First of all I want to mention my reaction on the class sharing we did today. It was such a wonderful experience to see how we are all human and that its okay to show our emotions, I believe each person in this universe has something to share about memories. It does not matter who you are and where you come from at one point or another you experience memories. What we all did today is something I will never forget. This is such good activity to do with my future class, this is good way to learn about each other and hopefully the outcome would be to be respectful with one another and to appreciate life.
One of the memories I would like to talk about is my "Most Precious Moment I will treasure it like Gold." My Wedding Day! I believe this day represents the saying "Things Happen for a Reason" It is like a cycle that connects with the rest of the precious memories I mention in class today. First of all I like to mention that am a child abuse survivor, growing up in a domestic violence home was not easy. It was about surviving my childhood. I was a run away at a young age, I needed to be independent and be strong in order to survive.I worked hard my entire childhood earning pennies. Due to my experience with my step father as I grew older I did not believe in men in general. My live was a Cinderella story,that was my nick name. I had low self esteem, I did not believe in myself. I hated live and was paranoid of everyone since I had lost trust. Meeting my husband is one of the the most important memories that had ever happen to me. He was different then all the men I had met or dated. My husband and I would spent hours and months talking over the phone before we actually went out on our first date. We were friends for a while, then we became steady and of course we finally ended up getting married. If it wasn't because we met, I would of not met his wonderful mother, she died one month before our wedding. Thanks to god, for blessing me with this wonderful man and who has helped me believe in my self we now have two wonderful children. In my Wedding Day it was about us, It was a dream come true. I felt I was floating in the air like a true princess. I always tell my husband I am truly blessed with my Prince Charming. I do not mind being called Cinderella, since she married "The Prince" I believe that we will be together after death. Like I mention earlier the world gave a circle everything I touched in class has a connection, "Things Happen for a Reason" My husband and I have been married for 11 years and God willing this October we will celebrate our 12th anniversary and we will light our Wedding Candle.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Monday, September 28, 2009
3321 M-W Author Profile (poetry)
A Light in the Attic poems by Shel Silverstein,
This author has interesting books, This book has poems about the attic of Shel Silverstein describing children in many different ways while experiencing different situations.
For example "Sour Face Ann" This book was rated for children 6 and up I disagree, I think this is better for 3rd graders and up. Their are different poems that I do not like for instance "Kidnapped" My interpretation about this poem it is about a student being late to school and his excuse for being late is that he was kidnapped. It gives specifics of what happen, I do not like it, but on the other hand it can happen, because the kidnappers offer him candy and describes what they did to him. Some of these poems are Bizzare.
3321 M- W Author Profile ( Poetry)
I do not remember covering poetry in K- 12. I do remember covering it at San Antonio College, This teacher introduced it to us through music, and through tapes, listening to poets. She taught us that everyone understands poetry different and that sometimes it might not even make sense, because the author expresses his emotions or feelings in their own way. I really enjoyed this lesson because after that we used books on poetry. Having said this I took a trip with my kids to the library on Friday.
I decided to a little research on Authors on children s poetry and I found some good books. Some of this books have very interesting poems that make a lot a sense to me.
One of the books that I enjoyed was titled Skeleton Bones & Goblin Groans, poems for Halloween, by Amy E. Sklansky. Children that like the spooky side of Halloween , would probably enjoy this book of creepy poems.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
M-W 3344 All about me!
I actually did this activity with first graders in the after school program I worked for. I did not do the activity myself since the assigned me this group at the last minute, I needed something that would help us learn a little bit about them. I remember the kids having so much fun! Now I know how they felt. Having the opportunity to do activities like this, gives us the opportunity to experience that child in us. Activities like this helps us understand and learn from each other. I am a Chef, The best teacher I have is my mother. She taught us to cook "con el corazon" You cook with your heart! She tells me the best ingredient is "love". I relate my passion in cooking and baking with the passion of teaching. whenever I have an opportunity to implement food in the class room I take it. It helps me teach children about cultures and traditions. I find teaching and cooking with many similarities. In both you need this ingredients love , passion, patience and lots of recipes(ideas) I have learned that some children have to survive at home for many reasons, either because they are alone at home or for many other reasons. I feel this is something that children need and I can connect with them. When you cook you experience many subjects History, Math, Science, Reading, Writing, Art and lots of fun! I enjoy reading books especially when you could include food, but of course it is not as easy as it sounds you have to take into consideration school policies and food allergies. So one day even if I have to form my own club after school I will do it. Writing and creating recipes, is like writing and creating songs, or stories!
This is a small song I wrote with the same rhythm as ( swimming in the pool!)
