Austin Mann
Hello everyone!
Well here we are in April already! I hope everyone is doing well with their
semesters. I just finished my KPTP! It was sixty-nine pages, and let me tell
you it is the longest hardest project I have ever worked on. I made it through
though, and if I can make it through that, I can make it through anything! I
also have taken both the PRAXIS and the PL. Since completing the KPTP, I have
taken up much more responsibility in my classroom. I’m taking on more classes
and am having a big issues with keeping up with my grading and my assignments.
Now when I say assignments, what I mean is assignment sheets for my students. Whenever
I ask for students to turn in an assignment they have trouble rustling through
their papers and always ask me what it looks like or what kind of assignment
was.
To make my
organization in my assignments for my students easier, I had to ask some
veteran teachers at my placement for help on how I can make my assignments
easier to find for students. The number one thing I learned was to put
something in the corner of my assignments so when I call for them to turn it
in, they just have to find the picture I ask for. Originally, I was told to put
little colored stickers on the corners of my assignments so that I could just
say the color, but like Bomer says in his book “Lesson plans should allow all
students to participate despite any disabilities they have.” (Bomer 97) I
realized that several of my students are color blind and that they might not be
able to see the colors. To remedy this, I decided to place well known Disney
characters in the corners. This also saves me time and money on stickers and
placing them in the corners. I just have to copy and paste the pictures to get
them on the corner.
Using this
strategy has helped organization in my class. I have been able to just have to
ask for the character and the students are able to pull it out quickly and turn
it in. Instead of spending ten minutes getting the assignment in, I get the
assignments in about a minute and have more time for my lessons.
Well that’s all
for now! Good luck everyone! Finish strong!
