Lesson Week 8

This week I learned about children and their needs. After having a group discussion, I realized that teachers really are key to the growth and success of the child. I think that teachers make all the difference in the classroom. I enjoyed reading those case studies of the different teachers and seeing how they acted towards children. I was the science teacher that was teaching the older sixth graders but got bumped down to the second graders. I still held a super high expectation in my class even though they are a younger grade. I think that teachers that have these mind sets, might have good intentions but will ultimately harm the children in their ways of growing because they don't allow room for error. No one is perfect and everyone can make mistakes. I think this week was really helpful in putting myself into perspective, I realized that I need to be the best teacher I can be for the children I teach!

Reflection Lesson 7

This week in Sped 310, I thought it was interesting to talk to about diagnosing children and finding symptoms that they had. I really enjoyed the group's presentation on ADHD and how children are affected by having this disability. My heart was wrenching when we watched the video about the little girl who had ADHD and had no friends in school and didn't have confidence about herself. I think that it is very interesting to see how children's mind sets can change even when they are so young. I was so surprised how she viewed her home life, and  school life, so much differently compared to the other boy. I just wanted to take her and hug her and tell her everything was going to be alright. I really enjoyed talking about the different ways for teachers to test. I realized in class that teachers could make tests more individualized for the students but that takes a lot more work on their part and can be a difficult long process.  By having tests that are more individualized it can help students to think in different ways. I love the picture this picture.....


I realized that many schools test children all the same but don't realize that children have all types of abilities that cannot be shown in the same way. I think this is important to keep in mind.