Cooking! Cooking!
that is what I love!
Teaching! Teaching!
Helping Measure up!
Hot days, cold days lets have fun all day!
Learning! Learning!
as we COOK and PLAY!!
This is a small song I wrote with the same rhythm as ( swimming in the pool!)
Cooking! Cooking!
that is what I love!
Teaching! Teaching!
Helping Measure up!
Hot days, cold days lets have fun all day!
Learning! Learning!
as we COOK and PLAY!!
Monday, September 21, 2009
3344 M-W Personal Writing
My personal writing would be when, I write notes to my kids and husband.
I like to express my love and appreciation by writing little notes or letters then hiding them in their bag packs, lunch bags so when they open it they know I have a special thought to share. Ever since my kids were little (1 yr old) I would give them a little Kisses Chocolate candy and I would tell my son oh Mr. Chocolate wrote a note to you in the wrapper, I would say something like this " Dear Jerry and Jazz I just want to tell how smart you are and I really like the way you ate your carrots, do not eat a lot of these chocolates or you will blow your tummy up, love Mr. Chocolate. Then I had to actually write what I said and save them, until they actually realized it was me writing the little notes. Now I let them know it is me, but I like to hide the notes and they get them when they least expect it.
I like to express my love and appreciation by writing little notes or letters then hiding them in their bag packs, lunch bags so when they open it they know I have a special thought to share. Ever since my kids were little (1 yr old) I would give them a little Kisses Chocolate candy and I would tell my son oh Mr. Chocolate wrote a note to you in the wrapper, I would say something like this " Dear Jerry and Jazz I just want to tell how smart you are and I really like the way you ate your carrots, do not eat a lot of these chocolates or you will blow your tummy up, love Mr. Chocolate. Then I had to actually write what I said and save them, until they actually realized it was me writing the little notes. Now I let them know it is me, but I like to hide the notes and they get them when they least expect it.
3321 M-W Author Profile Twister by Darleen Bailey Beard
This book is about a mother that has to leave both her kids in the the Cellar helping an elderly neighbor, she instructs them not to open the door to no one until she comes back. She does not come back. Lucilee has to comfort Natt through out the tornado experience. In this story the children learn that their lives can change so quickly in the most frightening way. My goal with this book would be to teach the students to focus and pay attention to Beginning, Middle and End. We can discuss this as a class. I Would also ask them to reflect in their writing journals and ask them change the ending of the story. Then give them time to share their ending part.
3321M-W Chapter 3 Comprehension Vocabulary and Discussion
In this chapter we learned that the goal of Comprehension is understanding. That means that as you are reading you are thinking and finding meaning of what you are reading and understanding what you have read. After reading this chapter it helps me understand myself. I grew up in a home where you were not allowed to speak English only Spanish because both of my parents did not speak a word in English, but we were encourage to read Spanish literature and we were expected to write the Spanish language with its proper grammar. Growing up I was never an English reader and I was never encourage by anyone. After reading this chapter I have a better understanding as to why I struggle with Comprehension. I can read a book or a simple paragraphs and I feel"what the heck what did I just read!" I will read again and again until I get frustrated and discouraged. One thing I have notice is that if I like the topic I will not struggle as much, but when it comes to big words I get off track trying to find meaning of the words, or like the chapter says I start decoding.
As a teacher I want to make sure I have all kinds of literature available for my students so that way I can match their interest in their reading.
As a teacher I want to make sure I have all kinds of literature available for my students so that way I can match their interest in their reading.
Friday, September 18, 2009
3321Authors Profile " Panchos Pinata" by Stefan Czernecki and Timothy Rhodes
O.K. this is the deal my kids had early release today and we decided to go to the library and this is a good book I found. This book teaches about the Hispanic culture. This is a tale about a Mexican Village boy named Pancho, who rescues a star from a cactus, he keeps it, then he decides to pass it on to the children from the village. Sharing his happiness and joy to other children. This is a story about giving in Christmas, in a Mexican tradition.
I loved this book because I can relate to it, when I visit my family in Mexico we always break a Pinata and sing Christmas carols, uhh! My point is that children can sometimes relate to stories while others can learn and get ideas how other cultures celebrate.
3321 Author Profile " No Jumping on the Bed " Tedd Arnold
This is a great Author, My six year old daughter enjoys his books. This book is about a little boy named Walter who keeps breaking his father rules. He jumps on the bed falling through all the apartment floors from the building he lives in. Along the way he picks up all this different residents until they end up in the basement.
