Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Summer '09
This is summer has been a crazy one so far. From getting ready to go to college to working in several places. One summer job that I am really thankful that I got was working at my school as a tutor as a Spanish teacher. Spanish is my first language but I have lived here so long that I get all tongue twisted. However, Dudley Johnson told me that I all they are going to do is use the a program called Rosetta Stone to learn Spanish. The first days I saw that the kids were really bored and didn't want to be there. I knew that learning Spanish isn't just about listening, so the next day I came with a couple games that I knew that could help them with their Spanish. Now, every so often I bring in a movie and we watch it Spanish but with English subtitles. Ann Hooper, a tenth grader, was telling me how much she liked playing that games that we should do them more often. I then talk to Alexander Sliverman and heard what he thought about what he thought. He thought that it is very boring but that he enjoys the games because it gets him to do something other than being on the computer.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Why do We Need Math?
Why do Need to Know Math?
I personally love math, but there is a reason why I love it. Math isn't like any other subject that we get taught in school. Math teaches you how to look at things from a different angle and how to think logically. This is something that we need on day-to-day basis. That's really why I love math, you get taught really world skills; that is something that you don't get taught in English, History, or Science.
In my school, its really different on how to teach it here. For example, we don't have text books, so you really can't refer back to that resource. But we do have our notes. I think that is better than a textbook because they are in words that only you understand because you wrote them down. The best part is that that if you don't understand something you can also refer back to the teacher, or the person that gave you the notes. Also, I think that Peer Teaching is a great thing because students are friends with other students and somehow they understand better than the teacher does.
I personally love math, but there is a reason why I love it. Math isn't like any other subject that we get taught in school. Math teaches you how to look at things from a different angle and how to think logically. This is something that we need on day-to-day basis. That's really why I love math, you get taught really world skills; that is something that you don't get taught in English, History, or Science.
In my school, its really different on how to teach it here. For example, we don't have text books, so you really can't refer back to that resource. But we do have our notes. I think that is better than a textbook because they are in words that only you understand because you wrote them down. The best part is that that if you don't understand something you can also refer back to the teacher, or the person that gave you the notes. Also, I think that Peer Teaching is a great thing because students are friends with other students and somehow they understand better than the teacher does.
A Musical Way of Learning Math
Jack Hoff
The one child that had difficulty with focusing was Jack Hoff. Jack Hoff is a freshman at my school and he just didn't understand math. Jack really made me think of ways to improve my explanation skills along with my interaction skills. I knew that he really loved music and that's when I started to relate more towards him than other students. I love to listen to music, even when I am studying, I'll listen to music because it helps me concentrate in what I'm doing. Everyday, Jack and I would reach for a packet to do and listen to music while I was explaining it to him. To prove that he was really listening and not just fooling around. I had him explain it to me how he would do it. We did 4 out of the 5 packets that we needed to do, but the important thing was that he understood how to math.
The one child that had difficulty with focusing was Jack Hoff. Jack Hoff is a freshman at my school and he just didn't understand math. Jack really made me think of ways to improve my explanation skills along with my interaction skills. I knew that he really loved music and that's when I started to relate more towards him than other students. I love to listen to music, even when I am studying, I'll listen to music because it helps me concentrate in what I'm doing. Everyday, Jack and I would reach for a packet to do and listen to music while I was explaining it to him. To prove that he was really listening and not just fooling around. I had him explain it to me how he would do it. We did 4 out of the 5 packets that we needed to do, but the important thing was that he understood how to math.
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