In my field experience first grade classroom I have two students who are brothers. Their names are “Bob” and “Billy.” They have been in the same class as one another all four years of their schooling thus far. They were in the same preschool, kindergarten, and now first grade classroom. The boys were always well behaved in their previous classrooms but when they got to first grade everything changed. The turn-up or turn-down card method is the behavior system used in the classroom. If the student demonstrates good behavior the teacher will tell the student to turn up their card in which they put the new colored card in front of the old one, and if the students demonstrates bad behavior in the classroom the teacher will tell them to turn down their card. She explained that the boys are constantly compared to one another at home. Bob and Billy both play flag football and are constantly competing against one another on the field for their dad’s approval. Their father takes the son that scored the most touchdowns to dinner by themselves. Bob and Billy’s’ mother also stacks them against each other at home by only providing desert to the son that finishes their math fact sheet first. The aid explains that they have never been able to play together because they are always trying to be better than one another. She suggests that the boys be separated into different classrooms when they get back from break so that they can finally have something that is just theirs. The teacher and principal agreed that this was a good idea and they came to the agreement that both of the boys would leave their current classroom so that favoritism was not an issue. After the classroom change their behavior instantly changed for the better. They did not act out or disrespect the new teacher and classmates at
Students should read this book in high school to learn how to take a negative situation and make it positive. Hutch is extremely jealous of Darryl because he knows that Darryl is a better baseball player, but he also knows that if he wants his team to win the championship, then he needs to find a way to get along with him. This book does appeal to the interest of most teenage students. Most teenagers have played some type of sport and have had to find a way to deal with being on a team with competition. A team that is not able to work together will not win together. It is important for teammates to suppo...
Firstly, he commands her to stop “talking to any … guys” (September 18). David’s fear of Anita’s demeanor instigating the students “[to take] [her] away from him” (September 18) makes his actions justifiable; hence, Anita forgives him. However, the second incident regarding Joyce and Debbie exposes his desire for segregation. Whether his fear of Joyce and Debbie “[introducing] [Anita] to other guys that will break [them] up” (October 8), justifies his demands, his second command for Anita, “to quit the basketball team” (October 8) validates his insecurity. By isolating Anita, David presents himself as her only trustworthy and legitimate “friend.” Worst of all, everyone has regards for David, even Anita’s parents. In fact, “[they] really like David” (October 8). Consequently, Anita cannot quit the relationship without the repercussions that would ensue. Everyone would side with David and blame Anita for his future suicide. David’s positive attributes blind everyone from his abusive and controlling nature; therefore, dismissing him as the problem. The driving force of David’s social manipulation stems from his insecurity of the
Both Alex and Clinton struggle with problems of their family and others. Alex feels as if he is treated different when hes is, but thats not what he wants everyone to treat him as,by his family, Jennifer, and other people. Clinton is treated as an outcast, his friends don’t want to hang out with him no more and his little sister treats him as a monster. He begins to realized what he ha...
The family soon realizes that the housing development where they are to attend is not perfect due to mistakes in the county's civil engineering department. There are also problems at the school, and when several of the portable buildings used for classrooms fall into a sinkhole, Paul has the change to transfer to another school - Tangerine Middle School. He manages to avoid telling them that he is legally blind and is accepted as a member of the soccer team. Meanwhile, Paul's father is wrapped up in what Paul calls the Erik Fisher Football Dream. Everything revolves around Erik's football schedule
The problem was that Mrs.Billups only assumed what the kids liked and didn’t like. She didn’t really try to understand them. And Melody just couldn’t take it anymore so she caused a racket. (Page 54 Then Maria, who is always inna good mood, started throwing crayons. Willy began to babble. And I bellowed…) Thankfully, her mom stepped in and tried to make Mrs.Billups understand. (Page 58 …”Well I think that’s what happened to Melody. She said herself, ‘If I have to go over those letters one more time, I’ll just scream.’ So she did…) This didn’t exactly (From Mrs.Billups point of view) solve the problem, but it ended peacefully because Mrs.Billups still didn’t fully understand and she eventually quit her job. Leaving Melody and her classmates very
Mrs. Elliot’s students were divided on the way they treated each other. Mrs. Elliot divided the class and labelled two groups of students. One set of students had blue eyes and collars, while the other set of students had brown eyes. Initially, the blue eyes students had privileges that the brown eyes students did not have. These students had privileges such as five extra minutes for recess and they were first to have lunch. Moreover, these students were told that they were better than the students with brown eyes. The students with brown eyes felt inferior and seemed to regret that they were classified as brown eyes. For example, at recess, one of the blue eyes student called a brown eye student names. The brown eye student felt so discriminated that the student hit the blue eye student in his defense.