I would introduce this book by showing the students the cover then asking them, "What do you think this book is about?" after reading the story I can ask questions such as, " Can this really happen to you if you if you were jumping in the bed?" "Can you actually go through each floor and pick up somebody?" In this book you could ask chronological questions, " Whose floor did he land first" Then who was second etc.
At the end students could go to their bear book and write about their favorite part of the book.... or I really liked when.... then have them draw a picture about the book. The idea is to get them to recall and express themselves.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
3344 Chapter 3 Writing is a Process
WRITING is a PROCESS
The steps are:
Stage 1 is Prewriting is when students are “getting to write” stage. Students organize themselves by putting their thoughts together .During this stage students choose a topic, read, write, brain storm any thoughts that come to mind. Depending on the students grade level they could either choose their topic, or you could give them ideas or assign the topic. For example let them write a letter about a book to a classmate, friend or pen pal.
Another example, they can create another episode or create a sequel of a book. They have to take into consideration the purpose, the audience, the format and how they are going to gather ideas.
Stage 2 Drafting students get their ideas down on paper, they usually skip lines and title their paper “Rough Draft” it is very important for teachers to make sure students title their paper as rough draft so that everyone knows that the main emphasis is the content not the mechanical part. An example of a drafting is when a student paper is messy. There is usually many misspelled words, cut off sentences and sometimes it might not even make sense. Students usually use transition sentences.
Stage 3 Revising writers usually add or delete sentences, content or ideas. Writers usually respond to the next, deepen meaning, clarify misunderstanding and expand on their ideas. Example they can share in writing groups or revising centers by using a graphic organizer or word Choice students choose 5 to 10 words in their rough drafts and look for more specifics or more powerful words for them using a thesaurus.
Stage 4 Editing is putting the piece of writing into its final form. The focus here is the mechanical part. The student’s goal is to make their writing readable. A good activity here is to put them in groups or partners and have students proof read their writing. They can look for spelling, homophones, punctuation, capitalization sentences make sure they complete and they make sense.
Stage 5 Publishing here students bring their writings to life, they make copies or share them orally with somebody or the entire class. Teachers can request for the students to read their paper in the morning announcements, so that the entire school could listen.
If I won ten million dollars by playing Publishers House I would jump, cry of joy, land on my injured knee, for get about the pain “Give thanks to god!” And immediately call my husband and yell over the phone guess what? We won! We won! Did you here me! We won! After pinching myself and realizing this is not a dream and that I am not in Lala land, then I would get my kids from school and share our success story. I would talk to my husband and decide how we are going to invest our money.
One thing we would not do is blow up the money and live in luxury; we would plan like we always do and talk over our finances and help others the way we have always helped.. I would then invite my entire family to include close friends for dinner and do a big cook out and celebrate. Not only would we celebrate but we would help them financially.
We would never let money get to our heads. It’s all about being open minded and reaching your dreams and helping others reach theirs. My husband would finally start his business in computers. Our children have a college fund. All of our bills would be paid off. I finally buy my ranch with horses and cattle. I would definitely finish my education continue to follow my family dreams.
Another dream come true would be to open a West Side Drop Inn Recreational Center (nonprofit) for kids of all ages and struggling families. Anyone would qualify. Our drop Inn center would offer many services; for example we would have a big swimming pool with certified lifeguards ready to teach and assist children. A skateboard ring all equip with instructors who teach skateboarding and safety. We would have all sports; basketball, hockey, soccer, football, baseball, tennis and much more. I would collaborate with different organizations such as Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, Big Brother, Big Sister Foundation. I would make sure I would use other non profit organizations to help keep the dream going. I would also have a food bank, Social workers available for guidance, adult opportunities, programs such as GED, Work Study, Work Force and much more. B
I would also make sure that in our dropping center we would have more programs for Child Abuse Awareness and Teen mom goal oriented programs, life skills program where you learn to take care of your self and your loves ones. This program would be geared towards people who want another opportunity in growing strong individuals with their families. The drop inn center would be a place where you are wanted, have fun and learn.
If I would win ten million dollars I would definitely hire an investor to help us make sure we learn how to not loose everything and learn how to run a Nonprofit Organization that hires people that are willing to grow and help the institution grow without having to go bankrupt. Winning ten million dollars can open many opportunities for my family, me and my community.
The steps are:
Stage 1 is Prewriting is when students are “getting to write” stage. Students organize themselves by putting their thoughts together .During this stage students choose a topic, read, write, brain storm any thoughts that come to mind. Depending on the students grade level they could either choose their topic, or you could give them ideas or assign the topic. For example let them write a letter about a book to a classmate, friend or pen pal.
