Madison Noorda EDEL 1010

In the 1st grade classroom I have been observing, it is obvious that there is a lot of students with different needs. The teacher has even said that this class has been one of the most difficult classes for her because of all the needs of specific students. Usually when I am able to go to the classroom it is during math. So I usually sit at the back table and help some of the students with math. There are some students who know exactly what to do and how to do it, they just need help focusing. There are some students who just don't get math. The teacher has had to change some of the curriculum for certain students because they were getting so far behind. For some of the students, they just need a little extra help, whether its from me, the other aide, or the teacher.  Another thing I have noticed about this class is they are all at different reading abilities. Some of them can read entire books with no problem. Some of them can't even sound out letters. The teacher handles t...

Brown vs. the Board of Education was a very important historical event for education. This was the supreme court case that made it illegal to separate black and white students in the classroom or in schools. Before this, black students were barely given any education, and what little education they got was very bad quality. Black students were not allowed to be in the same classrooms as white students, nor were they allowed to be in the same schools. The schools black students were forced into were almost as bad as their education. In fact, the Scrabble School (a segregated school for black students) did not get toilets until 1961, around 70 years after the land was bought for the school. So, the Brown vs. Board of education supreme court case was a huge thing, for black students at least. The white students did not like the fact that they were going to the same school as black students and I'm sure that there was an adjustment period after this law was passed.  In the classroom ...

No, someone in the class did not  get engaged (because they are only in elementary school), but the students were engaged in their learning! In my service learning, I have noticed a few activities that have been engaging for the students. First, a couple times I have been in the classroom, students have been playing math games on the computer. I personally think technology is very engaging. It is fun and provides experiences or games that you cannot provide in the classroom without it. I can tell that the kids love playing the math games on the computer because they get super excited when the teacher tells them it is computer time. Another engaging activity I have noticed is journal time. The students are given a journal prompt every morning that they are asked to write a short response to. Usually the questions are personal, like what the students did when they got home from school. Sometimes the questions have to do with what happened in the class the day before. I think this is ...