Class on 4/28/2011

Pairs discussed and wrote answers to the following questions. 
Typical ECE Interview Questions (borrowed from http://blog.hrinmotion.com)


1. As our Observe Early Childhood Educator or Day Care Worker, you will be working with children with learning disabilities or emotional challenges. Tell me about the most difficult child you have had to work with. What made it difficult? How did you adapt? What did you learn?

2. Tell me about a time when you had to handle a child or group of children that were being belligerent or uncooperative- difficult kids, behavior issues. For example when you were reading stories, teaching songs, demonstrating a physical activity, showing the use of simple musical instrument, or making crafts.

3. To deliver the proper care and education to our children, our Preschool  Teachers work as a team with other community service providers. Tell me about about a time when you did not get along with a community service professional.

4. What are your strengths as an Early Childhood Educator or Preschool Teacher?

5. Tell me more about the certifications, diploma, degrees, etc. that you hold related to early childhood education.

6. Why should we hire you as our Preschool Teacher or Day-Care Worker?


Students took a quiz on the following irregular past tense verbs:
        Said, saw, sang, sat, slept, took, told, thought, won and wrote. 


Homework:
1. Choose and practice reading a Children's book appropriate for 3-5 year olds.
2. Write a paragraph about your Word Pictures from page 108. Answer the following question: "What are the most outstanding word pictures to describe your developmental area?"

Class on 4/21/2011

Students reviewed corrected HW and latest Quiz

Whole class read and discussed word pictures for Toddler and choose some especially poignant descriptions.

The professor read "Bear Wants More"

and individually students wrote a paragraph about it. Assistant or professor circled to read finished paragraphs.

Students read from a selection of children's books. Then read whole book or selection to the professor or assistant.

Homework:
Finish Unit 10 handout. Read Page 104 and use vocabulary from this page to write 10 "Observations." Use Present Progressive. Examples: "The boy is watching everyone around him" and "The girls are feeding themselves."

Class on 4/14/11

Students reviewed corrected Homeworks.

Students viewed video of various aged children (single third person subjects) and made "observations" regarding their activities. The professor had students practice the following verb forms:

Simple Present              Present Progressive           Simple Past
she moves her arm         she is moving her arm          she moved her arm
she wiggles her body     she is wiggling her body      she wiggled her body

Students took a quiz on past tense (common irregular verbs).

Students practiced writing a paragraph about their activities during the past week. The instructor demonstrated a example paragraph and students graded their own paragraphs

Homework: complete parts 2 and 3 of the handout
                    Read page 103 and write 10 simple present "observations" about an imaginary student:    "The girl walks to the dramatic play area and puts on a funny hat."

Class on 3/31/11

NO CLASS NEXT WEEK: SPRING BREAK

Individually students reviewed and rewrote their corrected paragraphs.

Whole class review of turning Questions into statements for use as the first sentence of a paragraph. Then the whole class copied the professors example of a "perfect" paragraph on: "What are the four themes of Chapter One?"

     Ethic of Social Reform

     Importance of Childhood

     Transmitting of Values

     Professionalism

Then professor demonstrated a "perfect" homework example of a paragraph. Students took transcription and then "traded and graded."

Students then were asked to write their own paragraph on "What are the three criteria of Developmentally Appropriate Practice?"

Students worked in pairs with the Present Progressive Handout.

Homework: Read about "Word Pictures" starting on page 99 and read until the end of page 102. From page 102 choose 10 words you think should be vocabulary words for the class and write a definition for each one. Practice the dialogues from the handouts. 

Class on 3/24/2011

Note: many students were absent (due to weather?) today.

Homework and Quiz review

In Groups students read the following sections: pages 35 to 40
    Ethic of Social Reform
    Importance of Childhood
    Transmitting Values
    Professionalism

Instructor demonstrated reading to children using "Dmitri the Astronaut." Students wrote a paragraph explaining what happened in the story


Homework:
Read page 50, 51 and 52 about "Developmentally Appropriate Practices" Do not read "DAP Principles in Action"
Finish Handout section 4 and 5

Class on 3/17/2011

Students reviewed homework

Individual students read passages out loud to the whole class from the Head Start information in our book. Individuals wrote three questions about Head Start. As a whole class students answered the questions.

Past Tense Quiz

Demonstration on reading to children: "The Snowy Day" Students will have to prepare a presentation of a children's book in English. Students agreed that the following books should not be used:
   The Very Hungry Caterpillar
   Brown Bear, Brown Bear

   Five Little Monkeys

   Good Night Moon

Past Tense worksheets: In Pairs students practiced the past tense dialogues and then dialogued about new years eve 1999 and also last weekend.

Homework: 
Handout part 1, 2 and 3.
Write a paragraph about your favorite children's book when you were 5 or 6 years old.
    What happened in the book? Who was it about? When would adults read to you? 
    Who would read to you?

Class on 3/10/2011

Home work review
Students filled out Cañada survey re satisfaction and retention
Quiz review.

Irregular Past Tense
    Practice Quiz: (from same half sheet) broke, did, ate, found, went, spent, won, was, were and repeating: spoke, thought, and brought
    Practice paragraph: What did you do last weekend?

In pairs corrected weekend homework and read homework on FCC and Child Care Centers.
Sample paragraph:

       "Family Child Care and Child Care Centers are different but they share some important similarities. First, they are both regulated by California Licensing regulations and visits. They both try to provide flexible hours for working parents. And while each emphasizes different ages the both serve children between the ages of three to five. Family Child Care and Child Care Centers work together to help serve children and families."

Students who did poorly on last quiz had an opportunity to retest at the end of class.

Homework: Read regarding Head Start (pages 29 and 30). Identify three important facts and write a paragraph using your own words to describe: "What makes Head Start unique?"