"An Indian Father's Plea"

In this letter "An Indian Father's Plea" he speaks about his son Wind-Wolf, who is a 5 year old boy in kindergarten. In this letter his father talks about his son being behind in his class only because in his culture they learned things differently. Wind-Wolf does know how to count and he knows his numbers, he was taught mathematics, he knows his days and months but only by the native tribal calender. He knows a lot about birds and knows about some of the planets. He is a very smart child but in a different way than all the other children. In Wind-Wolfs family they value there culture, religion, and beliefs about there tribe. In the classroom they do not learn about any of this they don't learn about any Indian culture, and this is what the dad is writing a letter about. He wants the children to learn about this culture so that they are familiar with what goes on and how other people live there lives. This connects with what we are learning today, how we are learning that we need to respect everyone in the classroom and all beliefs. We need to focus on all the children to make sure that they are getting the same help everyone else is, and we need to make sure that no one falls behind and that everyone is on the same page. This is what I got from this reading on "An Indian Father's Plea".

First Day at Robert F Kennedy Elementary School

Today was my first day to attend Robert F Kennedy Elementary School. When I arrived there I notice that the school was very poor looking, but had a certain comfort to it. There were a lot of pictures and paintings on the walls of the children's work which was very comforting. Walking threw the school everyone was very friendly in saying hello, even the children. however I did notice as I was walking threw the building that were was a lot of teachers yelling, mostly every teacher was yelling at their children which Idid not like that. Maybe this is how they feel they have to get threw to the children but I don't feel that way. I do feel that discipline is a huge factor in this school, they are very hard on the children, but most of the children need that push. Getting into the classroom the teacher was very nice, she seemed very overwhelmed but I would be to. The children were very polite some more than others. For most of the time that I was there, I took 5 children aside and did a reading lesson with them. They each took a turn reading the pages in the book and then we did a reading response on it. We then went back into the class room where I helped a bunch of children make note cards for their vocabulary words. As i researched my school a little more on infoworks.com, I saw that in the school year 2008-2009 the 4th graders were more porficient than they have been. This means that the school is getting better in there learning and the children are learning more.Today was a very productive day with the children, and I am looking forward to going next Friday.

A Short Introduction of Myself

Well as everyone already knows from class my name is Britt and I am going to school to become and Elementary Education Teacher. My main focus in my ELED career gears toward English, well for now. My semester so far is going great, I like all of my classes and my teachers seem awesome and easy to get alone with. This semester is going to fly by, and I am happy to say it is going to be with such a creative class. See you all on Wednesday!