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Wednesday November 19th, 2018 Field Notes Period 3A 9:05 -10:05 A.M. Spanish I and II class (8th grade class). Last week I did not get to see my project study group students since they were out on Wednesday November 14th, and Friday November 16th, Today will be the last field notes taken for this class. Thursday we celebrate Thanksgiving so I will not get to see my 8th study group until next week. Finally my study group and I had a full class period after many missing days due to High School Presentations, Holidays, election day, and absenteeism. I still have one more student interview to  conduct. I will try on Monday November 26 again. Hopefully student IR will come back to school. Today my students came into class. They were all excited and happy because we have a 3-day week this week. Students like when we get days off. Today my class was very small because we had our second beginning of the quarter assembly. So, I had a class of 3 students. My Spanish 2 students

From Pledging Allegiance to your Flag to Sharing Beignets Call and Response as Critical Pedagogy Stephanie Jones  Chapter 7 This week’s reading shows teachers how to recognize verbal and nonverbal responses from students; which gives educators a clear view on how students become engaged in their learning journey. The chapter focuses on the honest and compelling stories found on this chapter focus on connecting with one student as it uncovers valuable insights for becoming more responsive to all students.The chapter introduces the Oral Inquiry Process and examines its role in fostering critical awareness among teachers. Angela Dean and Dawan Coombs Angela’s classroom observer and their collaboration inquiry experience. Both The English Teacher and the classroom observer wanted to investigate the reason why there was a complex interaction between Angela and one of her student (Antoine). They both wanted to find the best strategy to support Antoine regarding communicating wi

Memo Blog # 11 (Field Notes part 4) Memo blog post for November 13th, 2018 This week we had more high school presentations. The assemblies are done during second period because we have a lot of students, who come late to school. This is a big issue we are struggling with throughout the District and schools Principals are getting together with teachers and staff to find ways to tackle this. We are speaking with families, making home visits as well as sending out messages, robocall to try to minimize the tardiness issue. Our school does the 8th assemblies take place during second period precisely because of students being late during first period. Also because our school is the only Middle School in the District that serves students grades 5th-8th. Our 5th grade group does not go up to their classroom until 8:20 A.m. This week was Midterms elections week, so we have a 4-day school week and again we have another assembly Today during period 2. I was able to see my students in t