Summary WEEK TWO: Wong: pages 41-43 2004 edition (43)
Text to text: What I just read from Wong reminds me of another book called FISH, I read because it speaks about attitude and the words we choose to say in certain situations can effect everyone and everything around us. Wong speaks to the way we say certain things or the way we act as Teachers and Parents really affect how the kids see what expectations we have for them.
Text to world: This text reminds me of the Presidents of the U.S. Depending on how our parents viewed or commented on the Presidents in our lives growing up effects our political views as children and then eventually adults. It remind me how Diane Barth, a psychologist states that most women turn out to be just like their mothers. It happens all over the world- the way our parents think affect our mindsets as well.
Text to self: I can really relate with this text because when I was in kindergarten I got hurt because I bent down to get a marker, came up really fast and hit my head on the table. I was bleeding pretty bad because it was above my eye. My mom came in and told the Teacher and the administration of the school that they were irresponsible and how dare they let her child get hurt. I thought for years that schools were a scary place and that you would always get hurt and they would not take care of you because that day my mom pulled me out of school and home schooled me until high school. It was funny that one incident and how my mom reacted verbally to it affected my thought of schools for years.
Tomlison: Pages 41-44
Text to text: When I read this text it reminded me of the book The Seven Laws of Learners. This book speaks to the different ways people learn and that each person has a way of looking at things. Not everyone is the same and each person learns in their own way. Tomlison stated that "He helps parents realize that school is a progresson of life and that teaching is like parenting in some ways" (41). Kids have to have parents and teachers working together to learn their learning habits, differences in order for the child to excel.
Text to world: Historically speaking, not all children were recognized for their learning differences as a good thing. In the early 1800s, students of all ages were in a classroom. A teacher would have students ranging from 5 years old to 17 years of age in one class. Back then, they all got taught the same thing and differences were not taking in to consideration. The student either learned the one way and excelled from coming through it on their own or dropped out.
Text to self: This is an exact replica of what happened to my brother. He is ADHD and Bi-polar. He had several learning difficulties growing up but he learned to cope enough to be in a regular class but was not so bad to be in a special education class. At the time when my brother was in elementary school there were not behavior modifications classes, ARD meetings, or anyone looking to improve my brothers education - he simply fell in the cracks and was passed just to get him out of the classroom.
Jones: pages 152-157, 185-186 and 252-253
Text to text: Jones spoke to having students being responsible for themselves in a classroom. He also spoke to students embracing each others culture. He spoke to how teachers should watch the phrases they say because it may mean something totally different in another culture which they may have in their class. This reminds me of a book I have been reading by Debra Rader. She states in her book, New Kid in School, that teachers should "demonstrate an interest in learning about your students unique backgrounds and learn how they view themselves (70).
Text to world: Jones stated on page 154 that as teachers we must learn to delegate the duties out to the students and teach them to respect each other and theme selves as responsible members of the class. This reminds me of how manners have changed over history. What is now socially acceptable was not socially acceptable 30 years ago. We have changed so much as a society. It is up to teachers to remind students of appropriate behaviors and manners so that they can learn to be successful wherever or whatever culture they are in.
Text to self: This reminds me of when I was in 8th grade. I dated an African American boy behind my moms back because to my mom that was culturally unacceptable. But I saw nothing wrong with it. I was the one to teach my mom the difference of what culturally acceptable means and racism means. It was in 10th grade that we learned of my half white, half black Aunt. It was in 8th grade that I believe God was preparing my moms heart for the sister she never knew she had and would be meeting only a few years later.
Work Cited
Barth, Diane. "Are you turning into your mother" Psychology Today. Accessed Web 26 Jan 2013. http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-couch/201007/are-you-turning-your-mother
Jones, Fred. Tools for Teaching. Fredric H. Jones and Associates: Santa Cruz, CA, 2007. Print.
Rader, Debra. New Kid in School. Teachers College Press: Columbia University, 2003. Print.
Tomlison, Carol Ann. How to Differentiate Instruction in Mixed-Ability Classrooms, 2nd Edition. ASCD, 1999. Print.
Wong, Harry K and Rosemary T. Wong. How to be an effective teacher: The first days of school. Harry K Wong Publications: Mountain View, CA, 2004. Print.
