Teaching Practice

Here, you can get a window on one typical morning in my classroom. On this day, the students were working to complete a series of assignments during computer time:

1. Check email, write and send at least one email message.
2. Make one drawing on a white palette in "Flying Colors" to import into your project.
3. Import at least one image you've saved. Add writing about that image.

 

Introducing the Assignment				(mm:ss)
Ellen reviews the assignment and checks to make sure that all students understand the task.
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Staying On Task				(mm:ss)
Ellen rotates among the students during computer time.
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Demonstrating "Insistence"				(mm:ss)
Reminding A. of what she needs to be doing using the "broken record" technique.
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Checking In				(mm:ss)
Connecting with individual students.
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Scaffolding Student Learning				(mm:ss)
Troubleshooting the assignment
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Supporting Students				(mm:ss)
D. talks about how Ellen helps students on hard days, and celebrates their accomplishments on good days.
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Joyful Expression				(mm:ss)
During a break, students dance to Yo Yo Ma & Bobby McFerrin's album "Hush".
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Self Esteem				(mm:ss)
Ellen's students talk about what it means to be an "intelligent child".
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