This week I taught a lesson in English on action and linking verbs. I used laminated cards with different examples of each for students to identify them in the sentence. At the end of the week the students were assessed on their ability to locate the prepositional phrase in a sentence and label the action and linking verb. First the students identified the prep. phrase marked and it out to show the point of the sentence. Then they labeled the action and linking verbs. In the back of their English journals they have a list of linking and helping verbs. As simple as this subject was, they understood and performed well during class, but their test at the end of the week submitted unsatisfactory results. I believe their final results had alot to do with the fact that it was Friday and that they rushed through their work. The scores resulted as follows:
Ronald 55
Angela 35
Michael 80
Robert 56
After discussing further with my mentor teacher we have decided not to move on until their performance has improved. This week will be a reinforcement of last weeks skill along with further instruction on the subject of the sentence.
Monday, September 29, 2008
Friday, September 19, 2008
Only two weeks left!
Micheal 80
Robert 100
Ronald 70
Angela 70
These are the post assessment scores for the students.
The lessons were great. I had alot of fun and the students did too. A highlight of the week was teaching the students about basketball and words like: shoot, shot, shooter, and shooting- the ball. We focused on vocabulary and character development and did a lesson on conflict resolution in the story. Room for improvement would involve creating more ideas for a better way for the students to understand the story. I feel like I do alot of the signing and the students only respond. My mentor teacher had no suggestions- she said I did great and did not miss my calling as a teacher. :)
Ideas for next week include a story board creation where students will draw the events that happen in the story and describe them as they learn and the characters unfold. I have also considered the students writing a summary at the completition of their story board to show that they understand pictorially and in writing.
Robert 100
Ronald 70
Angela 70
These are the post assessment scores for the students.
The lessons were great. I had alot of fun and the students did too. A highlight of the week was teaching the students about basketball and words like: shoot, shot, shooter, and shooting- the ball. We focused on vocabulary and character development and did a lesson on conflict resolution in the story. Room for improvement would involve creating more ideas for a better way for the students to understand the story. I feel like I do alot of the signing and the students only respond. My mentor teacher had no suggestions- she said I did great and did not miss my calling as a teacher. :)
Ideas for next week include a story board creation where students will draw the events that happen in the story and describe them as they learn and the characters unfold. I have also considered the students writing a summary at the completition of their story board to show that they understand pictorially and in writing.
Friday, September 12, 2008
Helen Keller Reading Assignment
Ronald 80
Micheal 70
Robert 90
Angela 80
Test modifications: Robert's test was read orally. Ronald and he both had ample chance to correct their quizzes before grading. In reality they failed, but trough facilitation by the teacher they passed.
Micheal also had teacher facilitation during the test but was mainly the one responsible for his answers.
The lessons this week were strenuous and mostly successful. We covered Helen Keller in reading class. The reasons for the lessons struggling to be successful was student attention span and needing more creativity in doing the monotonous parts of the lesson. I tried to squeeze too much material into each day and cover as many bases as possible. To do it differently I would plan to focus more on one part of the content and stretch it out over the week. Which is what I plan to do this week.
In the lessons I introduced the students to Helen Keller through reading a story, introducing them to vocabulary, and journaling. To engage the student I had one student put his hand in water while I fingerspelled water like Helen Keller's teacher. I blind folded them and fingerspelled in their hands to simulate how Keller lived. I showed them a video online that showed Keller using braille, tactile speech, and tactile sign. I also printed braille for them and had them write their own names using braille.
My teacher suggested that I cover less concepts and focus more one or two general concepts in reading.
The ideas for this next week is to read a chapter from a book on basketball. The students will develop the characters, create a vocabulary log, and read their assignment. I will introduce the game of basketball and use videos and overheads to explain- along with vocabulary practice using a basketball.
Micheal 70
Robert 90
Angela 80
Test modifications: Robert's test was read orally. Ronald and he both had ample chance to correct their quizzes before grading. In reality they failed, but trough facilitation by the teacher they passed.
