Mid-term+Review+Britt+Jones


 * Strongest Reflection Piece: **

This piece is about the first forty-five minutes of instruction in my future class. In the first forty-five minutes with my students I want to get to know them and introduce myself, but just as importantly I would like to exchange expectations with them about the class we are about to experience together, either Language Arts or Social Studies. I want to set the atmosphere for my classroom in these forty-five minutes. I will ask my students to tell me how they feel about either subject and why they feel that way. I would like to know this especially about reading and writing. I want to ask them why they feel that way so that I can plan ways to help them overcome their fears and shortcomings with LA or SS. Next I will lay down expectations; I want to know what they expect or are looking forward to learning about. I want to ask them, "Is there a specific piece of literature, language or social studies you want to learn about in my class?" As they tell me all their wishes I will write them down and I will throughout the class make sure that there is time to cover all (at least most) of the topics mentions either in my lessons or perhaps a short side lesson somewhere that it may be appropriate. I hope to incorporate every students wish in some way into my class. Last, I will lay down my expectations for what will happen in my class and I will as what they expect from me. I hope to formulate some sort of contract between me and my students, so from right out of the gate we all understand what it means to be in class and ready to learn.
 * Getting Started- What happens in the first forty-five minutes of my first class? **


 * The item that I find most challenging: **

Twitter is still the most challenging aspect of this whole class for me. I really am just having the issue of transitioning into someone who actually reads the news. Because I don’t read the news anyway it’s difficult for me to find things to post. In the future I am just going to have to actively seek out things to post about.


 * Focused Feedback: **

I would really like some feedback on my minilesson progression. The minilesson step 1 is item number 1 in class 6. Step 2 in item number 1 in class 7. Then I still have to get your permission for my minilesson topic before I can go any further. Class 6 Class 7