Candy Christmas Tree

At my mentorship the students were to create a recipe of how to make a frosted ice-cream cone tree. When they finally got all of the steps right they were able to come to me in groups and I would help give them the supplies they needed and assist them with any questions they had.

This is what they kind of looked liked when they were done.

"Grunt Work"

 

I thought I would share with you what my mentor calls "Grunt Work". It is the organization in a classroom that a teacher must do to keep the classroom on task. Which include from weekly assessments for each student to organizing the classroom closets which I have done both. The week before thanksgiving my mentor mentioned that she has been wanting to put all of her classroom textbooks in one closet so I decided to just do that the picture below shows how it looked after I finish.

 

EQ

Content
1.   Review this.  Confirm by stating "I reviewed the rule of three for writing an EQ."

I reviewed the rule of three for writing an EQ.

2.  Review the following EQs and

        -Tell us if each meets the rule of three.                     

        -Tell why they do or don't.

 a.  What is the most important factor in healthy weight loss?

• No, it does not meet the rule of three because it could be more specific, for example, gender, age and other factors that could be included.                                                   

 b.  What is most important to securing a conviction in a criminal investigation?

• No, it does not meet the rule of three because it is a vague question, for example, they could expand on time period or even starting a different way because the way they start by saying "most important" makes it only open for one possible answer.

 c.  What is most important in creating a hairstyle that best satisfies a customer?

• Yes, it does meet the rule of three criteria because it is specific by saying "that best satisfies a customer" it allows them to have multiple answers.

 d.  How can an anesthesiologist best treat chronic pain?

• Yes, it does indeed meet the rule of three criteria because starts with "How can a …" rather than "What is the…" this wording allows the person to have an endless amount of possible answers.

3. Based on your review of the rule of 3 and your experience with assessing four EQs, please write another draft EQ for your senior project.  The senior team will be meeting with students shortly for EQ revision and approval; you are expected to bring your research notebook to that meeting with your EQ draft written inside in pencil.

•  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 disciplining?

 

Lesson 1 Reflection

1. Positive Statement

What are you most proud of in your Lesson 1 Presentation and why?

After completing my Lesson 1 Presentation the thing I am most proud of is that after practicing multiple times I didn't seem to not "jumbo" over my words if that makes any sense. 

2. Questions to Consider

       a.     What assessment would you give yourself on your Lesson 1 Presentation (self-assessment)?
        
              P

       b.     Explain why you deserve that grade using evidence from the Lesson 1 component contract.

I strongly believe that I should get a P because of what the contract requires me to do I followed it; I said my examples, referenced my mentorship and other points I had to make, but I didn't go above and beyond.

3. What worked for you in your Lesson 1?
What worked for me is that I practiced before I had to present, but it wasn't because I didn't know what to say but because I had so many things I wanted to say that if I didn't practice my Lesson 1 presentation would have been a disaster.

4.  (What didn't work) If you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your Lesson 1?
If I was able to fix something it would be not to second guess myself because I had a paper as a reference on what I have to say, but I knew what I had to say but as a nervous habit I kept looking at the paper when I knew I didn't need to.

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.