Chp..23-26

The major reason for a test is to find out if the students have accomplished the objectives of an assignment. But there's two things a test do. Tests are to be used to monitor learning and also to assess learning. A test is supposed to help you figure out where your students are at with understanding your teaching, also it helps you see what student have mastered your class so far and what students who are till struggling to get through. Test do not only benift us teachers, as much as students dislike taking test, it can benefit them. Test can even help the children see what they master in and what they struggle in. Test helps the students assess leaning and maybe even learn something new!

"Test are to be used to determine if the student has accomplished the stated objectives or learning criteria"

An effective teacher writes a test and makes sure that it corresponds an objective or learning criterion, and if the concept is not mastered, give the students remediation or corrective help. For example I've had teachers who give test which have to do nothing with what we're learning the following week, or is the complete opposite of what the objective states. I've also had teachers whoms objective fits perfect with the test, and If still not mastered, we'd go over it as an class or do test corrections to make sure we master it the next time round.

"Cooperative learning is a win-win situation.
Everyone wins: students, teachers, administrators, community, and humankind."

Cooperative learning looks like, a group or a team working together as one to get something done.
There's three ways you can encourage cooperative learning in your classroom. You can put your class in groups of three and four and they can collaborate, you can have your students work together as a class and they can communicate , or you can pair them up as two and have them create. For example, In my math class there's no desk involved, there's about five or six round tables and there's about five to maybe so children at each table. My teacher teaches part of his objective, then he has us turn around to our groups and talk about what the answer could be or even about wether we understand it or not. So basically everything we do in there is group work (except test and quizzes). I must admit, cooperative learning works great in the matter. 

The professional teacher recognizes that the classroom is a complex environment; the most successful teacher is the one capable of making decisions and solving problems in that environment. i will achieve sucess by; using first-day-of-school activities, by dressing for sucess, by having the classroom ready with a positive atmosphere, by investing time on teaching the discipline plan, by giving structured assignments with clear goals, and last but not least by implementing strategies for cooperative learning. 

"The brain does not need to be motivated any more than the heart needs to be motivated to pump blood." 

I will achieve happiness when I know that the children in my class are getting comfortable with my class and the way I run things thing, and when they are on the right track with learning what I am teacher. As well s effectiveness. When my children succeed and pass on to the next level mastering everything they need to know, is when I will feel like I've achieved effectiveness.

The role of a teacher is not to cover, it's to uncover.

"If the student cannot demonstrate learning or achievement, the student has not failed- we have failed the student."

There's  many reasons why all students don't finish their school work, one would be because the student bus learn and comprehend before they can actually do there work, but when your goofing around and not paying attention how can you learn to get your work done? Another reason could be lack of understanding, or even no learning/teaching has been done.

"The role of  a teacher is not to cover, the role of a teacher is to uncover"

Harry Wong says the correct question to ask is not "what am i going to cover tomorrow"? Its "what are my students to learn, achieve, and accomplish tomorrow?" You see there's  the difference. When you ask what am "I" going to cover, your putting all the work on yourself, but when you ask what are "my students" going to achieve and learn you're giving the students the ability to see what they need to achieve for the day.

"An effective assignment must HAVE STRUCTURE and BE PRECISE!"

The only way to fit text books into learning is when you have short lessons that sates precisely to what the student is to accomplish.

"Objectives are what a student must achieve to accomplish what the teacher states is to be learned, comprehended or mastered"

I believe objectives benefits teachers more than students because when objectives are set. Teachers are able to teach more directly. Your objective must include what you want the students to know before the lesson, assignment or activity begins what they are responsible for learning.

The goal of a test is to find out if the students have accomplished the objectives of the assignment.
Mastery is when they student shows the ability to use what has been comprehended.
Grades are important only to so many students. students care about there grades when they feel like they are mastering that level of education, or activity.

K: Obj: We will identify our five sentences using oranges.
Test question: Which of the five senses do you think we used more effectively?

