Mildred Rivas 11-29-2010 Social Justice Volunteering in an elementary school Volunteering is a fulfilling experience. Many people do not take the opportunity to volunteer in their children’s school for a variety of reasons. In fact‚ volunteering at your child school give you a lot of opportunity and experiences. Personally‚ I began my volunteer experience this year at Irving Elementary School‚ ever since that first volunteering opportunity available to me. From helping young students
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Looking back at elementary school‚ I realize I made many poorly thought through mistakes just for the sake of fitting in. I never put into perspective how these actions would change my attitude towards others and my own self-esteem. Probably‚ the most impactful of these mistakes was when I decided to have my hair cut short. When I was at Mariposa Elementary School‚ I always wanted to fit in. I wanted to have what the other‚ more popular girls had‚ play with what they played with‚ wear what they
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Most childhoods are defined by an unabashed innocence that evaporates as we age. When individuals reminisce on the earlier years spent with society; images of freedom and longing often accompany. Elementary schools‚ especially kindergarten classrooms‚ are the prime examples to find children in a setting where they interact without outside stimulus. The subculture being observed is a kindergarten class whose predominant identities as children‚ siblings‚ and members of society all intertwine. Kindergarteners
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The article I chose was Classroom Strategies for Elementary Teachers. This article was focused on some things that haven’t really crossed my mind yet. When I think of classroom management I always thought about rules or how I would make my students behave in the classroom. When I scanned over the first few sentences I knew I needed to read it. I think Pappalardo (2011) was right when he said teachers struggle with trying to figure out the students who are really sick and who are just pretending.
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Between the 1860’s and 1890’s‚ the west of the United States got its name "the Old West" and a reputation of being violent. Now there are many movies‚ books‚ television shows‚ and many other things based on the Old West having: cowboys‚ gunfights‚ rough towns‚ and Indian attacks. Some people may believe that the Old West really was like this‚ but I think the west wasn’t any more violent than other areas of the United States at this time. Less people lived in the west at this time so one murder may be
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As a paraprofessional in an elementary school‚ I recognize how imperative it is for teachers to encourage and motivate students. I want to motivate my students while challenging them through their assignments. My strategy for accomplishing this goal is to develop their social and interaction skills by allowing students to work independently and in groups. In other words‚ given the tools of new information linked with prior knowledge promotes creativity and problem solving skills. Furthermore‚ I
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I am conducting my service learning hours at Palm Springs North Elementary School‚ which teaches grades between pre-kindergarten and 5th grade. This school is located in Palm Springs North‚ Florida. This elementary school has a total enrollment of 966 students most living within the Palm Springs North and Miami Lakes area. The student demographic consist of 87% Hispanic‚ 7% White‚ 5% Black‚ 1% Asian and 0% other. Currently the school has one principal‚ three vice-principals and approximately 65
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My Bullying Experience In elementary school I was the victim of bullying on many different occasions by several boys in my class. Growing up I wasn’t the skinniest kid‚ like some of the other children‚ and I would be bullied because of this. I can remember one time in grade 6‚ that I was playing with some of my friends on the playground and one of the boys in my class got mad at me and called me fat. Thinking it was funny and seeing how I was very hurt from this he continued to call me fat. I was
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concept covered: PARCC test practice Mentor teacher’s name: Jessica Ross Intern (your) name: Samantha Meyer Reflection 1: Physical environment Physical environment: I am interning at Hawthorne Elementary School in Ms. Ross’s classroom on Monday’s from 12:30-3:00. This is her first year teaching elementary and she loves math. She was a math minor and previously taught algebra in high school. Her class is very low in math so she finds this very difficult. In her classroom she has a theme of “the beach”
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ELEMENTARY COMPUTER APPLICATIONS Chapter 1: Information concepts and Processing Information Data that is (1) accurate and timely‚ (2) specific and organized for a purpose‚ (3) presented within a context that gives it meaning and relevance‚ and (4) can lead to an increase in understanding and decrease in uncertainty. Information is valuable because it can affect behavior‚ a decision‚ or an outcome. For example‚ if a manager is told his/her company’s net profit decreased in the past month‚ he/she
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