Grinch or Santa?

Should we be able to celebrate Christmas in classrooms? Yes. We go to school in America and the older you get, you will learn in your history classes that America was founded on Christianity and Christmas comes from Christianity.

American Teacher

My first impression after watching this movie gives me a different outlook on things about teachers. I can see that it is a lot more difficult if you don't have support from you friends, family, co-workers and even financially. It will help a lot more if you  DO have those types of support. Lack of support and materials seemed like it was the major frustration. Teaching conditions would most likely improve if there were supplies there and ready for them to use instead of them having to go out and buy them.

Why Do Students Procrastinate?

Difficulty Concentrating...
When I have homework that I have to complete on the computer I find myself getting onto social networks, or getting on pinterest and NOT doing my work. I always say, "Oh.. I'll do it in 10 minutes." 10 minutes quickly turns into 3 hours....

Modifying the Enviornment...
If I did homework at the BCTAL where I can't access certain websites I could get things done faster.

Changing Education...

If I could change one thing about education it would be creating more options that go along with students' strengths. Like if a student was a visual learner, then I would get visual things for that student. So on and so on.

Lesson Planning 101

1st Grade TEKS

Mrs. Stevens Blog

This week my class worked on adding numbers 1-12.
Activities for this could be:
Dot Addition- picking different combinations of dice to make a certain number.
Example- Picking 2 and 5 to make 7.  1st Grade Math TEKS 1.3 A

Money Game- Give the students a scenario to connect real world examples: Identify coins by names.  Identify coins by what they can buy.  Identify how much they think something costs. TEKS 1.1 C

Common Denominations in Real Life: Show students things like a dozen donuts, a dozen eggs, a dozen cookies or a pair of shoes. TEKS 1.1 D

My first week as a teacher...

My first week as a teacher was great! I teach at first grade in Mrs. Harms class at Snow Heights Elementary.

When I first walked into my classroom, I was a little nervous. But that quickly went away as I was greeted by my absolutely wonderful mentor, Mrs. Harms. This year I hope to learn a lot of things to help me when I become a teacher and I know that my mentor will do a great job teaching me.

"Its time to get social smart..."

  In today's society it is very important to protect your privacy over the internet. If you don't it can effect your future. Such as, when you apply for a job. They could look at your twitter, facebook or blogger and if it wasn't private or protected, they could see something that would make or break you. 


  What I learned from reading this article is to be more aware and think twice of what I post on the internet.