Reflection: If You Can Do It All Over

Well I have been in Education and Training class for two years and I honestly love it. I feel so lucky that i got this opportunity. At first, last year I wasn't to sure if I could do it but being in the classroom, my "inner teacher" came out. I didn't think I would be able to discipline the students, but the teachers have told me that I choose the punishments perfectly and that they can see the connection I can make with students. Now that it is all said and done, I thought i wanted a different career path, but I started thinking I wouldn't be able to be with my kids anymore and I wouldn't be able to be creative and express my love for the kids.

Plus when I get my own classroom I will have my own place where I'm in charge and I can decorate it as I please. Kind of like my own little escape. 

This video shows a classroom decoration idea:

Part 2: Classroom Management

If I got the chance to revise one of the rules for Education and Training, I would choose to edit the dress code policy. I would make it to where they have to be in BISD dress code, of course, because that is the district policy, not an E.A.T rule.  This link provides the BISD dress code policy: BISD dress code

Then they would have to follow the dress code of the teachers at their field site. Like if teachers can wear jogging suits or capris, I would allow the students to wear that. 

This would not be acceptable because you are exposing your shoulders and it would probably be very hard to walk around a classroom in those shoes: 

But something like the picture below is acceptable for the students to wear:

Now if they broke the rules, the first two or three times it would be a warning, after that they wouldn't be allowed to go to their field site the next day. If they keep breaking the dress code policy, then the student would have to forever stay at their home campus while they other students go to their field site.

Select a TEKS and Corresponding Activity

I was in pre kindergarten in the spring semester. The TEKS I choose was for physical development. In early childhood TEKS is called "guidelines."

This is the Pre-Kindergarten Guidelines:

A. Gross Motor Skills
Children explore their physical space and understand how their bodies function in space through active movement experiences. Acquisition of gross motor skills requires collaboration of sensory systems (visual, vestibular, and somatosensory), postural stability, motor planning, and strength. To achieve new gross motor skills, practice and repetition are necessary. Typically, development of gross motor skills and postural strength coincide with the development of age-appropriate fine motor skills and maturation of the nervous system that allows for motor learning. Allowing young children to move and explore with their bodies facilitates growth in all the areas necessary for successful classroom performance. 

This is a video to get kids moving.

Texas has a check list of how much the students should know and learn during their time in pre school. This link takes you to the Texas check list for not only physical education, but all of the subjects and criteria:  Check List

In My Opinion- The Best Virtual Field Trip

The best field trip was the tour of the world. You can see nature as if you were actually standing there. The virtual field trip is named "Panoramas of the World." This is great for any grade level. It is great for science when we learn about water life, different minerals, and wild life. It offers great views and information about what your reading about. Click on the link to take your tour.

Panoramas of the World