End of year video 2nd year intern

The teaching channel video review

I watched a video on Teaching Channel called Assess and Plan with Exit Tickets he video was very interesting because it was saying that almost every activity that is given can have just a basic exit ticket at the end in order to show how many of them understood the concept and how many need more instruction and explanation to better understand. Giving an exit ticket is a faster and easier way of quizzing the students to check their knowledge.

Questions to consider:

1. The exit tickets tell him how much information the students learned and what they need more practice.

2. He keeps them easy and simple and talks about the kinds of responses he saw on the exit tickets

3. I might assess the types of seasons they learn about in science, different math equations etc.

Acrostic Poem

Acrostic Poem of August By Megan Freedman

A- Always willing to make friends with others 

U- Unique to everyone else

G- Generous to other students along with friends and family

U- Unlike others, he gave all acts of kindness

S- Self-conscious about his looks

T- Tried to fit in 

What would you do scenarios

In scenario 1, I would tell my BCTAL teacher that the other intern had gotten a ride from another person and then they rode the bus back to their home campus and the other person told me not to tell anyone.

In scenario 2, I would tell them no I will not sign them in and out because they never rode the bus or showed up to site school so all of the fault will fall on their shoulders and not mine.

In scenario 3, if I saw that happen, I would let the BCTAL teacher know about it the following time I saw her and tell the person they were wrong

On scenario 4, there is harm done when you walk into your site school out of dress code. You are setting an example to the students on how teachers dress. If you were to walk in your classroom inappropriately dressed, Mrs. Petty could be there checking on you, watching you walk into school and making sure you are dressed in your appropriate attire so you could get in trouble anyway

My second first day as an intern

My first week as an intern was awesome. When I first met Mrs. Kimbrell who is my 1st grade mentor, she was very sweet and was excited about me being in her classroom for the rest of the school year. Walking into a classroom again for the second year felt really good because I had absolutely loved working with my students last year and I'm lucky to be at Holiday Heights again. The difference from last year to this year is with second graders, they were able to understand more complex concepts and they began to read chapter books and higher level books with the understanding of what they read. The teacher refused to let them check out little kid books because they would not learn anything from them. This year in my first grade classroom, the reading that they are doing are thing books and they have more pictures in them. They do not have as much knowledge on how to read bigger books because they are still learning words and how to pronounce them and understand what they mean. First graders are still learning the difference between capital and lowercase letters and how to write them and how to put the sounds together to create a word. Working with a lower grade is much more fun because they have more learning to do compared to a higher grade level where they are just learning what the TEKS say they have to learn. When I walk into Holiday Heights, I walk out to the playground to sit with Mrs. Kimbrell while the kids are playing and after 5 minutes, we walk back into the classroom to do reading and writing and when it's time for me to leave, they are headed o specials.

Megan's end of year video

Habits of mind presentation

Final exam for semester 1

Here is a link to my semester exam smore

My teacher created material

My teacher created material was creating clocks with a set of times that all different. The rules of the activity is to give each student at a table the same color clock and give them a time also. The teacher will tell the student if they were correct or if they are wrong. After 5 minutes the table will switch the times with another table and that will happen 5 times. This activity will help the student understand how to tell time on a non digital clock and have a better understanding on how time works.

First day as an intern

My first day as an intern was a really exciting experience for me. The students were all so sweet and excited to hear that I was going to coming into their class every week to help out. My mentor teacher was also really sweet and was very supportive of my dream to wanting to be a future teacher. When I was presenting my poster, both my teacher and class were really surprised that I was a former student of Holiday Heights Elementary. I really love being an intern and hope that all the days I go their will be as successful as my first day their.

What would you do?

In scenario 3, if my mentor teacher had a substitute, I would introduce myself and tell them why I am in that classroom. If they told me that they had everything under control, I would go to another another teachers classroom and ask them if they would like me to help in their class and if they did not then I would go to the library and search for books to check out that I could use in my class.

My learning DNA

Rules for my classroom.

In reference to Mrs. Steven's blog, rules show students and children of all ages that there are certain times and places for certain things to happen. They don't always understand why things are the way are, but when they have rules, they learn the correct way to act and behave. Rules help a student learn not to disrespect adults and other children around them. They learn the proper ways to keep the classroom clean and organized. Sometimes depending on the student, they don't always learn their manners at home from their parents, so the only way they will learn them is from a teacher at school. Things that happen in a classroom to void these rules are such as attitude towards others, bed behavior, inappropriate physical behavior and inappropriate body language.

 The consequences of disobeying these rules can be a time out, not participate in a class activity and being stopped from playing at recess. Credits to Megan's blog 

My First Blog

This is my first blog. My name is Megan Freedman. I attend Richland High School and I am a junior this year. I want to be a teacher because I love working with kids and being around them all the time. The are so cute and my number one dream job is to be a teacher just so I can be around the things I love most.