Midway through her pricey caffeinated latte‚ Elizabeth Feltner poised herself to commence steadfast into mock interview. Despite being a veteran of fourteen years of teaching‚ nonetheless‚ butterflies fluttered within her breadbasket. Analogous to other passionate educators Elizabeth engaged in this interview as if I was a prospective administrator. Instantaneously the halcyon backdrop of Starbucks evaporated as our interview journey initiated. Opening with the generic yet‚ underrated query of
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Namrata Savaliya “ESL Students” "Anxiety is a basic human emotion consisting of fear and uncertainty" (Sarason‚ 1988). Anxiety has its good and bad sides. On the one hand it helps avoid dangerous events that can be life threatening. On the other hand it causes people to freeze as they avoid non-dangerous situations. The mind cannot distinguish between what is life threatening or just a stressful situation. "One such event [that causes minds to freeze but is not dangerous] is testing" (Harris
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Should English as a Second Language Students be given special treatment in mainstream classrooms? A Research Paper on English as a Second Language Shaina Fox Lambton Central Vocational Institute Author Note This paper was prepared for peer tutoring‚ online. Should English as a Second Language Students be given special treatment in mainstream classrooms? ❝If you talk to a man in a language he understands‚ that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his own
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For this class‚ RDG 537: Curriculum Constr. and Assessment: Reading and Language Arts‚ I had the opportunity to not only observe but teach a lesson that I created for Mrs. Watson’s Class at Little Rascals Daycare and Afterschool Program. Throughout this paper I will reflect on my lesson plan experience. First‚ I introduced the concept of letter blends to the students. I explained to the students that letter blends can be at the beginning‚ middle‚ or end of a word to make specific sounds. I then
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This object that is important to me is from my Pre-K teacher Mrs. Judy. My book is wrinkled and bent. It also has the aroma of Kindergarten every time you open the book. It is also titled Clifford the Big Red Dog Goes to School. This book was an out of a blue present given to me by my Pre-K teacher. I always read it. Now‚ though‚ it sits on my bookshelf tucked away from the luminous light of day. This book also has a purple border and has a walloping yellow title. As it sits it’s 8in x 6in‚ and
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Teachers at ASI Children Center promote the basic skills in language and are preparing preschoolers to enter kindergarten with the skills to read and write. Children require hearing and speaking a variety of English vocabulary throughout the school day. The best way to use these new learned vocabulary is to interact with other students. Therefore‚ the teacher facilitated peer interactions since social interaction skills are the most valuable skills that needs to be acquired. Opportunities were
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Yesterday Oct. 31 I spoke with Mrs. Lane about Sheyenne and some others girls not being nice to each other at lunch I told her I had talked with each of them and found that they were both picking at each other. Today Nov.1 Mrs. Lain came to school and wanted to have lunch with her daughter she did not eat with her rather she wandered around the outside area observing our students. Mrs. Lane came to the office after lunch to tell me that she saw students not being nice to each other and that on more
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On Thursday October 6‚ I observed a Pre-K classroom in a public school setting from the time of 9-10:30 am. When I arrived into the classroom the children were having their morning snack before school began. Once school began they gathered on their circle time rug for morning meeting. During their morning meeting time they discussed Maine Animals that were on a poster that a child brought into the class to show to their classmates. They said good morning to one another and then returned back
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I got the pleasure to observe a ninth grade boy in a World History Class. I will refer to this student as B. B is a fourteen year old Latino young man who lives in a broken home. From what I learned from the other teachers‚ B’s family has learned that his younger sister has cancer and will be spending the holidays in the hospital. After the news of his sister hit him‚ his behavior has gotten more and more distracting. He said to the co-teacher‚ “My life sucks at home and my parents are constantly
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When I first started taking this class I wondered how I was going to do my assignments each week? I wondered if I would be able to find someone young to talk with or visit every week? I said‚ “this is just too much.” But to my surprise I didn’t have enough time to reach all the youth that I wanted to reach. My first week‚ I thought about who I was going to try to mentor to? Who am I going to inspire? Will anyone listen to me? All these questions were quickly answered. It’s like the youth
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