So this blog actually has dual meaning, as I observed a teacher who actively engaged her students, and I am actively engaged right now! So fun!!
Anyway, on Thursday I had the opportunity to volunteer with a teacher who is absolutely amazing with keeping her students engaged. She uses "token towers" and when the kids earn thirty tokens they get a prize. When a kid is off task, she tells him or her that shes going to take a token. On the other hand, she awards tokens to students who are doing well in the class.
I have noticed that a reward system works the best with kids. The prizes are never big things, usually pretzels or goldfish crackers, but the kids love it!
Friday, February 21, 2014
Friday, February 14, 2014
Double Trouble
This past week was so fun! I got to volunteer with the kids at Westridge AND the kids at Wasatch!! Each classroom is unique and comes with it's own challenges, but both classrooms have amazing teachers.
First, Ms. Gardiner is an amazing second grade teacher to the kids at Westridge. Her most important role she plays is supporting those kids and individually helping each one to learn.
Second, Mrs. Clark is so good working with the special education students at Wasatch. She is so good in keeping each student on task and teaching them specifically what they need to know.
I look up to both these teachers, I think the most important role they play is a friend to their students. Each student comes with their unique set of needs and flaws, but it is the role of the teachers to love and accept and teach each one.
First, Ms. Gardiner is an amazing second grade teacher to the kids at Westridge. Her most important role she plays is supporting those kids and individually helping each one to learn.
Second, Mrs. Clark is so good working with the special education students at Wasatch. She is so good in keeping each student on task and teaching them specifically what they need to know.
I look up to both these teachers, I think the most important role they play is a friend to their students. Each student comes with their unique set of needs and flaws, but it is the role of the teachers to love and accept and teach each one.
Friday, February 7, 2014
Monday 2/2/14
This past time volunteering I got to watch the teacher administer a test to a student who was falling behind in school. I also read questions to a student who could not read well, therefore had to have help during the test.
The teacher also told me about how she measures students progress. What she does is she has them take a pretest before she teaches the material, then she administers the same test after. This was a really good assessment of how the students learn the information, and it was extremely reliable.
Although this was an effective way of measuring progress, I feel like testing the students beforehand stressed them out more than necessary. One student refused completely to take the test because he couldn't handle not knowing any of the answers. So while this worked for some students, it did not work for all her students.
Overall it was a very interesting day for volunteering. I now know that tests make students more riled up and ready for recess.
Although this was an effective way of measuring progress, I feel like testing the students beforehand stressed them out more than necessary. One student refused completely to take the test because he couldn't handle not knowing any of the answers. So while this worked for some students, it did not work for all her students.
Overall it was a very interesting day for volunteering. I now know that tests make students more riled up and ready for recess.
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