I am so glad to be back on the blog with you again. If you've made it to my blog, welcome I am glad you're here.
At the Education Station, we have been doing great things. I am so grateful for being able to be in this placement with my students. In my classroom, we have been working on accepting differences to become more like a family. My students are getting spring fever and are getting tired of working with one another on projects. One morning meeting activity that we did was to pair two very different students up and have them find three similarities and three differences between themselves. Students had to go beyond the physical descriptions of themselves. Students had to have meaningful conversations about their likes and dislikes, abilities, and more. Being able to hear those great conversations was absolutely wonderful. We watched the video below until the one minute mark. We had a discussion about how differences are wonderful, but we must learn how to accept them.
In my outside learning and research, I have been working on ways to increase classroom management. Dr. Nanney shared a powerpoint with us about classroom management. In this powerpoint, it talked about in order to manage a classroom we must first be in control of our emotions. I have found five resources that have helped me in my search for more classroom management techniques.
- https://msu.edu/~dunbarc/dunbar3.pdf
- http://www.yesnet.yk.ca/pdf/11-12/10tips_classroom_management.pdf
- https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED507898.pdf
- https://www.wtc.ie/images/pdf/Classroom_Management/cm7.pdf
- http://www.doe.in.gov/sites/default/files/cte/classroom-management-final.pdf
One thing that I am pondering is how to decrease the question, "what do I do when I am done?".
It is frustrating to hear that over and over especially if you just told the students what to do.
I also wanted to know what I could do to turn wait time into learning time. This came from a shop on Teachers Pay Teachers. Here is the link: If you have early finishers or AIG students in need of a brain workout check out her TPT shop for more of these brain workout activities.
It is frustrating to hear that over and over especially if you just told the students what to do.
I also wanted to know what I could do to turn wait time into learning time. This came from a shop on Teachers Pay Teachers. Here is the link: If you have early finishers or AIG students in need of a brain workout check out her TPT shop for more of these brain workout activities.
In my clinical, I have had several opportunities to teach other teachers about new technology tools. I was able to help a teacher with google forms. I talked to her about the opportunities that she could get a quick and meaningful assessment through this tool. Another opportunity I had was to teach a 5th grade, teacher about infographics and the power of those for students. In this learning experience, I exemplified NCTCS standard 1B: Teachers lead in their schools.
In my future classroom, I will have high expectations for my students every day. I know that high expectations=High achievement. I want to have my students say to me every day, "I am somebody. I will be a better somebody when I leave. There is greatness inside me." While there are so many things that I want to learn about classroom management, the biggest takeaways that I have are that I must be consistent, fair, student-centered.
Have a wonderful week, friends.
See you soon,
Mallory H.
Have a wonderful week, friends.
See you soon,
Mallory H.
