Success Journal of the week

Other areas that I would like to succeed in are to be more efficient with Microsoft word and PowerPoint. When students asked me how to do something on the computer, I tried to guess on how to do it. Sometimes I figured it out, but most of the time I just find out a way. I knew that there was a shortcut on how to do it, but I just didn’t know how to get there. I see myself in the future to ask other students to help each other if I don’t know what the answer is. I can also ask them questions that I do know to see if they can figure it out on their own. I feel bad not knowing all of the questions that students will ask me. I know that teachers don’t know everything, but I should know everything that an 8th grader should know how to do. However, I see myself being successful in the classroom on how to keep students from getting off track. Helping students that need extra attention is something that I see myself being successful in. When a student is not doing their work, I would kneel down next to them and ask them what they need to be doing right now. If they don’t know I would tell them, if they know I would help them start the assignment to put them back on track. I would also tell students to take their time if I know it will take them the whole period to do. Even when I know that we are a little behind, I will still allow them to take their time, so that they will not have to rush. If students are doing a test, I would make sure that the classroom stays quiet until everyone is done. If I hear students began to talk, I will look around to see if anyone else has the test on their desk. If I see someone with a test still on their desk, I would tell the class to be quiet, because I was quiet for you when you were taking the test. Be mindful of others still taking it please. Keeping a journal on what happened in the classrooms helped me to figure out some strategies that I see myself doing differently and being successful.