Debra+Paez

Welcome Debra!

Student Teaching at Minadeo this year.... yeah!!!! ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍Second grade here we come ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ :)

First day of student teaching, what a busy day... second grade is a very busy classroom, they do not get a moment they are always busy...

Made homework packettes, take home folders.

‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍Completed all of the benchmark assessments for Dibels for the class for Fluency and nonsense words. Read The Grouchy Lady Bug by Eric Carle. ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

Arrived at 8:10am left at 4:05pm whew...... ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍the best part is that the room is air conditioned. woo hoo!!! :) ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ September 5th Another busy day... I did direct instruction with children on character and setting and big ideas for their reading lesson. Also, conducted math box direct instruction as well. This was great as I hellped the students understand what they did not understand. Corrected last nights homework and recorded them. Prepared personal writing project for tommorrow.

September 6th Worked with several students on their personal narrative project, What I did this summer!

‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍Reviewed everyday math lesson on using their math reference book. Used elmo to show on the screen and work with the students. Laminated, copied, compiled homework packettes, Corrected their morning writings. ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

We made family crests in class here is my finished Family Crest for our room. Okay taught social studies on Tuesday,went well I think, I feel that it gets easier with practice and repetition but the children were well behaved and offered interesting facts to the questions.. I was pleased with the outcome. We are getting 8 more students on Monday, they are closing one of the other 2nd grades due to levels. you are never really secure in your position in teaching... I have learned that team work is great if it is just that "team"

My science lesson went well today we discovered lots of interesting things the children did not spill the water and participated above my expectations. Charted our findings while questioning the children on our experiments. I found this to be very helpful in explaning through drawings also. Charted the findings again to be posted in the classroom, also made a Science Word Wall.

Told a child to stop running today, when I ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍turned around he said ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍"Shut up Hoe" ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ Wrote him up.. ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍I was not shocked or hurt these behaviors are prevalent in children today. He was in 2nd grade by the way.

First parent meeting dealing with divorced parents is a complicated thing. they try to pit you against the other parent when the important person is the child. I believe we handled it well.

‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍Okay feeling a little overwhelmed today taught reading (comprehension, vocabulary, writing, grammar, and math along with picture day and 8 new kids moved the desks around. Juggling manuals for each subject should get in the book writing business. ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

now to get ready for tomorrow

10/4/2012
October well the 8 new kids have integrated very well, some stretching of the boundaries by a few but they were controlled I like teaching Science they love the experiments. I don't really like teachng reading especially the phonics part maybe because it's been awhile since I had to deal with that and math I can see the children's frustration on their faces when I tell them they can't just give me the answer they have to tell how they got it.

Social Studies: All about Mexico and a family traveling to the United States :)
My speciality, children love my lesson, I started by introducing myself in Spanish. :) They loved it and two of the gifted children could together interpret what I said. We had a lively exhange about mexico and the foods and the flag, and other articles from Mexico. I brought in an actual flag, avocados, mangos, tortillas, and some musical instruments. they totally participated and read the story in anticipation of the treat at the end. Ole!!! estoy muy feliz!!!

Two more weeks in second grade. the time kinda went by fast.. Parent teacher conferences were interesting the divorce rate in Pittsburgh must be really high so much animosity and so many ex's. I have very good control of my class I just need to speak more positively to behaviors more.

10/9/12
__**Assignment #1**__ After reading through Chapter 1, I am trying very hard to come up with a reflective situation, behavior has come to mind. I as a mother, teaching assistant, and now student teacher do not tolerate inapppropriate behavior from children. I believe that children should respect adults especially when the adults are respectable to them. However if you put a child down, do not celebrate their achievements, however small you will not receive their respect. As I have been in this placement, I have found the children really respect me and I likewise give them kindness and respect. ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍Just last week, their was a substitute teacher in the other second grade room, When he entered the building he seemed unsure, however we helped him and then sent him to his class. Within an hour, I was walking down the hall, his class could be heard out in the hallway, yelling and running around, I opened the door, and said "Sit Down" they all immediately sat down in their chairs. He ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍was very non-authoritative, asking the children what they usually do, of course they did not tell the truth. But at the second grade level,"really" the teacher had left specific instructions on what to do. Why not just follow them? ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍In this school it is expected that you respect all adults, no matter what their standing or position‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍. Even my own children are expected not to talk out, daydream or look out the window as their are consequences for teacher phone calls. I have found though that with some children just their name and "that look" and they will get their act together. If you do not have order in your classroom, neither you nor your class will be happy. Take Charge!!!

