Project- Week 3 Tommy

Last Friday, I completed the day without my sponsor, Mr. Stenger, present. He had to attend a teacher's seminar as the head of the English department so I shadowed many different teachers. I was able to shadow a total of four teachers from each grade. I began the day with Mr. Hagan's sixth grade Social Studies class. He had me do some tedious work; grading map tests from two of his classes. From the final scores between two classes, it was obvious the different abilities from each class. I have heard many times and even witnessed the concept of adaptability alive in the career of a teacher. As a teacher, you must be comfortable with the way you teach but most especially able to adapt or change your plans in order to suit best the education of the class. The next class I went into was Mr. Archual's seventh grade World History class. This environment was very unique in that Mr. Archual kept his class going. Out of all the classes I have been in, I have never laughed as much I did in this classroom. He is a very humorous guy and yet is able to educate the students well. The class was reviewing for their Chapter 19 Renaissance test. Mr. Archaul created three different study guides that the students completed and then he went over each one with them. Some teachers choose to pick students with their hands up but today he chose to pick randomly. I liked this method because then everyone was able to contribute to the conversation. I talked of the economics project in my previous post. Throughout the afternoon, I spent my time in two of Mr. Cramer's sixth grade English classes. The students had a few tasks to complete to prove that they were a legit business. They had to come up with things such as a name, a product, a price, jobs, what to bring, and many others. With Mr. Cramer, I went around to each "company", talking their business through and eventually approving it with my signature. This activity has been my favorite so far because I was able to actually pull out the wisdom that each student possessed and see education in action.
Today has been more of a laid back day. Mr. Stenger's seventh grade English class continues their research. I have been helping them find "legit" sources, citing each source, and also aiding them with the structure of their paper. For the paper they need to have background on the Renaissance, background of a famous person during that time period, and the legacy that that person possesses. I was also able to continue the Economics project, helping the businesses design a poster/an advertisement.