Learn and Serve #6: 11/24

On tuesday i went to my learn and serve placement at Niagara Catholic High School. I had previously not gone the two weeks before because the teacher took a personal day and on the other i had a game. I was still able to help the students though and found that the students are getting more used to me being in the classroom and are looking more for me to help them with classwork. The students had mostly classwork on tuesday so i had little to actually observe other than the fact that they had classwork so i assisted them in learning the material and helping them if they were stuck. They learned long division today. It wasn't really difficult for most of them but some of them had a difficult time realizing how to multiple whole equations and such. It was confusing and many needed help so i helped some while the teacher helped others.
I thought this was a good example of curriculum compacting (p.310). She used the curiculum to pick out things that students may have a difficult time with to challenge them. Nothing that isn't in the curiculum but challenging enough to make them apply what they've learned in situations.




Kirk, S., Gallagher, J., Coleman, M., Anastaslow, N. (2009). Educating Exceptional Children (12th ed.). Kentucky: Cengage Learning. Retrieved October 22, 2009, from http://college.cengage.com/education/kirk/educating/12e/resources/video_cases.html

Blog November 5th - Opportunities Unlimited

1. Today in class we made forts and played with play-doh and we also created stories and likewise took pictures and videos with our guest.
2. It was a fun experience and i felt like our guest, Colleen, really had a fun time today. If felt nice to feel like Katie and I could make a difference in her day and make it more fun.
It was much different because it was just not what i was expecting. I have never really worked with people who have special abilities before so it was an experience.The book says, that we should, "try to match the individual to activities on the basis of the person's preferences." (p.442) I thought the idea of having play-doh and even the fort in the middle of the classroom would make them feel more comfortable. As you said on the first day of class, they won't be embarrassed if they see us doing something more embarrassing then anything they can do, and believe me, seeing me, 6'6" in a kid's fort and playing with play-doh, nothing can be more embarrassing than that lol. But in reality, i felt like we made a connection with our student and they enjoyed themself and it made us better teachers by doing that.



Kirk, S., Gallagher, J., Coleman, M., Anastaslow, N. (2009). Educating Exceptional Children (12th ed.). Kentucky: Cengage Learning. Retrieved October 22, 2009, from http://college.cengage.com/education/kirk/educating/12e/resources/video_cases.html