts. Once he found out a way to be accepted through Ms. Lucy, the outbursts stopped. As it is human nature to desire acceptance from others, the Hailsham students are no different than normal children (in this
Negotiated Learning needs a carefully developed plan or structure whether it is for an individual or a group.Negotiating a learning goal could be a win-win situation, established mutual trust, both sides work together to come to common agreement or both sides try to see things from other’s point of view and final agreement needs to be summarised and written down. Agreeing learning goals with learners in the form of individual assessment plan or SMART objectives ensures the learners continue to develop and maintain continual progress. SMART objectives looks are manageable goals for the learner to achieve in a given timescale this gives the learner a sense of achievement and allows for self and peer assessment. We should continually support the learner and provide help and guidance where need. By setting these types of goal achievements the learners can progress and develop at their own pace. (HALDER & blogspot.co.uk,
The Washington State Early Learning and Development Benchmarks can be used for children birth to entry into Kindergarten. The Benchmarks can be applied to basics in a classroom and given to parents so that they know the basic guidelines in their child’s learning and development. Parents want information on if their child is developing “normally” or typically, and guidelines like these in a condensed form can give those parents some of that information.
The event that I attended for the interpreter observation requirement was an event that occurred in the classroom and took place in order to provide interpretation for a guest speaker, Richard McGann, who was Deaf and blind. The event was held at the University of Pittsburgh during the Intro to Interpreting American Sign Language-English class taught by Jessica Adams on Tuesday, November 10th at 5:30PM and the interpreted lecture took place in a typical classroom located on the third floor of the Cathedral of Learning. The classroom used for the guest lecture was the same room that the class meets at regularly, so there had been no special modifications made in order to accommodate the
The goal is to have children be develop positive guidance strategies, independence, gain control, health and safety practices, and be good problem solvers. Having a good intentional plan will help the child become aware of their environment.
Puckett, M., & Black, J. (2008). Meaningful assessments of the young child. (3th ed.). Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson Education, Inc.
The school also offered developmental assessments that Seth and I take advantage of. The teacher found that Jeffrey was doing well with the peer group. He had even made several little friends. He also showed age-appropriate understanding of phonological awareness and the teacher recommends we continue reading and writing activities to help him prepare for literacy activities in kindergarten. He had no difficulty in adapting to “practice” kindergarten activities and was generally cooperative, avoided getting distracted, and stayed on task. He performed in the average range on tests of vocabulary and the ability to retell a story. He showed advanced ability to count, use numbers, understand quantitative relationships and classify objects. Jeffrey was fairly interested in the art projects that the teachers and students participated in and enjoyed the pre-math activities. Seth and I also completed another parenting questionnaire. We ranked in the top 15% in terms of affection and warmth and slightly above average in terms of discipline and
When my mentor provides instruction that promotes student’s engagement learning. When she used an experiment dealing with liquids. She had a in three small equal cups half way full of water and three different coloring red, blue and yellow. When she a drop of each color into a cup of pure water the water changes the color. The students were so amazed that could understand what had happen. My mentor starts to explain no matter if you add a color to water it remains a liquid. Then she starts to complain the colors red and yellow turn orange. Blue and red made purple and yellow and blue made green. The students where surprise they couldn’t believe what had happen so the teacher told them no matter if you mix the colors it remains a liquid. And
The school that I visited was new. It was the first year of the school opening. The school board had combined two schools into one, so the students had to adjust to their new environments and new individuals. They seemed to be getting along well with each other. Since the school is new the teacher has to adjust to new problems that araise. Times for the subjects and times for using the computer labs change. So the teacher must always be fixable for anything. In this observation of this classroom I learned about the enjoyment of teaching. How you have to adapt to each of the students.
The teacher will also make norm-referenced and criterion referenced interpretations of assessment through this website. They have graph and color-coded bands that show widely held expectations for children’s development and learning. The teacher will use this website and graph to communicate twice a year with the parents about the child’s strength, weakness or any area of
The students that I observed in the classroom were of middle to high school. I went to see 8th, freshman, 10th , and seniors classes, they seemed excited and very curious to why I was there. The middle school was more alive and rambunctious while I observed them. The High school kids were more relaxed, more comical. Some were paying attention while others seemed tuned out to the lecture or involved in socialization with friends within the class. By the end of the class Mr. Hasgil had restored the attention of everyone by using tactics such as history jeopardy with candy as the prize with the high school kids. In both he middle school and high school the kids were mostly Caucasian with a mixture of black, Asian , and Hispanic in the classes.
I attended a second grade class at Smallville Elementary on February 22, 2014; the class began promptly at 0855. There are 26 children in this second grade class. There are 15 male students and 11 female students. The student diversity is 2 Hispanics, 1 African-American, 1 East Indian, and 1 New Zealander (White but with an extreme accent). Three children were left-handed.