Because of the snow days this week, I only got to see my students on Thursday.. only one day out of the whole week. During my day at internship, I saw a different teacher teach the students. I liked how she came about her lesson plan, so I decided that I should use some of her strategies in my service learning project.
She started her lesson off with some questions that led into a book that she read to them. I liked how she started because it got the students involved and willing to listen to the book. She really seemed to grasp their attention and engage them in her lesson. I thought this was a neat and fun idea to incorporate into my lessons with them because after they get read to, they seem to pay attention much better, and are more open to discussion.
This week, I also went to ATC for the Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow Symposium. I got to meet two contract winners and talk to them about what the process was like. When they described their jobs that they know have, I knew that I was definitely in the right place and I would do anything to win that teacher contract because of my love for teaching. I also got to meet principals of different schools and talk to them about the process of hiring. But my favorite part about the whole day was learning how to incorporate different technologies into education. I learned that we can read ebooks for free, and that there are different websites that teachers can use to test their students' knowledge on certain subjects. One of the greatest take-aways that I had from the symposium though was the "takeoff touchdown" game that we played to see who wanted to go into the teaching field. It was a valuable tool in testing what your students know. The only thing I wouldn't do is use it with my first graders because I could see them getting really out of hand, especially the rambunctious ones.
I would alter the game to say "takeoff if you can solve the problem that Suzie has 2 quarters. She gave Jenny 15 cents. How much money does Suzie have now?" and then I would ask one student at random what the answer was.
She started her lesson off with some questions that led into a book that she read to them. I liked how she started because it got the students involved and willing to listen to the book. She really seemed to grasp their attention and engage them in her lesson. I thought this was a neat and fun idea to incorporate into my lessons with them because after they get read to, they seem to pay attention much better, and are more open to discussion.
This week, I also went to ATC for the Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow Symposium. I got to meet two contract winners and talk to them about what the process was like. When they described their jobs that they know have, I knew that I was definitely in the right place and I would do anything to win that teacher contract because of my love for teaching. I also got to meet principals of different schools and talk to them about the process of hiring. But my favorite part about the whole day was learning how to incorporate different technologies into education. I learned that we can read ebooks for free, and that there are different websites that teachers can use to test their students' knowledge on certain subjects. One of the greatest take-aways that I had from the symposium though was the "takeoff touchdown" game that we played to see who wanted to go into the teaching field. It was a valuable tool in testing what your students know. The only thing I wouldn't do is use it with my first graders because I could see them getting really out of hand, especially the rambunctious ones.
I would alter the game to say "takeoff if you can solve the problem that Suzie has 2 quarters. She gave Jenny 15 cents. How much money does Suzie have now?" and then I would ask one student at random what the answer was.