Testing and standardized testing is well need in our education. They help you see where your students are at in the classroom and also what level they have mastered.

http://www.ascd.org/publications/books/107018/chapters/What-Is-the-Teacher's-Job-When-Teaching¢.
http://standardizedtests.procon.o

effective discipline

As I continue reading Harry Wongs book, up comes "Discipline Plans".
Harry Wong states in order to have an sucessful classroom, you MUST have an discipline plan. I agree, because what's a classroom without an discipline plan? Better yet without an EFFECTIVE discipline plan.

Your discipline plan should include; rules, consequences, and rewards. That's all you need to make sure your discipline plan is effective. For example, the discipline plan I plan to have in the future will be a very basic old fashioned color chart but the children in my will ,ost definitely know the rights and wrongs to my discipline plan, they will also know the rewards and  consequences that follow those rights and wrongs, and that's all you need.
Your class needs to understand what's going on in your discipline plan, not just what it is.

"If you don't have a plan, your planning to fail" - Harry Wong

IF I WERE IN CHARGE OF THE WORLD!

If I were in charge of the world,
I'd cancel ants, snakes,
mosquitoes and any other bug!

If I were in charge of the world,
You wouldn't have murders
You wouldn't have suicides
You wouldn't have guns,
Or "black on black crime".

If I were in charge of the world,
There'd be better days,
Peaceful nights,
And no random bombings.

If we're in charge of the world,
Every bag of chips you eat, will help you loose a pound
And a person Fat, or skinny, tall, or short
Could still be in charge of the world.

Consequences..

Anything I read of Harry Wongs, I seem to agree with. It just always sounds so right because he always have wise things to say. After reading chapter 18, I agreed with Harry Wong with setting up an effective discipline system. That sounds like a smart idea for an first year teacher or an teacher who is having problems with discipline.
  Having children choose their own consequences might seem like it would work, it'll make them feel like they are taken that responsibility, and doing the right thing. But when it comes to younger grade levels you can't expect them to chose a consequence. Most of the time they don't even know what's going on. They'll be like "what? Consequence?". As I stated before there's a chance with letting the child choose there consequence will work. But you can't depend on it, and that's when Harry Wongs idea of creating a effective discipline systems comes in handy.
  "the number one problem in the classroom is not discipline:it is lack of procedures and routines"
I agree one hundred percent with that. In the kindergarten class i intern in, we have procedures and  routines to do before we can get our day started. So if the class was to have a sub, and of course the sub does not know the procedure nor routine, how do you think the day for the class is going to go? they're not going to know how to act because they didnt do their daily routine or they didnt have their morning talks. Therfore they're going to have a bad day.

Picture Book Month

  After reading "Picture book month, teachers guide" it made me realize that pictures books addresses, picture books allow the story to make more since, picture books relate to life, and pictures books help the book make more since when young children are looking at the book by theirselves and cant quite read yet. Which is to me one of the most important factors of picture books.
  A picture book with a lot of pictures is always great! Especially for the lower grade levels who actually don't like to pay attention to the book. For example, in the kindergarten class I go to weekly, my teacher always reads a book with more pictures and less words because they are not going to focus and sit still the whole time. To make sure they are paying attention, she has them look at the pictures while she reads and when they find a connection in the pictures to what she is reading, they hold up the letter "c" with their hand, and when they have a prediction by looking at the pictures, the raise one finger up.
  By doing that it shows that they're interested, focused, and paying attention. Picture books always work.
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discipilne & classroom management