Darry is the oldest Curtis boy. He is smart, hardworking, and very muscular. He is Ponyboy and Soda’s big brother. For his symbols I chose a tight black muscle shirt, a high school diploma, egg sandwich, chocolate cake, bundle of twigs, and a letterman jacket. The tight black muscle shirt represents he is muscular. The high school diploma means he is smart. He loves egg sandwiches and chocolate cake. The bundle of twigs represents the bundle of roofing and Darry works really hard. The letterman jacket means he loves to play football and had a scholarship for college. Darry had two main conflicts him hitting Ponyboy and him not going to college. Ponyboy came home late and Darry was mad so he slapped Ponyboy. Darry was going to
I completed my final observation on October 15 at the UTC Children’s Center at Battle Academy. When I arrived to my classroom, the students were on a field trip so I quickly went down to the fire hall on Main Street to meet up with the class. At the fire hall, parents, as well as the two teachers accompanied the students. The students arrived back in their classroom around 11:10, and that is when the parents left. After the field trip the children ate lunch in the cafeteria, had a brief lesson in the classroom, and played outside. The class I observed was preschool, with most children around 3 to 4 years old. All the children seemed to be developing normally. There were 7 boys and 3 girls present in the classroom.
Over the course of the semester, I observed at three off campus locations and experienced general music in grades K-5. In addition to my off campus experiences, I also observed Dr. Whitcomb’s in-class preschool demonstration. My final observation at the daycare on campus will not be included in this paper, as I will only be completing my field experience there a few hours before the submission of this journal.
Carter asked the class to pull out their math workbooks. Catalina followed her teacher’s direction and wrote in her workbook. When a student was called upon to read a math word problem, Catalina followed along in her book while the student read. As Mrs. Carter solved a math word problem on the board and asked a question to the class, Catalina raised her hand to answer the question. She provided the correct answer and received praise from Ms. Carter. As Mrs. Carter continued to solve the math problem on the board, the students in the class took notes, while Catalina stared at the board. After a few seconds, a teacher’s aide walked up to Catalina and showed her where to write in her workbook. Catalina wrote in her notebook as the teacher’s aide assisted Catalina with the word problem. At one point, Catalina looked at the work of a student seated next to her. She then leaned over and corrected the student’s answer while she said, “no, it belongs over here.” Mrs. Carter then asked the students to work in pairs to solve a math problem on the whiteboards. Catalina solved the math problem with the help of her partner. After a couple of minutes, the teacher’s aide checked on her progress. When Mrs. Carter introduced a new math problem, Catalina played with her pencil and looked at her nails before her focus returned to the math problem. Throughout the lesson, Catalina correctly answered questions collaboratively with her
There are different ways that a teacher can deal with a student’s undesirable behavior. Some of these strategies are: positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, punishment or extinction. The type of r...
The final straw was when Janice walked into the school and found her son sitting in the school reception area with his older sister, while the rest of the students enjoyed a nice Christmas party. Janice said her son was clearly not wanted at that school, so she took the kids’ stuff and enrolled them into a public school where Alex was would be much more comfortable. The teachers were more comfortable dealing with children with complex needs.
Todd Anderson is a freshman here. His brother was a Valedictorian, and a recipient of the National Merit Scholarship. Todd’s parents expect him to be like his brother. Anderson’s roommate is Neil Perry. His father makes him drop the school annual in order to have more time for studying. On the first day of their classes, the two boys are exposed to orthodox uncreative and uninteresting teaching style. Math professor gives them homework "all 20 questions at the end of the first chapter are due tomorrow". Finally, they have English class. It is taught by a new teacher – Mr. John Keating which methods are very unusual from the traditional ones. In the first class, he takes the students out of the
Child A is a forty month old male pupil at this setting and attends regularly for five mornings a week since September 2011. He has two siblings and he is the middle child. He lives with his siblings and both parents. He is one of the younger children in his nursery year. He has not yet formed any friendships with his peers at the setting and children are wary of him due to his unpredictable volatility. His behaviour has also been ...
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.