A Day of Complications!

The highlight of this month is fixing this wall it took me literally six times to finally get it right because it was either crooked or not, everyone’s paper fit long story short, it’s not even the best wall I have fixed which is very disappointing. My highlight activity is actually the one I did yesterday with half of the class; my mentor took half and I took the other half. It was a time activity that was meant for Friday, but after having an extremely long, tiring math test she decided the students needed a break therefore, we did the time activity. The activity was about showing the students how fast time goes, for example, they had to say all of their teachers, they have had so far as I timed them. This activity had its own set of complications due too the fact that the students were all antsy and wanted to play, but I improvised and we even got to play a game of Pac-Man and a few relay races that was timed, the kids loved it so it went really well.

When I finished putting up the background.

When I was finally able to fix the individual papers.

The final product.

Blog 8 - Research and Working EQ

1.      What is your working EQ?

How does a teacher set a learning environment where the majority time is spent on teaching and learning rather than disciplining?

2.      What is a possible answer to your working EQ? Please write the answer in thesis format. 

Answer 1: Teachers should create a classroom structure where it benefits both the teacher and students.

Answer 2: As the new school year begins teachers should have their expectations for the classroom and each student planned out.

Answer 3: Teachers should be open and welcoming to parents in order to create a line of communication to involve them in their child’s education.

3.      What is the most important source you have used that has helped you come up with an answer to your working EQ?

The most important source that has helped me create my essential question is my mentor. I had no idea where to start, but after talking and brainstorming with my mentor she helped me come up with my essential question and different possible answers to it.

4.      Who is your mentor, or where are you doing mentorship, and how does what you are doing relate to your working EQ?

My mentor is Lourdes Garay I am doing my mentorship at San Jose School. By doing my mentorship there I was able to create my essential question and possible answers. Also by experiencing firsthand how my mentor organizes and structures her classroom has helped me gain knowledge of what I could do in my future classroom and allows me to fully answer my essential question. It has also helped me find a way to include my essential question to my first component by allowing me to create my own set of rules and structure for my future class.

 

Blog 7: Independent Component 1 Approval

1. For the next 30 hours of work, this is what I plan to do:
For my Independent Component I plan to work with other teachers were I am doing my mentorship hours because my working essential question is How does a teacher set a learning environment where the majority time is spent on teaching and learning rather than on discipline? I want to know the difference between the teachers and grade levels on how they structure discipline.

2.  Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.
 In order for me to meet my 30 hours I will be creating my own set of classroom rules, expectations and consequences for my future classroom.

3.  And explain how what you will be doing will help you explore your topic in more depth.
I strongly believe this will help me  explore my topic more in depth because discipline in a classroom is very important, but could get in the way of teaching and end up disciplining the class rather than teaching. As a student and  as a mentee I have seen first hand how this disrupts the class setting and if not handle right could lead to many more disruptions.