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Saturday, October 3, 2009

Dear Jaremy,

I am so sorry for the way you are feelin9g right. Since I heard how you're doing in your classroom I've become very overwhelmed knowing that I may not be able to have an influence on the students I teach. Lets be honest I was feeling overwhelmed before I read your blog. I felt like I'm being taught in all my classes how to be a good teacher and then I was thinking to myself that it was impossible for me to be the kind of teacher that I have been taught by my professors. It has been a while since I have been able to relax but I can now say I feel more at peace with teaching or to be more descriptive I feel more about at peace about my abilities of being a good teacher.

I was able to read out of one my text books (Fulfilling the Promise) about how I can be a good teacher. I was able to read something that helped me tons and I think will help you tons about not giving up. In the book it talked about all the different kinds of responses a teacher can have. The "response" that affected me was The Response of Persistence. It talked about how we need to help the children be persistent within their works and being inside your classroom. I'm going to tell you the list of little helpful hints that you can share with your students. I will also add an extra advice that might help you and make sure you share with your students. The personal advice for you and I (need to share with our students) will be in parenthesis and the advice that comes from the book will be the first part of the bullet.
  • You're growing, but you're not finished growing. (I am still growing and I'm not done growing so I need your help to grow)
  • When one route doesn't work, there are others we can find. (Will you help me find the route that you and I can follow)
  • Let's figure oue what works best. (Not only for you but also for me)
  • There are no excuses here, but there is support. (I also need you support)
  • There is no finish line in learning. (Help me continue to learn)

Another part in the that I thought could help you would be. "Help Students Know About One Another. Some teachers use interest groups, shared-interest reading , or both as a way for students to find peers who enjoy similar topics or approaches to learning." Knowing this I was able to imagine that if I got my students to respect each other through their similar interests they will respect you and I as their teachers.

The last thing I would have to say Jaremy is good luck and know that you are influncing atleast one of your students' lives.

1 comment:

Teacherheart said...

This is very reflective, and shows connections to what you've read. Great job! 4 points!

the video clip will help you know how to make a digital story and why

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This video will help you remember all the presidents names and so I want you to come to class tomorrow having all the presidents names memorized.

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