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Student Teaching Internship Reflection – Week #10

Posted on May 13, 2012 by jamesbeckr

This week was full of a lot of schedule and strategy changing due in a large part to different people being sick. Both of the students with more severe disabilities that were having challenging behaviors last week improved slightly, but … Continue reading →

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Student Teaching Internship Reflection – Week #9

Posted on May 6, 2012 by jamesbeckr

Welcome to week 9 of my student teaching. After the adrenalin rush of last week’s job fair I waded into the online application bog. I applied for a position at the school I had been working at for the last … Continue reading →

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Life skills & sensory block

Posted on May 3, 2012 by jamesbeckr

Life Skills lesson

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Student Teaching Internship Reflection – Week #8

Posted on April 29, 2012 by jamesbeckr

Welcome to week 8 of my student teaching. This week was a good solid week with my students. We continued our abstract non-fiction trend for writing by working on dragons as a topic. I used several vantage points, such as … Continue reading →

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Student Teaching Internship Reflection – Week #7

Posted on April 22, 2012 by jamesbeckr

I was able to get a lot accomplished this week. After working on my TPA for two and half weeks I was able to submit it, and I’m looking forward to the response. Overall it was a positive experience, and … Continue reading →

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Student Teaching Internship Reflection – Week #6

Posted on April 15, 2012 by jamesbeckr

This week was my spring break, so after taking some time to be with my family I started on the TPA task templates. This was not my favorite part of the TPA process, and after working on the lessons and … Continue reading →

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Student Teaching Internship Reflection – Week #4

Posted on April 1, 2012 by jamesbeckr

This week was definitely a test to see how much I could handle. The week started well, and I felt like I was getting a handle on all the lesson plans and curriculum. Then I received the news that a … Continue reading →

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Student Teaching Internship Reflection – Week #3

Posted on March 25, 2012 by jamesbeckr

This last week was as busy as ever, and I ramping up with doing more lesson plans each week. My math group was very interesting this week because I am realizing the polarity within the group. I also realized how … Continue reading →

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Student Teaching Internship Reflection – Week #3

Posted on March 18, 2012 by jamesbeckr

This week has really been a change of gears for me. I started doing lesson plans for my writing/handwriting group, and though they are similar the “Learning Experience” (section describing step in the lesson) is different each day. This was … Continue reading →

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Student Teaching Internship Reflection – Week #2

Posted on March 11, 2012 by jamesbeckr

My second week of student teaching was pretty busy, but also very informative. I attended my first Wednesday morning teachers meeting that as a Para I wasn’t included in. I usually arrive about an hour early, so the earlier time … Continue reading →

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