Who is Stacey Bess?

Stacey Bess is an Elementary teacher and also a speaker. She had to become a teacher for a homeless students or students who people thought were unteachable. She wrote a book called "Nobody don't love Nobody" and a film was made from her experience called "Beyond the Blackboard."
At times she had some of her students staying at her house because they were afraid. She was a teacher who taught the "Unteachable."

Bullying in School

I think there is bullying in BISD it’s just that students don’t report it because they are scared. I myself have been a victim of bullying not a lot but I would always get made fun of because I was small, and up till this day I still get picked on because of my size. I think the way to handle bullying is my talking to your counselor first to see if any damage is done, the report it to your principal. Maybe to prevent bullying from happening the way to go is have a whole day of class and talk about the consequence of bullying.

Reflections on My Fall Semester Internship

I think this years fall semester has been the best one, because I got to be with my students since the beginning and I got to see how each learn. They have gotten to know me well enough and I have gotten to know them well enough. The thing I would have done diffrently would be on my lesson that I did because I could have done more activities with my students since I had a lot of time. The thing I've enjoyed the most has been working with most students individually. Getting to help each student with their work or reading to them really satisfied me. Helping the students out with they vocabulary, the fact that I know that, that day they learned something new from me made me glad.
The thing I would change would be to probably take more control of the class when my field site teacher is gone, and try to teach them more of what I know.

Reflections of a First Grade Intern

As the first day I walk in to my first grade classroom I really had no idea what to expect. Many things would go thru my mind like, what if my students don’t like me, what if I don’t know how to teach them well enough, or what if my teacher doesn’t like me and chooses to not have me in her class. But the moment I walked in my classroom I was received with a smile from every person in the room and I was greeted by my teacher. That really took a whole lot of weight off my back.

As time passed by I got the hang of everything, I also got the respect I wanted from my students as well as my teacher. I eventually got the trust of my teacher and she would allow me to teach a few students at a time or one. And from this experience I figured out that definitely every student has their difficulties and each one has their way of learning. When I would work with each students I would see that a had a group of students which I would have to explain things more then once and other students would get it right away.

I also had the group of students at once that each had their own learning style so I would have to think of many ways to explain how to do the work so everyone would understand. These are the kind of things that really stuck to my mind and made me realize that being a teacher isn’t a game every step you take in a challenge and you have to be willing to take it. This leads me to when I actually had to think like a teacher and be in the role of a teacher. My teacher would have something to do and she would leave me with the students for a while and I had to mange to help one student out while controlling the whole classroom so they would act out.

All that I go thru each day when I go to my field site helps me become a step closer to my dream of having my own classroom some day. Every challenge that is put in front of me I try to take it with a mature manner. Having the opportunity to see what a teacher is about is an amazing feeling you get at the end of the day, you go home with the satisfaction of knowing you helped someone do better.

The Ideal Classroom

My ideal classroom would be something like this, I would have desk were they would do their daily work so they can have something to support their books on or paper. Then I would have a place with like couches where they would go to be comfortable because there are some students that work better in a certain type of environment. There would also be a place for all the technology place were they would go to take their laptop or there will be some computers available. Also there would be like a place where they could do hands on stuff , since there are students who have different learning styles.

Should Santa be Allowed to Come to School?

• The way it would affect my field site is that students wouldn't be able to figure out the meaning of christmas, which in the first article said about Santa Claus that he is the meaning of Generosity and Kindness. Students wouldn't be as excited as they always have been with Holidays.
• The whole sharing things with other would be cut off, and that is the whole point of the holidays in a class room.
• No, students wouldn't be able to participate, because some students have activities outside of school or parents have a busy schedule and they don't have time to go pick up their kids.
• Maybe my solution to this would be that since you can't have any activities during "Teaching Time" do all the activities during either lunch or recess.

Favorite Internet Site

I think the "Cool Math" website should be used by most teachers who teach math. This website site to me would be useful for when I want my students to work alone or as a class. You just go to this website and it has many games that involve math, this is a helpful way kids can learn if they are not fully understanding math. While playing the games they are having fun and practicing more on the math skills they need to improve. This website is helpful for teachers that want to teach a math lesson or need a way to keep students focus.

Cool Math

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