Elementary School Experience Paper

My overall experience at Pine Meadow Elementary school was great. I got to meet many new kids in Ms. Uran’s 3rd grade classroom. These 3rd graders are 8 or 9 years old. Ms. Uran’s classroom was a very normal or average sized room. To get to her classroom you take the first main hall to the left. That’s the one closest to the office. After that hallway you take the next right at the first hallway. Ms. Uran’s door is the second to the left. Inside this classroom I would help the kids with their worksheets if they need help. They also worked on vocabulary and grammar. Sometimes I would grade papers in the back of the room. there is two windows, a sink, and a Ipad charging station. The desks are put into groups ranging from two to five desks per

group. The kids dragon masks are hanging from the ceiling. AT the kids desk about half of them have a ball to sit on. There are about 21 kids in the class. Everyday I get to PME at about 8:30 to start my day. Almost each day the kids will read a story and answer questions. II end at 9:50 and drive back to the high school. At the time I’m at PME the class is working on language arts. At around 9:40 the switch into math, but sadly I can’t stay for it. Only twice when I was at PME there was an old student teacher who came to visit. He goes to SCSU.

Erikson states in stage four that kids learn self-discipline. I observed a girl that got told to put her feet on the floor while sitting on the ball. After this she never did it again. Erikson states that working with others is a good skill. Most days the kids have to read out of their text books. The groups they are in are about four or three people. When I was in one of their groups, they divided up parts right away without fitting or complaining. They took turns reading. After this they have to work on a worksheet. For the most part they did a good job on their worksheet. They took turns reading questions and sharing their ideas. Erikson states that there are leaders and followers. For example Indiah is a leader, because she helps keep everyone on track. Also Indiah is very smart and listens. For an example of a follower is like Ben. Ben is usually of track and very loud. Ben lets other people do the work and tries to copy. Erikson also states that kids start to show talents and skills. Olive show skills with reading. She is very fluent and smart.

Skinner states that a behavior followed by reinforcing stimulus results in an increased probability of that behavior occurring in the future.

All the 3rd graders read as much as they can, and then take AR tests. Depending on the amount of AR points they have they can add items to their dragon masks. Skinner states that if a behavior isn’t reinforced as much it’s less likely to keep happening. When the kids read with me and they start talking to their friends they keep getting off track.

Howard Gardner states that a person who is musical performs, composes, and appreciates musical patterns. Kiera loves singing and humming. She will humm when she working on homework or something. Howard Gardner states that a person who is logical can analyze problems using logic. The class was working on idioms. An idiom is a use of words as an expression towards something. For example, it’s raining cats and dogs. Indiah got almost all of them right. She used logic to figure the idiom out.

Sternberg states that someone with creative intelligence can imagine, pretend, invent, and design. Sofia draws very nice pictures for her age. She always ask to draw on the back of her homework if she gets done early. When I correct her homework I always notice her creative

drawings.

Lev Vygotsky states that parents, teachers, and peers promote learning. Ms. Uran promotes learning by encouraging it and coming up with fun ways to learn. I also promote learn by keeping the kids on track and helping the kids out. Molly also promotes learn learning. When Ben wasn’t doing his work she would encourage his to help out.

I have learned a lot from these seven theories. Some theories have similar ideas, when other have different ideas. Some theorists focus on individuals, and other focus on multiples children. After learn about these theories I can point them out in my 3rd grade class. Like the 3rd graders making their dragon masks. These theories also help me know how to help all types of students. I have really benefited from learning these theories.