  Before I even read Harry wongs ideas on classroom management and discipline, I had some thoughts on my own about the two. The first thing that comes to mind when I hear classroom management is, can you manage your classroom, keep your students focused and on task? As far as discipline, the first thing that's coming to mind always is, GO SIT IN THE CORNER!
  In the preK class I used to intern in, had a great teacher. The teacher had her class in order, on task,paying attention ready to learn. Now that Is what I call classroom managent. In the discipline area, my teacher wasn't to strict on that. When a student did something out of order, it was never go to the corner. It was either a mental talk to get them back on track or she'd have them walk away and count to 5 to calm their body. Although with discipline the mental talk did not always work, so she moved foward with the walk away and calm your body. Of course that did not always work either, which would leave her to go to a strict discipline and consequence.
  When I become a teacher, I hope to manage my classroom like my preK teacher did. I hope to have good classroom management. Always keeping my classroom under control and on task is my main things. Hopefully with a thing I call the count down method, I could get some control. The countdown method is basically when you give your students something to do and you start counting down to make sure they actually get it done. Such as getting them to go sit on the carpet, I would use the countdown method.
  I used to always think discipline equals timeout, there will be no timeout in my classroom. There wont be no getting sent to the office in my classroom. You will be treated according to how you act, for example... Your acting like a baby? That's fine I can treat you like a baby. Since your acting like a baby. You get the opportunity to hold my hand at recess while your friends. That's the type of consequence I will have in my classroom.
  Everyone has their own way of handling classroom management and  discipline.

 

welcoming your students.

Welcoming students to the classroom is always a good way to start the day. Making your children feel welcome is how you make them comfortable and ready to learn in your class.
 " stand at the classroom door,with a big smile and a ready handshake". Make your kids feel imoortant by greeting them and asking how their day is going.
 "Everything possible should be done to welcome the students and to make sure that they know where to go and how to get there on time". Help your students find your classroom by posting info at the door as well as inside the class.

     Welcome your students at door, not from your desk.

your reputation precedes you.

 Hearing about a teachers reputation is sort of like the first impression to me. My sophomore year I was wondering Who my English three teacher would be, not because I struggled in English but because of the things I heard about the junior year English teachers weren't good at all. All summer I was hoping I wouldn't get this one English teacher that everyone talked about. But I ended up with her anyways, dreading to go to class. But on my first day she was the sweetest, she wasn't mean at all. She would just tell it like it was, and of course most people didn't like that. She was totally the opposite of what everyone had told me.
  When I become a teacher, I will try my hardest to protect me reputation. I will make sure my class is always on task, stay focused and teach my students what they come to school to learn. Nothing more, nothing less. You won't hear from your friends that "she's a nice teacher" or "shes a strict teacher" you will hear she's a "good teacher".

           "Right or wrong, accurate or not, your reputation 

Classroom management

A couple of days ago I started reading part c of How To Be An Affective Teacher The First Day Of School By Harry Wong.
  Harry Wong states "the most important factor governing student learning is Classroom management, which what I am going to talk about today.
  Classroom management is a term used by teachers to describe the process of ensuring that classroom lessons run smoothly despite disruptive behavior by students. The term also implies the prevention of disruptive behavior.
  "Effective teachers manage their classrooms, ineffective teachers discipline their classroom" meaning manage your classroom, stop something from happening before it even happens. Like separate students that you know if they sit together, that they will disrupt the classroom. Make sure they are on the opposite side of the classroom, making sure they have no contact with each other. Like Harry Wong said, you can't just cook a steak, how to cook a steak is the last thing you will learn. The first thing you need to know is how to manage the restaurant.

         "Likewise, you manage a classroom; you don't discipline a classroom. "

5 teaching blogs that might inform you!

1. http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com : inspires teachers, helping them to reach out to their students.
2. http://www.learningismessy.com/blog/ : ideas for learning in a personal style and encourages other teachers to understand that sometimes learning isn’t linear.
 http://www.thecurriculumcorner.com/thecurriculumcorner123/blog/ :gives instructional tips for teaching lessons that meet the Common Core standards.
4.http://polkadottedteacher.blogspot.com: A fun and whimsical education site for teachers who need to add some color and creativity into their classroom. Her site is in the style of Dr. Seuss.
5. http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/: A blog dedicated to helping educators with their productivity, technology integration, as well as teaching. 
- All of the blogs I reffered to above have one thing I common. They can all help become more successful In the teacher profession. 

