Blog 17: Third Answer

My essential question is :

What is the most significant factor in insuring the independence of a preschool special ed student by the age of 5?


My third answer is:

the most significant factor in insuring independence of a preschool special education student by the age of five is to help them create an individual lesson plan that involves both social and academic skills for them to learn at their own pace. :emphasis on Pace.

February Extra Blog

Valentines day
 Today in mentorship, we handed out valentine cards after testing hours. It reminded me of how excited I was in Elementary school to pass out a valentine card to EVERY person in my class. It was such a nice experience and it was adorable to see the students kind of awkwardly hand over cards to those whom they secretly admired and vice versa. it was sweet and a different pace for our normal busy friday schedule.

Independent component 2

(a) “I, Ilse Gutierrez, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30.5 hours of work.”
(b) My two main sources are my mentors Mr. William Harper, and Mrs. Anderson. 
(c) Updated
(d) I've completed 30.5 hours of extra mentorship. I volunteered with me. Harpers class as well as Mrs. Anderson's class on Thursdays and Fridays.
INTERPRETIVE 

APPLIED
My essential question is "what is the most significant factor in insuring the independence of a preschool special education student by the age of 5?" The reason I chose to do more mentorship hours was because I found that my first few points that led to my first answer came from one on one interaction in a classroom as well as observations on the students social and academic skills, and the teachers different teaching methods. I found that volunteering with a third grade class and a sixth grade class gave me aware since knowledge on, not only a specific grade level curriculum, but educating as a whole. Working on my independent component two I found my second and third answer. My third answe being my best. It was basically doing research in person and observing it first hand.

Blog 16: Answer 2

1.  What is your EQ?

What is the most significant factor in insuring the independence of a preschool special ed student by the age of five?
2.  What is your first answer? (In complete thesis statement format)

The most significant factor is to teach them an effective form of communication depending on what disability and/ or syndrome they may have.

3.  What is your second answer? (In complete thesis statement format)

The most significant factor is to challenge each student academically and make sure they are treated a individuals so they can learn at their own pace within the classroom setting.
4.  List three reasons your answer is true with a real-world application for each.

- children need to be challenged academically in order to advance levels. For example, when a student is being challenged to learn 3 words in sign language a week instead of two, they're already advancing at a more rapid pace.

-learning at your own pace is important within the early childhood development stages. A reason as to why that's true is because when young students feel like they're being left behind, they'll lose interest in the curriculum and become co-dependent on their teachers to do most of the work for them.

- in order for students to become independent, they must be at a certain level academically. For example, pre school special Ed students have to take a test individually at the end of the three years of preschool to determine whether or not their academic level of comprehension is high enough to be places in traditional courses.

5.  What printed source best supports your answer? 

Learning At A Steady Pace by Sam Triggens 
6.  What other source supports your answer?

My mentor

7.  Tie this together with a  concluding thought.

Honestly, this answer is not my best answer out of the two. It is very true that academic skills are just as important as social skills (such as communication: my answer 1) but I definitely think social skills may have the upper hand.

Independent component 2

For my independent component, i'm planning on continuing with my mentorship because I feel like I learn more about my topic observing in the classroom, than doing another activity outside of it. I volunteer at San Jose Elementary school on Fridays from 1-3 so in order to complete my hours, I will now start going twice a week starting next week (February 16, 2015). 

Independent Component 1

“I, Ilse Gutierrez, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.”

• I did 30 hours more of mentorship for my independent component.
• INTERPRETIVE 
  My mentorship teaches about my topic more than any article or book I could read.
• APPLIED
   Using mentorship for my independent component was beneficial to me because it helped me come up with my first answer. My first answer has to do with communication and within the classroom I volunteer in, observing my mentor, William Harper, I've come to realize that children don't learn how to communicate with one another on their own. It isn't always something that may come natural to young students. It's the teachers job to help them learn different, yet effective forms of communication and social skills.

Blog 13: Lesson 2 reflection

1. What I'm most proud of my hook activity because I think the sign language gave the opportunity to be interactive with my audience.

2. AE/P+
b. I thought I did a really good job explaining and focusing on my topic in depth. I also had good eye contact and felt comfortable speaking to my audience. I sited several sources and gave several real life scenarios.

3. I think the sign language worked extremely well and everyone participated.

4. What didn't work was that I didn't really reference my PowerPoint a lot while speaking.

5. My answer number two would be "To help the students learn at their own pace to excell socially and academically as individuals."