EDSE 380 Field Blog

  Week 7 Classroom Management Name: Sydney Bauman Date of field experiences reported: 10/3-10/7 Time spent: 8:22-9:57 A.M. Sequence of Events. After finishing up the third section of the chapter, the students were given homework time and then a day to work on their study guide. Following the study day, the students were given a test covering three sections of chapter two. Then on Friday, the day before Fall Break, the students were given time to complete any unfinished assignments. This allowed them to get these assignments completed since Friday was the last day of the quarter. Elaboration of One or Two Significant Episodes.  10/5/22 During both periods, the students were handed their study guides and told to quietly work on them. In addition to working on their study guides, they could work on their other assignments that are due in this class. The teacher made it clear that they were to work quietly and that if they had a question, they could raise their hand and either she...

  Week 6 Students with Exceptionalities Name: Sydney Bauman Date of field experiences reported: 9/26-9/30 Time spent: 8:22-9:57 A.M. Sequence of Events. I spent the majority of the week answering questions that the students had. In addition to answering questions, this week I was able to lead the instruction. I led the instruction on Tuesday, and the content that was covered was the standard form of a quadratic equation. On Wednesday, the students had a homework day. The rest of the week consisted of the students learning the next lesson. Elaboration of One or Two Significant Episodes.  9/27/22 At the beginning of class on Tuesday, I made sure the example problem was pulled up, so when the students arrived, I was ready to teach. The struggle with basic arithmetic is something that is common in the second period, Analytical Algebra 2. One specific instance occurred while the students were trying a problem on their own. I was walking around the room to help any students that nee...