Field site refelction

I must admit, I didn't know how i would like kindergarten due to me working with preK so long. But these last two weeks in my kindergarten class has been so wonderful. I love the class Im in as well as the great teacher I have. Everything's just so perfect to me! Whoever thought you could connect/bond with a child  before the child gets connected to you? I sure didn't. I have a special bond with every single one of the students in my class.
Ive experienced so many new things in my class. Such as "ClassDojo" I've never heard of that until now. ClassDojo was the first thing my teacher introduced me to my first week. I must say, it sure does  come in handy. ClassDojo helps teachers encourage students in classrooms and engage parents! I think it's one of the best things to use to keep your class under control. My teacher puts the ClassDojo  site up on the overhead and allows the children and parents to see the behavior and how many points they've earned and lost. I must say ClassDojo is a good way to get your students attention. All you have to say is "Ok I, getting on ClassDojo now",and they fall right in line and start acting the appropriate way.
I've picked a great teacher/class this year. I plan on having a great year and learn new teaching strategies.

21st century teacher

  A couple of days ago, I read the article "15 characteristics of a 21 Century Teacher." I must say, I agree with it 100%. Not just because at the job I work at or the school I go to uses media, but because technology has taken over today's generation. You can't take it away from them so why not put it to good use right?
  Most 21st Century teachers use technology. In my opinion that's what It takes to be a 21st century teacher sometimes. You have to expand your tool box, try new things, and of course teach with social media from time to time.
  You can also give online test or games to test your student knowledge and see if they are receiving the correct information they are supposed to get from technology. They will probably like that better than something on paper and be more interested to do the assignment.
  Most teachers might question their selves "is using technology in the classroom going to far?" Absolutely not. Some children learn best through media and will probably pay more attention to it. But you might also think about how children are bombarded with technology outside of school, so we need it in school? Well why not? A little more technology won't hurt, especially for the ones that learn best from it.

What Do teachers make?

Since I was in elementary school, I've ALWAYS wanted to be an teacher, why? I'm not sure, it has just  always been one of my first ideas. My peers around me ask why do i want to work with "bad kids" or why would you want to major in education. My answer is  not "because I like kids" it's because I want to be that teacher that makes a change in the school environment, I want to be the teacher that makes a difference in the school house.
Teaching is not all about get paid. Yes,i agree some teachers don't get paid enough but that doesn't affect the way they teach. Some teachers teach just because they love it. That's the type of teacher I am going to be in the future. I won't work just because I need to money I will work because I love teaching, I love the environment.
As a teacher, I will make a change in education, I will make a difference.http://youtu.be/ http://youtu.be/kSDPhhfEY5Ahttp://youtu.be/kSDPhhfEY5A

Heres where I find the treasure in teaching,

I find the treasure in teaching by believing I can do it, and not giving up.
For example LESSON PLANS. Lesson plans play a huge role in teaching, and I'm not so great at them. But guess what? I don't give up. I believe I can do it, and when you believe you can your already half way there.

Believe you can, and your halfway there.
-Theodore Roosevelt.

https://www.educatorsrising.org

TAFE COMPETITION

TAFE competition is coming up sooner than I expected. Texas association of future educators is what it stands for incase you were wondering what TAFE was. TAFE holds a number of competions, competing against many different regions. It goes from regionals to state to nationals. Last year I made it to state in the bulletin board competition. Great experience for me, I was hoping to make it to nationals but it was my very first time doing anything like that so I think I made it far enough. But this year I plan to make it all the way to nationals, that's my goal. But I'm not sure what I would like to compete in. I might settle in bulletin board again and if I do. This year I will be more creative, talented and inspiring with my work.

Find your Marigold: The One Essential Rule For New Teachers

After reading the article "Find your Marigold" I learned, TO SURROUND MYSELF WITH GOOD PEOPLE. 

Most people would probably plant roses, or sunflowers. But I'd plant an Marigold. A Marigold is one of the best things to plant. It protects a wide variety of plants from pest & etc. 

speaking of marigolds, you might have a couple of growing Marigolds in your school. Like the strong, supportive and encouraging teachers, and if your not a Marigold yourself than your most likely surrounded by plenty of them. You'd be lucky if your close to one or even across the hall from one. 

Beware of the walnut trees, be a Marigold in your school! 

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Welcome to Educating With Bri blogster,
I am an educating and training student working with preschool/pre-k.
I will be blogging weekly, Informing you on the latest teaching methods, teaching strategies and etc.