handwritten on November 8, 2011
The Speech and Language room was probably one of the most colorful, exciting rooms that I have been to in this particular building. Mrs. Hudson had various charts on the wall to aide in students learning. One of the charts hanging in the back cupboard was the “part of speech” chart. She also had posters with different speech and language skills listed such as fluency, using voices correctly, language skills and using sounds correctly. One of the posters that were hanging on the chalkboard that I found to be extremely creative was a chart that had a boy and the title was “my speech machine.” At the bottom of this poster it listed all the different parts of the body that aid in speech and...
handwritten on October 12, 2011
Unfortunately, I was unable to attend an official IEP meeting due to the fact that I started my observation hours so late in the school year. Thus, I decided to attend one of the parent/teacher conferences with Mrs. Klinglerer and a third grade teacher at Hillview Elementary School. This particular student went to Mrs. Klingler for reading and writing in the afternoon but was in the general education classroom for all other subjects. According to the third grade teacher, this student is a very hard worker and has a positive attitude about any challenging tasks he is given. He is doing exceptionally well in all of his classes except spelling. His mother expressed concern that although he...
handwritten on September 16, 2011
Today I had the privileged opportunity to observe Mrs. Verba who is the Reading Specialist at Hillview Elementary School. Although I did not observe her working one-on-one with a particular student, I was able to watch her interact with a group of fourth graders as part of her once a week team-teaching lesson. Generally, this team teaching is part of the tier one intervention that she provides for all students. Many of the students who she works with are included within these groups, but many of the students who she does not work with on a regular basis are included as well.
Generally, Mrs. Verba travels down to the regular classroom once a week and facilitates various reading center...
handwritten on December 6, 2010
As I stepped into the preschool room for the first time this semester, I was uncertain as to what challenges I would experience, activities I would facilitate or roles I would assume within the classroom. Initially it was difficult to adapt to the classroom environment and I pondered over ways in which I could expand my role. I did not know whether I should involve myself more during activity time, communicate more with the students or continue to distance myself. I searched for ways to open my heart and seek guidance and it was during this time that I remembered a quote I had found one day as a sixth grader. As I was standing in line with my mom at the post office, a young girl walked by...
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