Monday, March 5, 2012
This week
This week wasn't too eventful for me in my classroom. My teacher has been asking me to do a lot of creating recently, which I really enjoy, but I miss working with the students. Every day, the students do a brain bonus, which is a question based on language. They write their answers individually on a post-it note and then stick it to the door. The next day, my teacher reads the answers to them, and if the student got it right, they get an x next to their name. Once they have ten x-es they get to pick a prize. Although the idea is good, the students never got to learn from their mistakes. So, my teacher decided to make posters that labeled the issue the brain bonus was focused on and past brain bonus answers will be stuck to them as a reference for a student. For example, if the brain bonus asked students a question about the main idea of a story, they could look for the poster labeled main idea, and past brain bonus answers will be on there for a reference. My teacher asked me to make these posters, and they turned out great! I just wish I could have been working more with the students instead of creating things for the classroom. It did give me a chance to have discussions with other teachers in the lounge, though.
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That is unfortunate that you had to miss out on spending time with the children just so you could make posters for the classroom. Although, you could think about it in the sense that with that project you were also preparing yourself to teach because you will have to create those posters yourself one day. I mean, I understand it is not too complicated to do such things, but it get your creative brain waves going!
ReplyDeleteMaybe next time, instead of going to the teacher lounge to create the posters, possibly discuss with your cooperating teacher about creating them at home or sometime other than when you are in the classroom. This way, you still get to show off your creative skills and most importantly, you get the time to work with your students. This way, you can't lose!
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