===10/11/12 ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍Had to have a 5th grader reprimanded and ultimately suspended today. He was protecting his sister but physically attacked a younger child in my classroom and then pushed past me to get away. :( (Result: 3 day suspension)‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍===

=10/14/12 Project: Firefighters= ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍We had a great time with the Firefighter visit I set up. A parent of one of the children is a Pittsburgh City Firefighter in Wilkinsburg and agreed to come to school for a presentation. It was wonderful and to top if off friends of his brought a Firetruck. The kids got to sit in the seat and tour the inside, outside, and learn about all the buttons, and pieces of fire equipment. We did many interesting things in regard to firefighters during this unit but this day had to be the best. I constructed a display board for the visit, The children did journal writings about it also.‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍I will be sad to leave them and when I had to leave early the other day, you should have seen the look on some of their faces</range id="374900620_1">‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍.

**10/18/2012**

 * Yesterday and today I did reading intervention with 10 children and we did Text talk this was really enjoyable the children love the story The Principals New Clothes they are participating and answering the questions. I have done assement tests, test reviews,**
 * Sat in on more RISE training last week. I am glad I got to do this as it will be part of my job when I get hired also.**
 * <range type="comment" id="374899756_1">‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍My co-op teacher is great we work so well together, I know where just about everything is now and am so in the groove of 2nd grade just in time to move on after next week.**
 * But change is definately growth.</range id="374899756_1">‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍**

One of the things I would definately use in my classroom is Equity Sticks where you pull a stick out of a can/jar and choose students at random for varied tasks. This seems very fair and keeps students on task as they don't know who will be called next.

My last day was sad the children were sad to see me go and I was sad to leave them, they were very well behaved and engaged when I was teaching, they even asked why I couldn't just teach upstairs in the preschool and one in his card to me wrote "Dear Mrs. Paez I was impressed with you", I asked him "if he was hiring?" The children are very endearing to us as student teachers they really care, and worry that you are okay, and are going to be there or even come back some day. It is essential that you reassure them, and let them know that you hope to be back but I invited them to write me letters and I would send messages through their teacher.
 * 10/25/12**

__**ASSIGNMENT #2**__ One way that I have been involved in creating community with parents and students and teachers is when they merged one 2nd grade classroom with the other three we had a party and we cheered each student as their name was called and they weer welcomed into their new classroom with open arms and cheers at an ice cream social for the students and their parents that were being affected by the merger. <range type="comment" id="381688638_1">‍‍‍‍‍‍‍To date this has been a very successful move as most students have accepted it very well and are happy in their new classrooms.</range id="381688638_1">‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

<range type="comment" id="381690554_1">‍‍‍‍‍‍‍Started in my new assignment yeah!!!! Start in teaching on Friday, this went well the kids are accepting of me already hugs and closeness from them all. What a relief! //love this I love to do art and I am already getting them geared up for lots of art projects. </range id="381690554_1">‍‍‍‍‍‍‍I will be posting photos soon.// //11/5/12//
 * 10/29/12**

//of a long haul...////is near...too bad the portal is down and I can't RSVP......// **:(**
__**<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: "Arial Black",Gadget,sans-serif;">Assignment #3 **__

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: "Arial Black",Gadget,sans-serif;">My project related to this chapter because I implemented kwl charts, Data Webs and an interactive web based game. Along with journal writing, and books for research from the library as well as the curriculum provided readings and information. The children were really interested during these lessons and the culmination of the fire truck and the firemans presentation were wonderful. Very child oriented and the children took a lot of knowledge away from this project.

__October 29-2nd__ First week went well, it was just like I never left preschool different children. There is the teacher, the aide, a grandma, and me and 18 children.

__November 5 - 9th__ The Train Project went well with the children it is a letter T for the tracks and then a train on the tracks. will post pic later. Children at this age are so accepting of adults, they are already hugging and missing you when you are out of the room.

__November 9th__ " <range type="comment" id="381719512_1">‍‍‍‍‍Oh no Lice" at 9:30 am parent calls,</range id="381719512_1">‍‍‍‍‍ We have lice, thanks to the aide, grandma for cleaning the entire room, and washing the blankets. I and a sub took the children outside for an hour while this occurred. My children are clean, and so is the room. Wahoo!!!! Emergency averted....

Circle time and small groups are going very well with my lead. I really like preschool next to Art Education.

Lisa, I think I am going to recreate the science area. Let's talk on Tuesday.

__**November 14**__ "This week we were working on letter "I" I came up with a matching game and insects, for the Science Area. __**November 22**__ Also made a graph project where the children practiced one to one number correspondence and counting. with inch worms as well as pasting the inchworms. Hmmm, the limitation of no food in preschool hampers some creative ideas you have to obtain prior approval so much for last minute ideas.
 * __November 29__**,

Dollar Tree - teachers friend. :) When coming up with ideas I have to rein in my ideas sometimes if I can't find it at the Dollar store chances are it's not happening... But lucky for me they had lots of combs 6 for $1.00 so we did Comb Painting.... Yeah Success!! Although sometimes, I love to do just huge giant projects also... Find clip art to be a major plus also I can create so many new games for the children.
 * __December 4__**