September 30, 12
Hey yall these past two weeks had been a hand-full.  But if was full of excitment!!!!  Well here it os hope yall enjoy reading it.

READ-ALOUDS:
    This week read-alouds were intesting because i had a read-aloud.  I read "The very Hungry Caterpillar" by: Eric Carle.  After reading this book i had many ideas i could use with this book.  I could use this book for a math lessons for a first or second grade class because i could use the days of the week as numbers and add them together to get a sum.  I could also use it in a science and deision different habbait animals live in.  Another book that was read this week was "Who Said Moo?" by Harriet Zlefert and Simms Taback. This book was mainly about different sounds animals make.  An activity with kids could be making flash cards with animals sounds and the kids would have to make the sound of them.  "Cosmo's Moon" by Devin Scillian.  Was another read aloud and it was about how the moon followed this little boy and the effect it cause in the enviroment.   With this book the childern in k-5, they can use it to learn about the effect of the sun.  In this week we also read "Muddy Paws" by Moira Butterfield.  This book would be great to use in a lesson introducing ontemaptopeia.  The last book we read this week was "A little Something Different" by Cathy Scott.  The unqiue thing about this book was that it was written by Ellory's mother.  And it was a great book about self-esteem.

LEARNING EXPERIENCES:
    Through Teacher Cadets, we as a class got the chance to visit Newberry College for a day. It was a great expierence for us to meet others who were passionate about becoming a teacher.  And it provided a great way to interact with fellow teacher cadets your our lunch and free time with the gmaes they planned for us. 

CURRENT EVENT:
    What is happening currently in New York is the evaluation of teachers based on their students' results from standardized testing. This is an unfair evaluation because teachers are losing their jobs based on how their students score on tests the state comes up with. Many of those students, unfortunately, scored poorer than those evaluating preferred. The system is highly inaccurate since only about 10-15% of the test scores were affected from the teacher while 85-90% of the test scores account for factors other than teachers like peer pressure, school size, and even disabilities and poverty. So then it was stated how some principals would make sure some of those certain students who make the below average test scores will not be put in the classrooms with the excellent teachers to ensure they keep their job. Of course this is not fair for the students since they will not get the best education just because they need a little bit more help in school than others do.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/new-teacher-evaluations-start-to-hurt-students/2012/09/29/f6d1b038-0aa6-11e2-afff-d6c7f20a83bf_blog.html

QUOTE OF THE WEEK:
    "If we do not plant knowledge when young, it will give us no shade when we are old." -Lord Chesterfield.  This quote is meaningful to me because it stresses the importance of appreciating your ability to learn at a young age.  because you will need it in the future. Your knowledge is what will help your get throught the struggles and overcome the obstacles life gives you.

OBSERVATIONS:
    In all my class i have oberved that the key to successed and make something out of yoorself it by not giving up and use what you have learned form the past to better your future.  And a big part to that is learning from you mistakes. 

RELECTIONS:
    Last Friday was the Newberry College field trip. I had a blast! It was really cool to tour around the college campas and go in some classrooms of your interest.  I had so much fun with my fellow cadets dancing, socializing, and just spending quality time with each other. I also enjoyed our food Friday this week. Megan's group did an ice cream food Friday. It was delicious! They brought multiple flavors like vanilla, chocolate, strawberry and brought so many toppings. After that my day coulnt been better.