1/27/11

My day at westwood was fun. i helped the teacher check the kids homework and read to them.
after that something impressing happened the ms.gomez pulled out a box and asked me if i could help her and i said yesm ofcourse she pulled out 7 itouches and asked me to download some game apps for them like adding and subtracting and stuff like that i was so impressed because all the kids in there knew what it was and they're in kindergarden! and they all knew how to use them and stuff.. technology is becoming a big part of education because the kids think its cool just by using them and they are also learning while having fun!

01/21/11

my thoughts about yesterday were good because everybody stayed calmed and did not panick and they guided us outside making sure there was nobody left in the building. knowing that all the senior class was there with only a few teachers they all split up and made sure that we were all outside.

when tony was talking to us about how his life was and everything that happened to him, it all lead back to steriotyping just because they saw that he was maxican they automatically thought he was dumb and just an illegal person which was not true.
now a day people use alot of steriotyping not only by the race but also by age, family background and education. all those listed abouve give other people a chance to look down on somebody else for them to feel like they're more powerful.
but steriotyping is not correct because not all the people of the same race is the same.
same as age and so on.

1/13/11

My day at westwood was fun because i did the calendar with them and it like this process of things we have to to and it was fun..
i also helped the teacher grade some papers and check homework other than that i was just walking around helpin the kids out while they were doing a writing assignment.

My lesson 12/8/10

my last day of the semester at westwood was amazign i got to teach the kids about christmas and how the christmas tree became part of the christmas celebraton i read them a book which was awesome because they where so into it and twe were discussing the book:]
after that i told them the history of the christmas tree and we got to do an activity on it and then i had them write a letter to santa and draw what they want they were so enthusiastic about it:]

terrace

my day at terrace was wonderful, it was a great experience because i got to feel what a teacher goes thru everyday. And i got to teach a whole day interacting with kids and having fun trying to get to know them.
the curriculum i thaught was easy and fun there was alot of activities for them like coloring and they loved it. i learned a lot that day and i would defenetly do it all over again.

i would use http://mathplayground.com/ because theres games in there that helps them use logic, think faster and know how to react to it. Theres math, logic puzzles, and word problems they can use.
its learning and having fun at the same time. because children want to play all the time and when they think they're just playing thy're also practicing on their learning skills.

tachers can impact a childs development socially by communicating with the kids and have them do group work where they meet and get to know all the kids there so they can have a lot of friends. teachers can also impact the kids phisically by telling them to play outside wich would have them running and being healthy.