Dear Interactive Teachers,
One of my assignments for my Teaching K-6 Social Studies class was to go to the Tampa Bay History Center. One MLK Day, I celebrated by visiting the history center. I had so much fun! I learned how to take in the history, as a student, so I can take my class here in my future career. I played on horse saddles and felt like I was really horseback riding. My favorite experience was during a 15 minute film. The theatre was set up in Florida's forest. It had a screen and two active models. The film was about the Seminoles tribe in Florida. I loved learning about this because it showed the Seminoles perspective and the American General's. Also, I am currently teaching a Native Americans unit in second grade so it was great to learn both perspectives of what happened toNative Americans in American history. I think this is very important for my teaching because I want to teach my students both perspectives so they can learn everything about history and follow what they believe in. I bought a graphite arrowhead for my students to write with and connect to the Native Americans they are learning about. They loved it! I know have a better understanding of fully learning the content you are teaching, I can make my Native American lessons so much more interesting because I learned fun facts from the Tampa Bay History Center.
Look in my gallery to see pictures from my trip at the museum!
Sincerely,
Miss Hester
Saturday, January 25, 2014
Sunday, January 19, 2014
Reflect & Connect 1/12
Dear Explorers,
Last Friday I went on my first field trip as a student intern. My second grade class traveled to a Riverfront Park. It was a lot of fun! We got to go on a nature hike, learn about trees, and learn how to plant a tree. It was interesting how 123 Elementary had no buses, so individually we had to drive our students there. The majority of the class was not well-behaved during the field trip, which I was very surprised about because compared to the other second grade class their everyday behavior is amazing. I learned a lot from watching how my CT reacted to certain behavior situations. For example, there was a child who kept running away, wanting to do something else. My CT talked to the child about their behavior and said they can still be sent to the office because our school was right down the road. As a new teacher learning about how to become a teacher I wish there was another way to handle misbehavior without rewards/punishments. That is something I am inquiring on my own. I have learned from my Level II Intern class that we should research and reflect everything we do as teacher's. I am taking my time to learn from a book by Dr. Marshall called, Discipline Without Stress, Punishments, or Rewards, to teach myself how to take away rewards and punishments from the classroom. This connects to my Level II Intern class because we are currently reading,
Last Friday I went on my first field trip as a student intern. My second grade class traveled to a Riverfront Park. It was a lot of fun! We got to go on a nature hike, learn about trees, and learn how to plant a tree. It was interesting how 123 Elementary had no buses, so individually we had to drive our students there. The majority of the class was not well-behaved during the field trip, which I was very surprised about because compared to the other second grade class their everyday behavior is amazing. I learned a lot from watching how my CT reacted to certain behavior situations. For example, there was a child who kept running away, wanting to do something else. My CT talked to the child about their behavior and said they can still be sent to the office because our school was right down the road. As a new teacher learning about how to become a teacher I wish there was another way to handle misbehavior without rewards/punishments. That is something I am inquiring on my own. I have learned from my Level II Intern class that we should research and reflect everything we do as teacher's. I am taking my time to learn from a book by Dr. Marshall called, Discipline Without Stress, Punishments, or Rewards, to teach myself how to take away rewards and punishments from the classroom. This connects to my Level II Intern class because we are currently reading,
The Reflective Educator's Guide to Classroom Research: Learning to Teach and Teaching to Learn Through Practitioner Inquiry.
Have fun researching,
Miss Intern
Sunday, January 12, 2014
Reflect & Connect 1/5
Dear Revolutionaries,
This week I have returned to 123 Elementary. I am so happy to be back in my second grade classroom. I sure have missed my students over break! UTRPP has brought me exciting new opportunities for the 2014 year. First, I will be experiencing intermediate elementary school. I am paired with a fifth grade teacher at 123 Elementary for two hours a week. My first day I was very nervous, but also super excited to see what teaching an intermediate grade level is like. I loved every minute of fifth grade. My collaborating teacher is energetic, loud, and very passionate about teaching fifth grade. I observed her teaching a social studies lesson, where her and her students were reading along to an article about a woman who helped Colonists during the American Revolution. It was very cool to learn about history with a women in power. This article she was teaching connected to my social studies class from earlier that week. My social studies professor taught us how to teach students history from a different perspective. This is important because it teaches students the unwritten curriculum of our cultures values. For example, I never knew women helped out during the American Revolution. I assumed their only job was to be housewives and have children. Also, in my instructional planning class we read an article by Banks called Curriculum Reform Approaches. This article connects to teaching social studies because it went over how teachers cultures and backgrounds are the perspectives they teach from.
I am very excited to see what else connects in my future classes with my new fifth grade class! Also, I wonder if getting experience in an intermediate grade is going to change my mind for what grade I want to teach. As of now I am set on Kindergarten but my experience in fifth grade might change my mind. We will have to wait and see!
Happy New Year!
Miss Hester
P.S. Here is a picture of the social studies article from a students binder and the set up of a science/social studies/math word wall my fifth grade CT's classroom.
This week I have returned to 123 Elementary. I am so happy to be back in my second grade classroom. I sure have missed my students over break! UTRPP has brought me exciting new opportunities for the 2014 year. First, I will be experiencing intermediate elementary school. I am paired with a fifth grade teacher at 123 Elementary for two hours a week. My first day I was very nervous, but also super excited to see what teaching an intermediate grade level is like. I loved every minute of fifth grade. My collaborating teacher is energetic, loud, and very passionate about teaching fifth grade. I observed her teaching a social studies lesson, where her and her students were reading along to an article about a woman who helped Colonists during the American Revolution. It was very cool to learn about history with a women in power. This article she was teaching connected to my social studies class from earlier that week. My social studies professor taught us how to teach students history from a different perspective. This is important because it teaches students the unwritten curriculum of our cultures values. For example, I never knew women helped out during the American Revolution. I assumed their only job was to be housewives and have children. Also, in my instructional planning class we read an article by Banks called Curriculum Reform Approaches. This article connects to teaching social studies because it went over how teachers cultures and backgrounds are the perspectives they teach from.
I am very excited to see what else connects in my future classes with my new fifth grade class! Also, I wonder if getting experience in an intermediate grade is going to change my mind for what grade I want to teach. As of now I am set on Kindergarten but my experience in fifth grade might change my mind. We will have to wait and see!
Happy New Year!
Miss Hester
P.S. Here is a picture of the social studies article from a students binder and the set up of a science/social studies/math word wall my fifth grade CT's classroom.
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