Class on 2/10/11

Discussion regarding last homework: simple past and past progressive and HW grading system

Class met Jaclyn  and practiced a dictation of her autobiographical paragraph.

       "My name is Jaclyn N. I have lived in San Mateo my whole life. I currently have 18 ECE units. I have been working with kids for the past three years, and I enjoy it very much. I am currently enrolled in ECE 240 Children with Special Needs as I have an interest in learning about that area further. I look forward to working with all of you."

Small group were assigned a Maria Montessori paragraph. Each individual wrote one sentence to summarize or tell the main idea. Then the small group choose one or modified to present to the whole class.

First Paragraph

MM was able to prove that her technique and materials would work well with children with special needs.

Second P

MM discovered so clearly the needs of growing children and her medical background gave credibility to her findings.

Third P

MM did not lock the cabinets, the children got all of the supplies and the materials were at eye level.

4th P

The most important theory for MM was how the children learn step by step.

5th P

M’s idea was to create an organized place for activities, materials and all lessons.

6th P

In supporting early education ideas of sensory development she made equipment that was tactile and made materials with “self-correcting features.”

7th P

MM emphasized the preparation of the environment, using materials that were self correcting and sequential and her teaching was based on observations, and children’s innate drive.

Whole class preview of paragraph rules

1. Indent
2. First sentence must intro what the rest of the paragraph will discuss
3. 3 Supporting sentences
4. Last sentence sounds like the ending: Give an opinion or a summary.

Homework: Write a paragraph about your family

                     Write a paragraph about your first memory of school (be specific, use colors, smells, names etc.)

Class on 2/3/11

Homework Review of Past tense To Be
Students were encouraged to review and self correct their HW before turning it in and then HW was collected.

Some read two sentences about Maria Montessori. Then students were asked to write a sentence about MM in their own words. Examples were written on the board. Then students read first paragraph of page 41. Chose the best sentence to represent the main idea and copied it.

Then a whole class discussion about

Copying:
Quoting:
and
Paraphrasing

Students took a mini field trip to the Learning Center

Vocabulary Quiz

Homework: Write 20 Sentences about yourself

Class on 1/27/11

We reviewed To Be

            Present                         Past:

            I           am                   was

            You     are                   were   

            She/he  is                     was

            We       are                   were                  

            They    are                   were

We reviewed our Pretest and re-wrote all corrections in our notebooks

            REWRITE = REWORK, ask questions make sure you understand all the corrections.

Small group discussions: What did I learn in Mr Palma’s class yesterday? From the student’s ideas we wrote the following paragraph:

            “I learned many things in last night’s class. We discussed the importance of our own experiences and expectation about education. We will be listening to a radio program that shares different culture’s experiences in the American Educational system. We know that through the blogs and other means we will continue to share our own perspectives as we learn more about the history of early childhood education.”

Individually students were asked to build their own lists from the following questions:

Where does learning take place?

Who helps young children learn?

VOCABULARY/SPELLING WORDS

PLACES

Home

Family

Preschool

Library

Community center

Museum

Church

Street

Daycare

Friendships

PEOPLE/PROFESSIONS

Teacher

Grandparents

Friends

Cousins

Sister

Brother

Uncle

Aunt

Babysitter

Homework:

Study all the vocabulary words above: make sure you can spell every word.

Choose 10 and write sentences with the vocabulary word and a To Be in the past. Use all variants. For example:   "In Mexico I was a high school teacher."

First Homework

Homework Question:


Where was Garth Born? 


Email me the answer.

Remember: Buy, rent or prove you ordered the textbook.

Welcome to ESL 880

Welcome to your Spring 2011 ESL 880 class.

I'm your teacher Garth Bunse. Please visit this site for reviews of each class.

This is our book for this semester:

Summary of 12/9/10 Class

Whole class discussion of current grades.

Return of Hours by Arrangement assignments. Individual and extended discussion with some students regarding missing assignments and their current grade.

First Student Oral Presentation: Curious George Plants a Tree

Return and discussion of paragraphs responding to topic: "What are three things you learned in Professor Palma's class?"

Students took a practice test. Afterwards the answers were discussed. The professor tried to make it clear that the final would be very similar in nature to the practice test.

Homework: Practice your children's literature selection and study for the final exam.

Summary of 12/2/10 Class

Returned corrected drafts to students. Individual comments
Whole Class discussion of Resume Drafts

Here is a summary of common Problems and Solutions

Objectives should be short: and Don’t say “I want…”

Education: Dates are optional and don’t list school before High School.

Work Experience- list dates or date ranges. Be specific regarding your title or previous titles and the ages of children you worked with. Be specific about the trainings you have attended.

“Social and Emotional development”

·             CPR Training  January 2010

·             MANDATED REPORTER TRAINING, January 2010

Job Duties- Be very specific

Designed lesson plans
Created Play-Do art lessons to teach counting
Wrote my own songs to teach math
Guided field trips

Skills

Ability to multitask
Ability to make children feel comfortable
Make connections easily with children

General tip: Keep it Formal. Don’t say: kids, babies or “I love to work with children”

 Hobbies or Interests

Be specific and tie it to work. Love to go running three times a week
Early Childhood Education Courses: Completed 9 units

·             ECE 210

·             ECE 210 (in progress)

Group Work: Students divided into groups of 2-3. Talked about life experiences that might translate well as skills in a Resume.  They wrote 5 examples. One example from each group was shared with the whole class. Some examples follow:

I have worked for three years providing excellent customer service.
Work in high paced environment providing customer service to diverse clientele.
Experience working with children with special needs.  
Work as Nanny in at these locations with these families


Homework: complete a typed final draft of your resume