Micheal also had teacher facilitation during the test but was mainly the one responsible for his answers.
The lessons this week were strenuous and mostly successful. We covered Helen Keller in reading class. The reasons for the lessons struggling to be successful was student attention span and needing more creativity in doing the monotonous parts of the lesson. I tried to squeeze too much material into each day and cover as many bases as possible. To do it differently I would plan to focus more on one part of the content and stretch it out over the week. Which is what I plan to do this week.
In the lessons I introduced the students to Helen Keller through reading a story, introducing them to vocabulary, and journaling. To engage the student I had one student put his hand in water while I fingerspelled water like Helen Keller's teacher. I blind folded them and fingerspelled in their hands to simulate how Keller lived. I showed them a video online that showed Keller using braille, tactile speech, and tactile sign. I also printed braille for them and had them write their own names using braille.
My teacher suggested that I cover less concepts and focus more one or two general concepts in reading.
The ideas for this next week is to read a chapter from a book on basketball. The students will develop the characters, create a vocabulary log, and read their assignment. I will introduce the game of basketball and use videos and overheads to explain- along with vocabulary practice using a basketball.
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Week 2
This week I administered a pre and post assessment with our reading assignment. The following are the students grades (pre/post):
Ronald: 75/25
Micheal:88/13
Robert:88/50
Angela:100/88
I feel in this lesson I learned more than the students, which sounds negative but it was still a positive learning experience for all. What I learned is that the students who succeeded more were students from the mainstream class room. My teacher referred to them as plain vanilla deaf students meaning all that the main issue is a hearing loss and no other problems. The other students who did not succeed as highly are students who are self-contained and have other issues besides hearing loss. It was a wake up call for me as far as expectations go. I still expect the same amount of effort from each, but now realize more their present level of performance in reading.
The one thing that was successful is the introduction to new vocabulary as I had the students explain the word as we learned the new word/sign. As far as improvements for the next lesson, I would make the format of the paper more clear and include directions to bring clarity for their assignment. I would require less questions on the preassessment for lack of time. My mentor teacher suggested that I use a small amount of reading material, basically to minimize the amount of content covered through questions and reading.
Ideas for the next lesson would be a 3 paragraph passage on Helen Keller from a lower level reading book than the one I used, which was only 1st grade according to TEKS objectives.
I had a great week observing in the gen. ed math class and at a speech therapy session. I did one-on-one work with a low functioning student in math and saw progress throughout the week. I attended my first ARD and saw the logistics that go along with the formality of that meeting. I learned classroom management skills and have begun to focus more on reinforcing good behavior than punishing wrong behavior.
Praise the Lord for a great second week!
Ronald: 75/25
Micheal:88/13
Robert:88/50
Angela:100/88
I feel in this lesson I learned more than the students, which sounds negative but it was still a positive learning experience for all. What I learned is that the students who succeeded more were students from the mainstream class room. My teacher referred to them as plain vanilla deaf students meaning all that the main issue is a hearing loss and no other problems. The other students who did not succeed as highly are students who are self-contained and have other issues besides hearing loss. It was a wake up call for me as far as expectations go. I still expect the same amount of effort from each, but now realize more their present level of performance in reading.
The one thing that was successful is the introduction to new vocabulary as I had the students explain the word as we learned the new word/sign. As far as improvements for the next lesson, I would make the format of the paper more clear and include directions to bring clarity for their assignment. I would require less questions on the preassessment for lack of time. My mentor teacher suggested that I use a small amount of reading material, basically to minimize the amount of content covered through questions and reading.
Ideas for the next lesson would be a 3 paragraph passage on Helen Keller from a lower level reading book than the one I used, which was only 1st grade according to TEKS objectives.
I had a great week observing in the gen. ed math class and at a speech therapy session. I did one-on-one work with a low functioning student in math and saw progress throughout the week. I attended my first ARD and saw the logistics that go along with the formality of that meeting. I learned classroom management skills and have begun to focus more on reinforcing good behavior than punishing wrong behavior.
Praise the Lord for a great second week!
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