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At
Silveyville I co-student
taught in a third grade classroom. The focal points were leading the
language arts and math boards. In addition I also assisted with the
Standards Plus curriculum in language arts, different level reading
groups, and whole group math instruction on place value identification
and subtraction with regrouping and borrowing. I enjoyed the
spirit and eagerness to learn as well as the significant developmental
growth of this age group.
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At
Beamer Park
Elementary I had the unique opportunity of working at a Dual Immersion
setting. Prior to this experience I had been and continue to be a
strong advocate for the acquisition of more than one language through
two-way immersion programs; the benefits that come to both native
speakers and foreign language learners is invaluable and as research
has demonstrated repeatedly, will lead to positive educational outcomes
and cognitive gains.
Working at Beamer Park gave
me insight at the challenges, great effort,
and support that is necessary to make a dual immersion program
possible. This includes the joint cooperation and commitment from the
school, teachers and administration, students and their families,
district and surrounding community.
In the kindergarten class my
greatest lesson was the importance of
classroom and behavior management. As a teacher it is essential that we
clearly deliver, set and maintain high expectations. This includes
order in the classroom, to create an environment of learning; if one
child is not paying attention or distracting other students from
learning that is not fair to the other children or the child causing
distraction. The students are in the classroom to learn and as a
teacher it is crucial that we create an environment and expectations
which uphold this focus of opportunity of learning for EVERY child.
My resident teacher
demonstrated a great model of persistence and
commitment to the education of all of her students. My role as student
teacher encompassed leading the morning activities, the daily calender
routine, facilitation of small groups for math and writing, whole group
reading, and peace making programs.
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