Grinch or Santa?

I think all school should be aloud to celebrate Christmas Holidays inside the classroom because It is a special time to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ if the kids cant celebrate it then they can just stay home there is no reason to come to school and party if they don't believe in Christmas.

Another reason to have the Christmas Holiday celebrated is because even though kids get distracted easily that should not mean to not let Santa Claus not be able to be at the school its what the kids look for every year so I do think every school should be able to celebrate Jesus Christs birth.

The final reason to let School celebrate Christmas is that you can still teach them the meaning of Christmas or even asking all the kids what they think the meaning of Christmas is to them.

Reference to Mrs. Stevens blog

American Teacher

After watching the movie American Teacher, my first impression was that being a teacher is an easy job. My view of profession changed by really understanding what a teacher has to do. Teachers have the most difficult job. It also changed good because you know what you have to do right even if you make mistakes you can always fix them. You really learn from your mistakes.


I felt the  biggest frustration the teachers had with teaching would have to be the the self control with kids you, also have to have a kind heart to love kids or you cant even be a teacher, because its all about the kids and not you.


Some teaching conditions could change with out increasing would have to be having the parents buy all the kids supplies they need there books so the teachers can save money.


Refer to American Teacher trailer
Refer to Mrs Stevens blog

Why do students Procrastinate?

Why do students Procrastinate? Difficulty Concentrating. When you sit at your desk you find yourself daydreaming, staring into space, looking at pictures of your boyfriend/girlfriend, etc., instead of doing the task. Your environment is distracting and noisy. You keep running back and forth for equipment such as pencils, erasers, dictionary, etc. Your desk is cluttered and unorganized and sometimes you sit/lay on your bed to study or do your assignments. You probably notice that all of the examples that you have just read promote time wasting and frustration. I always forget to do my homework or study for tests. I 'am always unorganized and I have adhd which makes it worse.


Reference to Mrs Stevens blog

If I could change education, I would...

If I could change education, I would give every student an Ipad and have all the textbook on an app so everyone does not have to take care of textbook and Is also so much cheaper then buying new textbooks each year and the students will return the Ipad at the end of the year.

I would also put smart boards In every classroom so the lessons will be more interesting and not so boring. So everyone in the class can interact.

I would extend all classes and not have them for only 40 minutes and would only have 5 classes so everyone learns more then cramming everything in there head each day.

Reference to Mrs. Stevens Blog

Lesson Planning 101

When I'm at my site school with my 1st graders I'm In the classroom  with them for Mathematics.

  I can cut out pictures of apples and I can write and say a problem and then have them figure out how many apples are left.

  I can write a sentence on the board and pick students to come up to the bored and point out the words that need to be capitolized.

  I can put the days of the weeks on notecards and mix them up and have the students put them in order.

My first week as a teacher......

I'm a intern at Foster Village Elementary School





My Teacher is Miss. Leiss

I'm helping with 1st grade, and I'm there for math and science.
When i first walked in the classroom i was confident and i just observed the teacher how she taught. I'm looking for in the internship is to how to be a great teacher and how to control kids better in different situations.I'm mostly looking forward during this internship is to have a great year with my class.

the future in technology in schools

The Infographic is saying that technology in school has came along way in society today. Technology has gotten more advanced and is computer generated.  Even cell phones can be used in an educational manner with APPS.  Education is evolving with technology in today's classrooms.  Who knows what the future will be like!

Tools for schools Infographic 

Big Brother Is Watching

This article was about how people should be careful of what they post on the internet.  The internet has a long memory.  People aren't always who they say they are.  Employers are using social network sites to judge future employees.  It gives them a history of their online behavior.  We should be careful and cautious about what we post whether on Blogs or Facebook.  Someone is watching you!

Megan