Amy+Goodrich

=**This wikispace logs Amy Goodrich's experiences in the classroom during the fall 2009 ELED 296 ****Paraprofessional Experience **=

 This is the first field experience of the teacher education program. Its purpose is to provide insight into the real world of teaching in the K-8 and 7-12 setting. It provides a “hands-on” experience in which students may ask questions and share concerns they may have regarding the teaching profession. The experience will provide an opportunity to observe, record, and assess student behavior, effective teaching practices, and characteristics of different learning environments appropriate for children. This course will provide structure and guidance for the students as they observe, gather information, and reflect on teaching as a career. John Dewey, one of the most famous American educators, wrote extensively about reflective teaching. He defined reflective teaching as avoiding the “routine” and “impulsive” behaviors in favor of taking the time to “give serious consideration” to our actions. According to Dewey, the intelligent person thinks before he or she acts, and action becomes deliberate and intentional. In order for students to secure knowledge and insight from the field experience, their observations and participation have to be made with careful, analytical, and deliberate planning. Paraprofessional students develop their leadership skills while contributing to, learning from and influencing the learning of others.




 * Amy Goodrich's Fall 2009 Paraprofessional Placement**
 * School: || Chancellor Elementary School ||
 * Field-based supervisor: || Rhonda Holbeck ||
 * Content area or grade level: || 1st Grade ||
 * FBS e-mail address: || Rhonda.Holbeck@k12.sd.us ||
 * FBS phone: || (605) 647-2754 ||
 * USD instructor || Mary Collins, Phone: 605-677-5155, e-mail: mary.collins@usd.edu ||
 * 30 hours of field-based classroom participation **
 * **Date ** || **Hours **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Description of my activities/participation in the classroom.... **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> ||
 * 9/24 || 1 hour || Met the class and played games during the cool down portion of the day. Then I had a one on one meet with Mrs. Holbeck to discuss expectations. ||
 * 10/1 || 3 hours || I observed how the class worked. I help to answer questions and grade papers. Also I lead a small reading group of students that need more help in reading than others. ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> 10/15 || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> 8 hours || I answered any questions that the students had on there worksheets, lead a reading group, and help kids redo their math papers. I also read to the class as a time filler and played vow ac memory with a small group of students during the cool down portion of the day. Then for spelling I played a spelling game on the Smart Board. ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> 10/22 || 3 hours || Led the same reading group I have been and also worked one on one with a special education child. The school doesn't have a Special Education program so it's up to the teacher in the classroom but she also has to help all of the other students, so during spelling I worked with the boy on his assignment. ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> 11/5 || 3 hours || Answered questions for students in the class and ran my own reading group. I also attended an assembly with them, the speaker was The Unknown Star. ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> 11/11 || 3 hours || I helped to answer question and did my usually reading group that I help with. Also I got to sit in on a progress meeting that the K-2 grade teachers have every two weeks. In this meeting they discuss their students and how they are coming along and also give each other suggestions on other ways they can approach teaching subject matter for students who aren't understanding. ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> 11/19 || 8 hours || I was in Chancellor for the full day on the 19th. We did our usual reading and I led my own group again. Then I partnered up with a student who needs a little more help with his reading and he read to me and we worked on sounding out words. I also helped the children with their math questions they were learning doubles. I then tought my own lesson which was spelling. We played "Hang Mouse" on the SmartBoard which is like hang man but it's a mouse stealing cheese from a cat instead. There words were ship, shot, shut, shop, and very. After the SmartBoard game we practiced writing the spelling words in shaving cream on our desks. There was an unscheduled fire drill right in the middle of this so then children had to go outside with their hands covered in shaving cream but they loved the lesson! ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> 12/4 || 1 hour || Today I put up my winter wonderland bulletin board and played the card game "war" with two other students during centers. ||
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