Working Together

On Friday I was able to work with a few students who needed extra help in reading. We worked on how to change run-on sentences and what kind of sentences are questions, statements, exclamation. To my surprise these students were very excited to particapte in reading the instructions and answering the questions.

This is me and a the students I was helping.

Blog 6 - Second Interview Preparation

1.Who is your mentor and where do they work?

My mentor is Lourdes Garay a third grade teacher that works at San Jose School in Pomona.

2. What five questions will you ask them about their background?

The questions I will be asking my mentor are:

Where did you attend college, and for how long?
What did you major in? Did you have a minor?
What are some courses you have taken that you have found helpful in your career?
How did you start your path into the field of education?
For how long have you been in the field of education?
What led you to choose this career?
Before becoming a teacher did you have another position in education?
What has been your biggest challenge working in education?
Did you ever picture yourself being where you are today or did you see yourself doing something different?

Blog 5 - Mentorship Reflection

1.      Mentorship question: Describe your experience in how you found your mentorship?  If you haven't found one yet, describe your experience so far in the search of a mentor.

I found my mentor freshman year it all started with community service hours I didn’t know where I was going to complete them. Then when I went to my previous school to pick up my sister I shared my predicament with the office secretary she told me “I should volunteer there” I was surprised, but I couldn’t think of a reason why I shouldn’t, therefore, I said yes. I want to become a teacher so I thought this would be a good learning experience which it has been. After three years of happily doing my community service hours, and learned more information about the senior project I could not think of a better person then the mentor I already have and decided to ask Mrs. Garay a third grade teacher that I am working with if she wanted to be a part of mentoring me which she said “yes”.

2.      Research question: What has been your most important article you have read so far and why?

The most important article that I have read so far is Building a Better Teacher by Elizabeth Green, I have benefited the most from this article because I learned many things that I never really understood, for example, how teachers choose students to answer a particular question, it is intended to stimulate the students mind and try to solve the problem. I still don’t like when I am called upon in class, however I understand why. Also it talks a lot about how to get a class involved or listen to you by giving one piece of instruction first and then another for example, take out your homework and wait till everyone takes out their homework then give them the last piece of the instruction for example, the last piece would be to switch with someone else.