Another example, they can create another episode or create a sequel of a book. They have to take into consideration the purpose, the audience, the format and how they are going to gather ideas.
Stage 2 Drafting students get their ideas down on paper, they usually skip lines and title their paper “Rough Draft” it is very important for teachers to make sure students title their paper as rough draft so that everyone knows that the main emphasis is the content not the mechanical part. An example of a drafting is when a student paper is messy. There is usually many misspelled words, cut off sentences and sometimes it might not even make sense. Students usually use transition sentences.
Stage 3 Revising writers usually add or delete sentences, content or ideas. Writers usually respond to the next, deepen meaning, clarify misunderstanding and expand on their ideas. Example they can share in writing groups or revising centers by using a graphic organizer or word Choice students choose 5 to 10 words in their rough drafts and look for more specifics or more powerful words for them using a thesaurus.
Stage 4 Editing is putting the piece of writing into its final form. The focus here is the mechanical part. The student’s goal is to make their writing readable. A good activity here is to put them in groups or partners and have students proof read their writing. They can look for spelling, homophones, punctuation, capitalization sentences make sure they complete and they make sense.
Stage 5 Publishing here students bring their writings to life, they make copies or share them orally with somebody or the entire class. Teachers can request for the students to read their paper in the morning announcements, so that the entire school could listen.
If I won ten million dollars by playing Publishers House I would jump, cry of joy, land on my injured knee, for get about the pain “Give thanks to god!” And immediately call my husband and yell over the phone guess what? We won! We won! Did you here me! We won! After pinching myself and realizing this is not a dream and that I am not in Lala land, then I would get my kids from school and share our success story. I would talk to my husband and decide how we are going to invest our money.
One thing we would not do is blow up the money and live in luxury; we would plan like we always do and talk over our finances and help others the way we have always helped.. I would then invite my entire family to include close friends for dinner and do a big cook out and celebrate. Not only would we celebrate but we would help them financially.
We would never let money get to our heads. It’s all about being open minded and reaching your dreams and helping others reach theirs. My husband would finally start his business in computers. Our children have a college fund. All of our bills would be paid off. I finally buy my ranch with horses and cattle. I would definitely finish my education continue to follow my family dreams.
Another dream come true would be to open a West Side Drop Inn Recreational Center (nonprofit) for kids of all ages and struggling families. Anyone would qualify. Our drop Inn center would offer many services; for example we would have a big swimming pool with certified lifeguards ready to teach and assist children. A skateboard ring all equip with instructors who teach skateboarding and safety. We would have all sports; basketball, hockey, soccer, football, baseball, tennis and much more. I would collaborate with different organizations such as Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, Big Brother, Big Sister Foundation. I would make sure I would use other non profit organizations to help keep the dream going. I would also have a food bank, Social workers available for guidance, adult opportunities, programs such as GED, Work Study, Work Force and much more. B
I would also make sure that in our dropping center we would have more programs for Child Abuse Awareness and Teen mom goal oriented programs, life skills program where you learn to take care of your self and your loves ones. This program would be geared towards people who want another opportunity in growing strong individuals with their families. The drop inn center would be a place where you are wanted, have fun and learn.
If I would win ten million dollars I would definitely hire an investor to help us make sure we learn how to not loose everything and learn how to run a Nonprofit Organization that hires people that are willing to grow and help the institution grow without having to go bankrupt. Winning ten million dollars can open many opportunities for my family, me and my community.
Monday, September 14, 2009
3321 Chapter 2 Culturally Responsive Classrooms
It is very important for a teacher to know the true meaning of Culture. Reading this chapter helped me understand that as a teacher we will be serving a diversity of students. Each child that walks through the school doors is unique in their own way, all this goes back to their culture. Culture can be a person beliefs, values, goals, attitudes, practices and all this is integrated in their behaviors and customs.
I enjoyed this chapter because it talks about schools needing to be responsive to culture and meeting the needs of all learners.
I believe that it does not matter your ethnicity whether your are White, Hispanic, Mexican, Black, Asian, etc. each individual has their own culture. Organizational culture will improve the quality of a school. Reading Multicultural books to students will help some students connect or understand with their classmates. It is good to think outside the box and know that students come in all shapes and sizes metaphorically speaking when it comes to culture. Each child will teach you something new and positive because everything you learn from an individual will help you gain something positive.
I enjoyed this chapter because it talks about schools needing to be responsive to culture and meeting the needs of all learners.
