Today in class the students were reviewing the long 'i's and 'e's. They did an activity that when the teacher read a word the student had to decide whether the sound was a long e or i. Then they had to color it its appropriate color. Afterward since the students were going to an assembly about the Ringling Bros. the teacher used the last ten minutes to have them color a circus elephant. The best color-er would get a prize. After the assembly of magic tricks the students got to stay in their homeroom to do some math. The kids were working on Subtraction. I mostly helped one boy in particular who after doing the problems with me a couple of times started to get the hang of it. That is always a good feeling, when you have felt that you actually taught something and someone understood.It was almost time to go home for the day. The teacher read to the students a book by Shel Silverman. There was alot of rhyming and lot of patterns. Soon the students started chanting the rhymes along with the teacher. They really seemed to enjoy the book!
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Critical Incident 3
ReplyDeleteThis one student who I was helping with subtraction is one of those students who gets off task, gets in trouble all the time, gets bad grades, etc. He was off task when we were doing math so I came over and talked to him. I asked him why he was not doing the assignment and he said he did not know how to subtract. It seemed like he was just saying that as an excuse to not do the work. So I got down to his level and I said okay well let’s try doing the first one together. We did it together and I kept asking "ok so what do you do next" I would have to tell him what he had to next. So I thought okay maybe he really does not know how to do it. So I did the next one with him and then the next one. And he started getting it that I know longer had to say what next. He was also only paying attention to me and the assignment. As the other students finished they got to work with another student on a game. He did not even pay them any attention. Eventually he started to just do every problem on his own, while I looked from behind his shoulder. When he finished the WS he did not go back to his usual self but instead he was clam, well behaved, and actually working. I just think that maybe this boy just needed some positive attention. Not someone telling him what he was doing badly or which of the students around him were behaving; he just needed to be given a little positive attention. With a little of that I saw a change in him. I think he really appreciated that someone took the time to help him and encourage him. :)