Comminication

Communication

There are too many times that students misinterpret what the teachers are asking of the student.  Even as adults we take directions and completely do the opposite just like in the game we played in class.  Not only did the professor say it over what she expect their are many students who just did not get the idea of a word from your first day of school.  Teachers can present the directions clear as day but if the class still doesn’t grasp what is being asked the teacher still needs to find a way to another way to explain what he/she is asking.

When teachers are giving directions, teachers can model what they are wanting from the students, as well going on the student’s prior knowledge.  One thing we could have done was ask questions about what happen the first day of school to freshen up student’s memory and get their minds moving for what was expected of them.  Maybe this would of help the students to have a better understanding.  In some many cases there is miscommunication between people the only thing we can do is hope that we can redirect and try to make sure our students understand and if not help them the best we can.    

class reflection

Today’s class was quite interesting.  I don’t think I have laughed that hard in a classroom before.  It’s nice to have fun in your classroom while still showing a concept of trying to say one word that relates to first day of teaching.  This could be done in any given subject you could have the students in a science class say a sentence round with words that relate to the safety guidelines in science and so on.  The other thing we did in class was on the index card where we wrote one sentence and everyone added sentences until we came to the conclusion.  I think that students would really enjoy this as well as learn many concepts that needed to be reviewed or taught.  It allows the students to use their creativity to add a crazy sentence but you can also look at their sentences structure and see if they can add a sentence to the one before and make sense of it. 

I would use both of these in my future classrooms.  I really want to allow the students to use their creativity and have fun in the classroom.   I believe if the teacher keeps the classroom active and interesting that the students will want to further their knowledge. 

Cross curriculum project

Well, haven't really started on it yet.  I have only picked the different content areas that I want to work with in the project.  The four content areas are Engligh Language, Music, Art and maybe Science or Thearte.  I am still deciding on grade level and TEKS for the project.  I want to find something that will be fun for the students to do and something that I find interesting as well.  Hopefully, in the next week or so I will narrow it down to a specific topic and TEK.