Text to text: What I just read from Wong reminds me of another book called FISH, I read because it speaks about attitude and the words we choose to say in certain situations can effect everyone and everything around us. Wong speaks to the way we say certain things or the way we act as Teachers and Parents really affect how the kids see what expectations we have for them.
Text to world: This text reminds me of the Presidents of the U.S. Depending on how our parents viewed or commented on the Presidents in our lives growing up effects our political views as children and then eventually adults. It remind me how Diane Barth, a psychologist states that most women turn out to be just like their mothers. It happens all over the world- the way our parents think affect our mindsets as well.
Text to self: I can really relate with this text because when I was in kindergarten I got hurt because I bent down to get a marker, came up really fast and hit my head on the table. I was bleeding pretty bad because it was above my eye. My mom came in and told the Teacher and the administration of the school that they were irresponsible and how dare they let her child get hurt. I thought for years that schools were a scary place and that you would always get hurt and they would not take care of you because that day my mom pulled me out of school and home schooled me until high school. It was funny that one incident and how my mom reacted verbally to it affected my thought of schools for years.
Tomlison: Pages 41-44
Text to text: When I read this text it reminded me of the book The Seven Laws of Learners. This book speaks to the different ways people learn and that each person has a way of looking at things. Not everyone is the same and each person learns in their own way. Tomlison stated that "He helps parents realize that school is a progresson of life and that teaching is like parenting in some ways" (41). Kids have to have parents and teachers working together to learn their learning habits, differences in order for the child to excel.
Text to world: Historically speaking, not all children were recognized for their learning differences as a good thing. In the early 1800s, students of all ages were in a classroom. A teacher would have students ranging from 5 years old to 17 years of age in one class. Back then, they all got taught the same thing and differences were not taking in to consideration. The student either learned the one way and excelled from coming through it on their own or dropped out.
Text to self: This is an exact replica of what happened to my brother. He is ADHD and Bi-polar. He had several learning difficulties growing up but he learned to cope enough to be in a regular class but was not so bad to be in a special education class. At the time when my brother was in elementary school there were not behavior modifications classes, ARD meetings, or anyone looking to improve my brothers education - he simply fell in the cracks and was passed just to get him out of the classroom.
Jones: pages 152-157, 185-186 and 252-253
Text to text: Jones spoke to having students being responsible for themselves in a classroom. He also spoke to students embracing each others culture. He spoke to how teachers should watch the phrases they say because it may mean something totally different in another culture which they may have in their class. This reminds me of a book I have been reading by Debra Rader. She states in her book, New Kid in School, that teachers should "demonstrate an interest in learning about your students unique backgrounds and learn how they view themselves (70).
Text to world: Jones stated on page 154 that as teachers we must learn to delegate the duties out to the students and teach them to respect each other and theme selves as responsible members of the class. This reminds me of how manners have changed over history. What is now socially acceptable was not socially acceptable 30 years ago. We have changed so much as a society. It is up to teachers to remind students of appropriate behaviors and manners so that they can learn to be successful wherever or whatever culture they are in.
Text to self: This reminds me of when I was in 8th grade. I dated an African American boy behind my moms back because to my mom that was culturally unacceptable. But I saw nothing wrong with it. I was the one to teach my mom the difference of what culturally acceptable means and racism means. It was in 10th grade that we learned of my half white, half black Aunt. It was in 8th grade that I believe God was preparing my moms heart for the sister she never knew she had and would be meeting only a few years later.
Work Cited
Barth, Diane. "Are you turning into your mother" Psychology Today. Accessed Web 26 Jan 2013. http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-couch/201007/are-you-turning-your-mother
Jones, Fred. Tools for Teaching. Fredric H. Jones and Associates: Santa Cruz, CA, 2007. Print.
Rader, Debra. New Kid in School. Teachers College Press: Columbia University, 2003. Print.
Tomlison, Carol Ann. How to Differentiate Instruction in Mixed-Ability Classrooms, 2nd Edition. ASCD, 1999. Print.
Wong, Harry K and Rosemary T. Wong. How to be an effective teacher: The first days of school. Harry K Wong Publications: Mountain View, CA, 2004. Print.