I have come to a frightening conclusion:
I am the decisive element in the classroom.
It is my daily mood that makes the weather.
As a teacher, I possess tremendous power to make a child's life miserable or joyous.
I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration.
I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal.
In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis will be escalated or de-escalated and a child humanized or dehumanized.
Hiam Ginott, Teacher and Child
A teachers role in the classroom is essential to the overall atmosphere of the class environment. It is their duty to create a positive and safe learning environment where students feel comfortable and are eager to learn.
I am the decisive element in the classroom.
It is my daily mood that makes the weather.
As a teacher, I possess tremendous power to make a child's life miserable or joyous.
I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration.
I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal.
In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis will be escalated or de-escalated and a child humanized or dehumanized.
Hiam Ginott, Teacher and Child
A teachers role in the classroom is essential to the overall atmosphere of the class environment. It is their duty to create a positive and safe learning environment where students feel comfortable and are eager to learn.
Density Lesson 10/30/13
I gave a lesson on density, which can be a hard concept for
students to grasp. Using real world situations, like how a boat floats, or how
a heavy log floats while a grain of sand sinks showed the visual learners
exactly how the relationship between Mass and Volume is what determines its
density.
I encouraged students to go home and come up with at least 1
example of how density is seen in their household.
Students would work with their parents and gather different substances
such as oil, water, milk, maple syrup, corn syrup, and dish soap.
When they poured them together in a glass it would separate into
different layers to distinguish different densities.
In class, all students learned that the density of water is 1.00 g/Ml, I
would have them make predictions on the density of the other substances tested
based on their orientation in the
glass.
Hint: Oil and vinegar salad dressing is an easy example found in
most refrigerators.
I gave a lesson on density, which can be a hard concept for
students to grasp. Using real world situations, like how a boat floats, or how
a heavy log floats while a grain of sand sinks showed the visual learners
exactly how the relationship between Mass and Volume is what determines its
density.
I encouraged students to go home and come up with at least 1
example of how density is seen in their household.
Students would work with their parents and gather different substances
such as oil, water, milk, maple syrup, corn syrup, and dish soap.
When they poured them together in a glass it would separate into
different layers to distinguish different densities.
In class, all students learned that the density of water is 1.00 g/Ml, I
would have them make predictions on the density of the other substances tested
based on their orientation in the
glass.
Hint: Oil and vinegar salad dressing is an easy example found in
most refrigerators.