This past week, I tried new things with some of my classes. With my freshman, I tried having them make flashcards instead of filling in charts or notes with breed characteristics. They seemed to enjoy it so much better! Of course there was those few students that didn't care to participate, but it is there loss. The freshman have continued to teach me this lesson, and I still struggle with it sometimes, but I now know it is not my fault. As long as I put in my best effort and do everything in my power to reach these kids, that is all I can do. If they choose to still be arrogant and defiant, the best method is to just to pay them no mind. Sometimes they thrive on fighting back, so as long as they aren't bothering other students, I don't feed that attention.
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| Freshman making their poultry flashcards! |
Landscape had there first Fun Friday this past week. Hopefully now they'll be more attentive during the week. This Pesticide Certification has become quite a drag for all of us, so I enjoyed the break on Friday as well. The next section is PPE, which since it is something I'm more familiar with, I'm comfortable in adapting the material quite a lot while still being sure there getting the stuff they need for there exam. This hopefully will make the week go better as well.
Horticulture has been going along quite well. Besides the lessons taking a lot longer then I initially planned, the class has been great. The student's are very cooperative and social and just makes the environment so comfortable, even though it's a subject I'm not so strong in.
I look forward to starting my ENR class this week. We swapped units so instead of starting with Bio-fuels were starting with Wildlife! While I looked forward to Bio-fuels as it involved lot's of labs, I'm excited to start Wildlife! I'm very passionate about Wildlife and I might even help coach some of the student's for the Wilflife CDE! I also plan to utilize my Project Wild curriculum and I look forward to seeing it in action!
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| Me & my buddy Cookie! She's a Barred Owl! |
Katie, glad you are finding more success with your student and are incorporating different types of creative activities! Your "Fun Friday" idea sounds really neat, but can you tell us about some of the things you are doing with your students to make it purposeful as well as fun? Great job bringing some of your own resources, like Project Wild, to your students teaching experience!
ReplyDeleteI look forward to visiting! I have no doubt that Wildlife is going to be aces for you!
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