I believe that it does not matter your ethnicity whether your are White, Hispanic, Mexican, Black, Asian, etc. each individual has their own culture. Organizational culture will improve the quality of a school. Reading Multicultural books to students will help some students connect or understand with their classmates. It is good to think outside the box and know that students come in all shapes and sizes metaphorically speaking when it comes to culture. Each child will teach you something new and positive because everything you learn from an individual will help you gain something positive.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
EDRG 3341 M-W What is a Circular Story
A circular story follows a circle pattern. They begin and end the same way. It begins with a subject(point)then follows a pattern and ends with the same subject(point).
I would use the Circular Story by helping students build knowledge and recognize patterns in the story's, then help them create their own Circular Story.I would definitely use a Story Wheel. Graphic organizers are similar as story wheels and used to teach the cycle of a butterfly and other insects in science. It helps children understand the concept of the beginning of the story, middle and end of the story then you start back to the beginning again. I enjoy reading to children, I like to act out, make sounds different voices and I even like to dress up sometimes for the occasion. I am pretty good with puppets, reading has to be motivational, a time when children will never forget the moment, and when they remember how the story made them feel so they could become good readers and listeners. They will look forward for reading time. This is an opportunity of a life time not only for them but for me.
I would use the Circular Story by helping students build knowledge and recognize patterns in the story's, then help them create their own Circular Story.I would definitely use a Story Wheel. Graphic organizers are similar as story wheels and used to teach the cycle of a butterfly and other insects in science. It helps children understand the concept of the beginning of the story, middle and end of the story then you start back to the beginning again. I enjoy reading to children, I like to act out, make sounds different voices and I even like to dress up sometimes for the occasion. I am pretty good with puppets, reading has to be motivational, a time when children will never forget the moment, and when they remember how the story made them feel so they could become good readers and listeners. They will look forward for reading time. This is an opportunity of a life time not only for them but for me.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
EDRG 3321 Mon- Wed. Author Profile/ Information I found useful in Ch1
EDRG 3321 Mon- Wed. 11am -12:20 class
Hi every one! My Author profile is going to be Children’s Author Marc Brown.
At first I was frustrated because I wrote three authors name, then I could not find web links that would give me more information about the Authors.
Finally I figured out that I was researching under children books, so just for your FYI make sure you press web search on the bar. Some of the links that are very helpful were;
Kidsreads.com this site gives the student a brief history about what motivated and inspire to write.
Pbskids.com is also very helpful because it talks about his biography, his family, and what still continues to motivate him to write. Their also the PBS show “Arthur”.
Reading Rockets was another useful website I found very useful because there is an actual video to watch about the interview he had.
This website as well was very useful www.edupaperback.org/showauth.cfm?authid=16 –
This link has information on different authors and illustrators. I hope this websites are helpful, they are to me.
As far as Chapter 1 I like this chapter because every section is very important and it gives lots good information, but the section I enjoyed was the Developing Good Reading Attitudes page 10 this section gives us important points of what to keep in mind when helping students to read. The teacher has to have good and positive attitudes. Sometimes it can be frustrating but then you would not be good teacher if you do not have patience, when children are trying to learn. Children can almost smell your behavior, I know I did as I was growing up and you either help them develop self esteem or take away the desire to learn. I used to get so scared and tense up when they would call my name to read, I had a strong Spanish Accent and my teachers would correct me with this frustration and assert ness. I was literally scared to read.
Hi every one! My Author profile is going to be Children’s Author Marc Brown.
At first I was frustrated because I wrote three authors name, then I could not find web links that would give me more information about the Authors.
Finally I figured out that I was researching under children books, so just for your FYI make sure you press web search on the bar. Some of the links that are very helpful were;
Kidsreads.com this site gives the student a brief history about what motivated and inspire to write.
Pbskids.com is also very helpful because it talks about his biography, his family, and what still continues to motivate him to write. Their also the PBS show “Arthur”.
Reading Rockets was another useful website I found very useful because there is an actual video to watch about the interview he had.
This website as well was very useful www.edupaperback.org/showauth.cfm?authid=16 –
This link has information on different authors and illustrators. I hope this websites are helpful, they are to me.
As far as Chapter 1 I like this chapter because every section is very important and it gives lots good information, but the section I enjoyed was the Developing Good Reading Attitudes page 10 this section gives us important points of what to keep in mind when helping students to read. The teacher has to have good and positive attitudes. Sometimes it can be frustrating but then you would not be good teacher if you do not have patience, when children are trying to learn. Children can almost smell your behavior, I know I did as I was growing up and you either help them develop self esteem or take away the desire to learn. I used to get so scared and tense up when they would call my name to read, I had a strong Spanish Accent and my teachers would correct me with this frustration and assert ness. I was literally scared to read.
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