I
was surprised by how much I enjoyed the younger students. Their desire to learn
and enjoyment of being there was so refreshing compared to the high school I went
to where it was a chore to go. I liked that the teachers were even happy and
excited. I know I have had my share of teachers who weren’t 100% into their careers
as they expect their students to be. This changed my perspective about
elementary school teachers because each teacher truly cared what each student
had to say. They wanted them to voice their opinions about emotion in English and
in math he wanted to know how they got their answer. I really enjoyed my
experience their but I think it’s something I would visit not do every day.
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Descriptions
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Interpretations
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4th
Grade English
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lesson
was about empathy and emotions
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student
who had Autism had an aid to provide help
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had
tables not desks
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no air
conditioning
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student
with Autism is Jewish
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whole
class uses had signals. For example the "surfer" hand signal means
me too in their class
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uses
Edmodo as a reward system
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teacher
speaks equally to each student in the classroom
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teacher
encourages each student to speak loudly and confidently
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two
students were separated by themselves
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one was
working on another assignment
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students
respected and encouraged the student with Autism to participate in the class
discussion
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4th
Grade Math
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no air
conditioning
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there
was a slower feeling compared to the other class
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teacher
had fans to circulate the air
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teacher
had a mini fridge
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desks
were arranged to form tables
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each
group had either three or four
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students
had cubbies for their supplies
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uses
the smart board
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had
board games related to math in the classroom
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there
was a sink station in the room
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Preschool
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2
teachers
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no air
conditioning
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a lot
of toys
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tables
with tablets that the students could watch educational shows on
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the
tables seemed to be stations for the students to go to
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one
table was working on their colors correlated with their names
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I think
they did that because they know their names so it’s easier to learn the
colors
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the
other table was counting dinosaurs
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a lot
of large post it notes with activities on them
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everything
in the room was the size of the students
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another
tables without a teacher they were making bracelets
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