Classroom Management Reflection

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“A teacher takes a hand, opens a mind, and touches a heart.” This quote is something I always remind myself before starting my day. Teaching is not only about teaching a new sight word, the states and capitals, or division. It is so much more than that. These minds that we are teaching need to know that we are touching their heart and that we want them to feel safe and loved when they step into our classroom. I tried my absolute best to show these to each of my students. I was not expecting these 20 little minds and hearts to teach me as much as they did. When it comes to content and methods to monitor learning, I believe my knowledge has grown tremendously. Before student teaching, I always hesitated because I had no clue on what to teach. I would always ask myself, “what in the world do I even teach and where do I begin?” Once I started full on teaching, these questions were no longer a problem. Everything just came so naturally. I engaged in many activities that …show more content…

I did not expect kindergartners to be so talkative. When it comes to my skills in classroom management, I would say I now have my “teacher voice” and I am still growing. I learned that routine is very important in kindergarten and to have many procedures and practice those over and over. I brought many classroom management strategies to my kindergarten classroom that I think Mrs. Shelquist will continue to do. One of my classroom management strategies I brought to my kindergarten classroom was “positive behavior punch card.” Since Eddyville Elementary uses PBIS and the rocket chart, I incorporated another positive behavior when it came to the rocket chart. If students were on green or above at the end of the day, they get a punch in their punch card. Once they filled up their punch card they could turn it in to me for a special prize. They loved this and always reminded me to give their punch at the end of the

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