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Tuesday, March 24, 2009
I have been in the teacher program for one semester which means I am currently completing Curriculum. For Curriculum I have to complete twenty hours in the field and do eight different compositions. One composition requires a read aloud. I have already completed my read aloud and am happy with my success. I am in a third grade class so I could not choose baby books, but at the same time I could not choose chapter books. I ended up choosing "Kermit the Hermit" written and illustrated by Bill Peet. The students in my class have been doing an author study on Bill Peet which I thought was cool and they all seem to like his books very much. I personally have never heard of Bill Peet books before, but I will forever read his books to future classes of mine. I love how his books rhyme and are so funny. I think it is really neat that Bill Peet usually always writes stories on animals and illustrates his own pictures. The pictures in his story are great to look at and he always has a great moral and lesson to his stories.
I was very nervous before reading for the first time to the class. I did a lot of research on Bill Peet the night before and decided which questions would be the best to ask about my story. I wanted to focus on the author since they had been talking a lot about him lately so I asked who had read any of his books. I was elated to see that almost all the students in the class had. I asked them to mention some things they had noticed about all his books and all the students had something to say. They said that Bill Peet illustrates all the pictures in his books and he uses interesting adjectives. The adjectives Bill Peet uses is another great thing about his books. I wanted to elaborate on this as well so I told the class to listen for all the neat adjectives he used throughout the story. I wanted them to be listening carefully to them so they could discuss them with me and eachother after the story was finsished. Hopefully they will put the adjectives they heard throughout the story to good use in their own papers they write.
I was so releaved when the students looked excited about the story and were participating. My nerves calmed down and it was so comforting to see them know so much about Bill Peet and adjectives. Mrs. Rollins has done a very good job with them and they made my read aloud experience go very smoothly. Also I wanted to talk a little bit about the story's plot, theme, setting and characters. I think all these aspects are very important for the comprehension of the story and it helps them be successful in the future with reading. I really enjoyed the read aloud experience because I felt like it was good pratice for me as far as being a teacher in the furture. I felt like I actually taught them a lesson just through reading a story to them by asking questions and elaborating on certain things they need to know to read better and write better. After it was all over I realized more than ever that this is what I want to do. I loved it!
I was very nervous before reading for the first time to the class. I did a lot of research on Bill Peet the night before and decided which questions would be the best to ask about my story. I wanted to focus on the author since they had been talking a lot about him lately so I asked who had read any of his books. I was elated to see that almost all the students in the class had. I asked them to mention some things they had noticed about all his books and all the students had something to say. They said that Bill Peet illustrates all the pictures in his books and he uses interesting adjectives. The adjectives Bill Peet uses is another great thing about his books. I wanted to elaborate on this as well so I told the class to listen for all the neat adjectives he used throughout the story. I wanted them to be listening carefully to them so they could discuss them with me and eachother after the story was finsished. Hopefully they will put the adjectives they heard throughout the story to good use in their own papers they write.
I was so releaved when the students looked excited about the story and were participating. My nerves calmed down and it was so comforting to see them know so much about Bill Peet and adjectives. Mrs. Rollins has done a very good job with them and they made my read aloud experience go very smoothly. Also I wanted to talk a little bit about the story's plot, theme, setting and characters. I think all these aspects are very important for the comprehension of the story and it helps them be successful in the future with reading. I really enjoyed the read aloud experience because I felt like it was good pratice for me as far as being a teacher in the furture. I felt like I actually taught them a lesson just through reading a story to them by asking questions and elaborating on certain things they need to know to read better and write better. After it was all over I realized more than ever that this is what I want to do. I loved it!
Demographics in Mrs. Rollins third grade class:
Mrs. Rollins has a great third grade class. There are 18 Students, 11 Females and 7 males. There are 6 African American students, 12 Caucasian students and no Hispanic students. All students in Mrs. Rollins class are treated equally regardless of race or gender. Most of the students are middle class with the exception of a couple that come from lower income families. In the text it discusses how there is a relationship between socioeconomic status and achievement in school (Lemlech 2006). I believe this to be very true because some of the students that are from lower income families have attendance issues and have had to be notified by the school to make sure it doesn’t continue.
In class we talked about how girls tend to interact and participate in class less often and teachers don’t call on them as much. In Mrs. Rollins class I see the exact opposite thing happening. The girls in the class interact a lot more than the boys do and girls are called on just as much as boys are. Mrs. Rollins does not favor any gender over another. She treats her class as one unit and by observing her class there are no students that stick out more than others.
There are 5 students in Mrs. Rollins class that need to be tested for quest. They think very differently and more creatively than the other students. These students are very well behaved, always on task and are the ones who come from higher income families. I believe the success of these students is a direct result of their parent’s involvement in their education. Mrs. Rollins is such a good teacher and the interaction between her and her students is so positive that all her students are pretty well behaved and on task throughout lessons. There aren’t any students that I know of receiving special education services. Each child is so unique but in Mrs. Rollins class everyone is treated so equally you would never be able to pick out the slower learners from the faster learners. I hope to achieve what Mrs. Rollins has achieved when I become a teacher.
Mrs. Rollins has a great third grade class. There are 18 Students, 11 Females and 7 males. There are 6 African American students, 12 Caucasian students and no Hispanic students. All students in Mrs. Rollins class are treated equally regardless of race or gender. Most of the students are middle class with the exception of a couple that come from lower income families. In the text it discusses how there is a relationship between socioeconomic status and achievement in school (Lemlech 2006). I believe this to be very true because some of the students that are from lower income families have attendance issues and have had to be notified by the school to make sure it doesn’t continue.
In class we talked about how girls tend to interact and participate in class less often and teachers don’t call on them as much. In Mrs. Rollins class I see the exact opposite thing happening. The girls in the class interact a lot more than the boys do and girls are called on just as much as boys are. Mrs. Rollins does not favor any gender over another. She treats her class as one unit and by observing her class there are no students that stick out more than others.
There are 5 students in Mrs. Rollins class that need to be tested for quest. They think very differently and more creatively than the other students. These students are very well behaved, always on task and are the ones who come from higher income families. I believe the success of these students is a direct result of their parent’s involvement in their education. Mrs. Rollins is such a good teacher and the interaction between her and her students is so positive that all her students are pretty well behaved and on task throughout lessons. There aren’t any students that I know of receiving special education services. Each child is so unique but in Mrs. Rollins class everyone is treated so equally you would never be able to pick out the slower learners from the faster learners. I hope to achieve what Mrs. Rollins has achieved when I become a teacher.
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