She has a positive attitude about school and loves to learn. As a mother, I am thankful for the teachers that have poured into her life. In the same way, I want to be a positive influence to my students. A big idea that stood out to me while reading Choose Words is that “Children in our classrooms are becoming literate.
She explained how she always thinks about her students and the trouble that some students have to face or go through. When trying to help her students, she uses outside resources for example, she said that she would ask other teachers in the building to help her to help her students to meet their needs.. Also when the students are in class she holds them up to high expectations because she know that they have more potential then the students think they do. She says, that she tries to build up her students self-esteem because many of her students are not encouraged at home. To build up their self-esteem she tries to keep the positivity inside the classroom and the negativity
She strives to implement various methods for the teaching and learning of all students. Her dedication to the education world is evident daily! 4f - Miss Hannan demonstrated a high level of professionalism during her practicum experience. She presented strong characteristics of honesty, integrity, and confidentiality in her dealing with others. Miss Hannan has grown as an educator and continued to strengthen her teaching skills during this semester.
Everyday, she excels in her job of caring for the children and making a difference in the community. Due to her kindness she would always bring thoughtful gifts for the children. She doesn 't have to do the classes with the children everyday but she continues to do it like Sylvia says “school supposed to let out in the summer I heard, but she dont never let up” (Bambara 96). The lessons learned while earning her degree has lead her to becoming a positive role model in the children 's lives; nonetheless, teaching them lessons that may never learn from others. She shows her passion in the story by saying “she said, it was only her right that she take responsibility for the young ones’ education.
She does try to fill me in on what they are working on and has so far seemed comfortable with what the class is doing. We have also been working on building Ashley’s vocabulary. In order to add new vocabulary in context, I have been reading Ashley high interest books with challenging vocabulary. We discuss the story and new words and review both content and language as we go. Ashley has been using more advanced vocabulary during our discussions.
Sam has been improving recently . He did not only finish his homework on time , but he did well . He also regularly participates in classroom activities . I can tell him that whenever he has a chance , he is trying to try . As for Erica , she is a very shy and quiet person .
She is very organized at school, and considers it a very important skill to her success. She is always on top of her work, and hates the stressful feeling she gets when she starts to fall behind a little. She is always striving to improve herself, and has improved considerably through her years in high school. For example, she has also tried to become more involved in her classes by participating more and staying involved in class discussions, but it is still a trait she is trying to better herself in. One skill she has always stood out in is her hard work.
The noisy students in the back of the class, which Sonia calls the “people”, are described as doing things when they wanted to. Sonia, on the other hand, calls herself as one of the “pip-squeaks”, who are not treated as nicely. However, there seems to be one person who is in neither the “people” nor the “pip-squeak” category -- Norma. Norma is a very amiable student who can take Mr. Castor’s place in teaching math, and hangout with the pip-squeaks instead of her friends.
Katie didn’t understand students enough and she didn’t build a connection with students so that she found it’s hard to teach this class anymore, she gave up at the
She is able to show initiative when given a specific task and makes sure that her fellow peers are on track while making sure everyone in her group feels valued as well as included. She is also especially mature
Holding the door open for others, saying thank you, and just being very genuine. Sye definitely, “Treats others the way you want to be treated.” In her classroom Sye is willing to help her other classmates and friends when they need it. For Sye’s 8th birthday party, she had a great number of friends join her and never requested to go first on any activities just because it was her
Her stubborn demeanor is demonstrated when criticizing Sister James’ classroom;
She’s got high goals that people can only dream of accomplishing. She’s not as outspoken as others, yet her dreams and goals speak louder than words. Her education is highly average and has a surprising interest for math. She’s always ahead of the game making every point towards her education count. Many people whom don’t know her as well think of her as an average student attending Sylmar High School.
Escalante’s class in passing the AP Exam twice. The most significant factor was their teacher Mr. Escalante, who is willing to dedicate himself to his career, giving his students more time than any other teacher for extra help. Even though he has a family to care for, he works overtime in order to ensure that his students are fully prepared. He not only spends time with them before school, after school, and during vacations, but he also comes to their aid when he is supposed to be in the hospital after his heart attack. He is truly dedicated to teaching his students.
Kimorah is a second-grade general education student from a school in the St. George area of Staten Island, New York. Upon having Kimorah assigned as my student and before meeting her, I learned that through prior assessments it is established that she is on a C reading level, and in the second grade. When I think of second graders, I think of babies that were just born into this world a couple years ago, but among meeting Kimorah I quickly realized that she is a person in every sense of the word. Kimorah is a 7-year-old extroverted girl, who is expressive and full of personality. Consequently, shyness does not affect her, but to break the ice further I decided to conduct a set of fun activities.