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Why I Want to Teach
By Katie Lorton
I have some practice with teaching children. While I am a nanny, I am constantly helping the girls I watch with their homework. They are in sixth grade, fourth grade and third grade, therefore I helping them at different levels of schooling. While volunteering in the first grade classroom I am also there to aide the teacher and help the students with math or writing during class. I am glad I have been exposed to these things, so that I already know some of the things to expect when being an educator on my own.
As a teacher my personal philosophy is to be there for the children in every way and to mold and form their developing young minds. I hope that I will be remembered as a special teacher to my students in their later years, as a person who impacted and bettered their lives. I want to let the children know that I believe in each one of them equally and I accept, love and want them to each succeed at their greatest potential.
I hope that I will be an amazing and life-changing elementary school teacher. I will be a life-long learner in my teaching profession and I will learn and improve from any mistakes that I make. I want to try my hardest to boost children's self-esteem and let them know that they are capable of anything if they put their mind to it.
If you would like to contact me, please send an e-mail to katie.lorton@gmail.com or http://www.klorton.blogspot.com/
Making Learning Fun
By Katie Lorton
I have recently been observing and volunteering for a first grade teacher. She has shown me that it is imperative to make sure that as the teacher, you always have the children's attention, especially at such a young age. If you do not keep them busy with assignments to do, then their curious minds will wander and easily become distracted. Keeping a routine is also good for the students. This shows them normality and a balance and allows them to know what to expect next. Some children may have difficulties settling into a classroom and becoming comfortable if their teacher often surprises them with assignments and things they are not expecting or excited to do.
I hope that I will make the classroom a fun learning environment, where the children feel comfortable and are eager and excited to learn. One way I will grab my students' attention, is by using fun lesson plans to capture their interest and keep them focused in the topic of discussion. I will follow the California Content Standards by using both books and traditional forms of teaching as well as fun, hands-on lesson plans that hopefully the children will never forget. Sometimes it is easier for a child to remember something they have actually experimented with rather than just read, which may make learning easier and more fun for my students.
From Hobby to Career
By Margarita Hernandez
I would like to teach English, especially literature. I am not certain yet of what grade I would like to teach; If I had to choose it would have to be between eighth grade and tenth grade. I do not have any experience working with students in those grads yet, but I have worked with kids before. When I was in middle school I volunteered at my old elementary school, assisting the teacher and helping students during group work. Besides volunteering, the only other experience I have had working with kids are the few occasions that I've helped my niece and nephew with their homework. I really enjoy helping them because I am going with them through the process of discovery and I am helping them discover the different ways to look at a problem and try to solve it.
As a potential future teacher I see my teaching philosophy being more group oriented. I think that students have a vast potential of knowledge and a teachers role is to help them tap into that knowledge. I know that their is a lot that my students will not know and as a teacher I will have to give them that information. I also think that my role is not just to impart them with knowledge,but instead to teach them ways to reach those same points by themselves or with the help of their classmates. I hope to have a mutual relationship with my students, were they learn from me and I learn form them. Rather than lecture them, I want them to work in groups. I want to teach them skills that they can apply to other aspect of their lives outside of school.
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Expanding Your Imagination Through Literature
By Margarita Hernandez
I think that through literature children can expand their imagination and develop their critical thinking skills. What I like about teaching literature is helping children analyze a text and write a paragraph or an essay about what they think the text is saying. I know that this type of analysis would be taught ideally in high school, at least that was the case with me. I think that in middle school students are being taught more about the grammar of English. This will help them write tho
se analysis that I will have them write.
I am more interested in the process that goes into writing a paper, the students logical thinking and their presentation of the work than if they have a few grammatical errors. I know that writing a grammatically correct paper is essential for the success of a student, however I think that developing their critical thinking skills is more important. If a student has trouble with grammar they can always hand in their paper earlier and have the teacher edit the paper or they can work in groups and correct each others papers. Through time and practice they can improve their grammar. However, analysis is a process that a student must develop and work on, they need practice and in the end they will be able to see that they can take any form of literature and interpret what they think the text or the writer is saying.
The part that I enjoyed must about my English classes was when as a class we went over our interpretations of a text and as a class decided if those interpretations were validated by the text. I think that analyzing a text produces a kind of eureka moment for students, when they take the pieces of a puzzle, in this case the evidence provided by the text, and assembles what they think the text is saying or what the author intended to say. The numerous possibilities of interpretation ensure that a student if taught the skills of critical analysis can experience their eureka moment.
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