Unfortunately‚ many schools have disruptive students. Kicking them out of the classrooms‚ school detention or suspension is not the solution. Teachers should try to find new ways to get these disruptive students involved in quality learning. They need to learn how to handle behavior problems that might occur in the classrooms. PBIS (positive behavioral interventions supports) is an approach that is grounded in research regarding behavior in the context of the settings in which it occurs. There is
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Observational Reflection #3 Today during my observation I became against “hand raising”. I know that there were classes for me in middle school where students would just shout out an answer while others had their hand raised‚ thus defeating the purpose of hand raising. As a teacher I want my students to feel comfortable answering questions without necessarily raising their hands because of an incident I observed today. The student today during my observation that raised her hand to answer a question
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When I was younger‚ the transition from elementary school to middle school was hard. All I wanted was to be accepted by everyone else because I believed that that was the only way to make friends. I tried to change into the person I thought the other students wanted me to be‚ instead of having them accept me for who I was. As the year went by‚ my self confidence got smaller and smaller. This was caused by focusing too much on what the “right” clothes‚ hairstyles‚ and shoes to wear were. My definition
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Washington Elementary School is located in West Orange‚ New Jersey in a neighborhood where mostly African American and Hispanic businesses and people were surrounding the area. As I arrived to the school or left‚ I usually only saw minorities in the surrounding neighborhood. This correlated with the students I saw in the classroom I observed‚ and throughout the school. In the classroom there was a total of 17 students‚ all of which were minorities. Ten of the students are Hispanic and seven are
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Elementary School August 2004 I started my first day of Kindergarten at Deer Valley Elementary School. I still remember taking the hand of the fifth grade peer helper‚ who I thought at the time was basically an adult‚ I walking to the library where I waited for school to start. Little that I know that as I took the peer helpers hand and walked towards the library I was also walking towards the beginning of a very enjoyable six years. I give a lot of credit to my elementary school teachers in how
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Orange County says recess for all elementary schools Starting next fall all elementary schools in the Orange County school district will likely provide recess‚ unlike this last year when children at 23 of the county’s schools did not enjoy this free-play break. The Orange County School Board is not mandating recess but it is recommending a minimum of 20 minutes per day on those days when children do not have physical education class. All the schools under the School Boards jurisdiction have agree
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of high school felt like butterflies took over my stomach. I had to put together an impressing outfit‚ fix my hair‚ and put on appealing makeup. Knowing that in about an hour I would be entering a totally different school environment than what I’m used to frightened me. Within every period of the school day‚ the butterflies started to flutter out of my stomach and into my new learning atmosphere. Although students tend to fear high school and think it is a nightmare to transition from middle school
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(Lebelle‚ 1999). Middle school is a tough time. There are numerous changes occurring internally and externally amongst children in this age group. Boys and girls are maturing physically at rapid paces‚ but their emotional maturation is a lot slower. This can cause problems. Most young adolescents desire adult treatment‚ because they are beginning to look like adults‚ but‚ on the inside‚ they are still easily influenced children. Teens are desperate to fit in with their peers at school and will go to
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I embrace that learn and process information differently than most kids‚ but my dyslexia is often falsely considered a disability that cripples my potential to do well and how intelligent I am. In elementary school‚ more specifically third grade‚ in many instances I misspelled simple words and I frequently mixed up my “b’s” and “d’s”. I would spell words phonetically‚ so words like “said” would be spelled like “sed‚” and words like “bed” would frequently be spelled like “deb”. Not to mention how
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As soon as we rolled up to Bethesda Elementary School‚ my heart skipped a beat. The sight of students immediately incited my excitement‚ and I could not wait to begin. Upon entering the building‚ one of the first things that I noticed was a student struggling on the floor as other students walked by‚ undisturbed by the occurrence. This would be my first encounter with the inclusion for which Bethesda Elementary is known. Once in Bethesda Elementary‚ I walked through the numerous classrooms searching
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