April 19, 2017 Practicum It is a rainy and cloudy day. First observation after Easter break. The first class we observed is Gen. Ed. English class. Today, they talked about their opinion towards a quote. Every student will write their feelings and opinion towards Allen Poe’s quote. The class interaction is really passive and students…
Practicum March 29, 2017
As usual, my first class is the General English class. For some reasons, the desks are back to their original set, the group set. Students went back to their assigned seat. All the students were asked to write four quotes, two from the book they are reading and two from other resources. Most the students…
Practicum March 22, 2017
Today, as usual, I observed a General Ed. English class and an ESL class for seventh and eighth period. Both classes went over the requirements for writing a paper. In the Gen. Ed. English class, the students learned how to write a research paper using MLA format. They already have had their resources which were…
Practicum February 8th, 2017
It has been a long week. I observed four periods of classes. The first we were there was an English. All the students in this class are ELLs. They were given short instructions and doing district required research paper which includes an introduction, three paragraphs of supporting ideas and a conclusion. It might not seem…
Secondary Practicum Placement February 1st.
This is the second time I been to Riverside High School for my observation. This time, I actually observed some practical teaching strategies. My students are from countries speak Somali, Spanish, Burmese and Swahili. All of them came to America more than a year. First period in the afternoon is a Gen. Ed. English classroom where students were doing their test individually….
December 7th, 2016 Practicum
I worked with three students today and I helped them with their research project. Each of the student has a famous person, like Einstein, to do research about. As they are doing research, they need to keep notes of some important information which includes background information, challenges faced and discovery or invention. I worked with…
November 30th’s Practicum
Mrs. L, who is the ELA content teacher, got observed today by Mrs. D. Therefore, we did not do much with ESL students. Though they studies the content in a classroom with their classmates, we still did push-in. We helped students who do not understand the instructions to catch up with others in their seat….
November 16, 2016 Practicum
Today was the busiest day that I have experienced through Practicum. Today is A day in BPS 6. A stands for Acceptance. Everything was just as what I have experienced before, until Ms. K came and told me that we would have about 30 students in our pull-out classroom today. I freaked about a little…
November 9th, 2016
It seems like a lot of things has happened after the Election. There was an explosion in Buffalo that one mile radius has to be vacuumed. Also, there were lots of thing happened in Buffalo Public School #6. I walked into the building and saw lots of students with their head down. I was wondering what…
First Practicum in November!
First Practicum in November! I only slept for three hours and Bailey told me that I could sleep on the car while she’s driving to Buffalo. I did sleep the whole way and I appreciated her offer. I did not get to observe my fifth grade classroom today, because my mentor teacher did not come…
October 26, 2016 Practicum
WHAT A COLD DAY! It is getting more and more difficult to get up for practicum. The sun rise is getting late and the cold air kept blowing into my coat as I walked to the school building. However, teaching students is always the best part of Junior Block! Today, I met a new student…
Practicum 10/19/2016
Today was the best day of Practicum. Today, I got to meet some students that were absent last week. I, actually, have built connections with them. The students are really sweet and lovely. Though there is language barrier for them to fully express what they think about me, their body language, hugging me, shows that…
Courtney & Teaching 