ED 243 Magazine Project

learning/completing activity,
closure(various activities).
4.) What are some of your
classroom procedures? Some of
my classroom procedures are
how and when students use the
bathroom, getting a drink, they
have certain hand signals for
each one.
5.) What do you use as a quiet
signal? I have a triangle bell that
I ring to gain their attention.
6.) How does teaching seventh
grade English language arts
compare to teaching eighth
grade social studies? Besides
the difference in subject the
students are more mature and
have different behaviors. The
good thing is that I was able to
take skills I taught as a language
arts teacher and implement them
as I teach social studies. I am
able to implement reading
strategies and writing activities
as building blocks for them to get
to the objective I want them to
master.
7.) Do you see a difference in
behavior between seventh and
eighth grade aged students?
The eighth grade students are
more mature and competent, but
they still are at the age where
most of them are more focused
on social life versus the reality of
graduation coming closer.
8.) What are your views on
assigning homework? I give the
students all the time needed in
class to complete all
assignments. It becomes
homework if they do not
complete it. I know that they get
homework in a lot of other
classes and have
sports/activities/family life as
well.
9.) How do you manage crisis
in your classroom? If it is
endangering others, I get the
other students out of the room. I
try to avoid any crisis situations
by asking the student to go sit
outside or go to the office.
10.) How do you prepare
students for assessments? I tell
them exactly what they should
study and try to have a review
activity or game the day before
or the day of the assessment.