Could anyone tell me exactly where or which worksheet is on blackboard that could assist me with the questions about Transitive, Intransitive, and Equative? Please and thank you!

10-17-12

Please read about my experience on 10/17/12……. Yesterday during some of my time in a regular ed classroom at Model Lab in Richmond, I witnessed one of the most heart breaking and most inspiring incidents I have ever been apart of.

The teacher in the 4th grade classroom I was in asked all the students to get a partner for an activity. Every student seemed to be finding a partner until I noticed a student who I have worked with before who has been diagnosed with a form of Autism, standing in front of the classroom without a partner. You could see the distress in his face as he started to cry and swing his arm when it seemed to him that he was not going to have a partner. I was about to start crying myself until one of the children walked up to him and told him he would be his partner. The awful face that he was making was immediately replaced by a smile. And EVERYTHING was perfect in his world again.

I tell you this story to tell reinforce what I have ALWAYS told people when dealing with people that have a disability.. they just want a FRIEND.. that is all.  EVERYONE wants to feel accepted and loved!

Volunteers needed to support special olympics!

Friday November 2nd there is a Chili Cook off in Berea (police vs. fire department).  This is the only source of money for the special olympics in Berea/Richmond area.  The main organizer is moving away and will not be coordinating events anymore.  If you are interested, please email Jennifer Jones <jjones@bereaky.gov> It is from 5 pm to 10 pm at Shannon Johnson Elementary.  If you aren't able to volunteer please spread the word, and come by and taste some chili :)

Question 2

I am not sure if I am suppose to post this here or not. I have looked over the test and on question two it asks about transitive and intransitive and it says transitive again I was just wondering if this is correct or am I looking at it wrong... Could be me...

UK Baseball team making a difference

UK Baseball Team @ Miracle League

Class Debate!!!

Ok. So I've been watching the debate this evening as I've completed the test.  As a part of class this coming Monday we will be having a DEBATE!  I will organize it a bit differently than the Presidential Debate.  Nonetheless, you will have an opportunity to ask questions, respond to questions and to MODERATE!

Content of the Debate:  Chapter 8, Language and Students with Intellectual Disabilities.

Team A will debate Team B.  
Team C will ask questions.  
Team D will listen as the judges and score the answers each team gives and responds to the other team.  

Before the Debate begins each team will be given an opportunity to review a few "sample questions" and to develop a set of questions to be put into the Question Pool and made available to the Moderator to be asked.

Each team will have an opportunity to play the role of Debate, Questioner & Judge.  The team who has the most points will get to add these to ANY assignment they choose.

My recommendation is that you prepare by reading chapter 8 and review any resources on Blackboard in the Weekly Resources area.

exam 2

Just wondering if the test has been posted yet? I have not seen it yet.. Just wondering :)

Group study

Is there anyone, or more than one, person who would like to get together and complete the test?  I'm on campus on Thursday.  Or if someone wouldn't mind emailing me or posting some important points I missed last night.

SED Question

I was working at a school function the other night and a little girl came up to me and said "I'm special Ed!" I just kind of smiled at her but the more I thought about it, the more questions I had.  What would make this child go around and announce it? Would her parents be constantly telling her that she is different? or maybe the school is telling her that she is different? I really don't know how I feel about this.  I'm not a special ed major so maybe one of you could shed some light on what children who are in Special Ed classes are told to say?

Observations

This past week in my observations, I observed a student who was always fidgeting in his general education class. The teacher told me that she had been struggling with what to do because she was flustered that he was not learning to his full potential, she was not teaching him appropriately, and he was distracting her and other students during classroom instruction time by not staying in his seat, talking out of term, playing with objects in his desk, and being aggressive towards students. In my first observation I had noticed that the student was doing these things when he was bored and it was refreshing that when I came back the second time that the teacher had talked to the parents and had something done for the student. The next time I came back into the classroom, the student had a little sheet of paper taped to his desk that had four questions on it: Am I on task? Am I playing with objects in my desk? Am I being nice to others? Am I talking out of turn? The teacher then explained to me that the student would be doing self-monitoring of his behavior. Every time the teacher noticed him doing one of these things, she would give the student a look or tap him on the shoulder to correct him and he would have to place a tally mark next to the behavior he had been doing. This really seemed to work, the student was more focused and nicer to his classmates. He was even helping his classmates with their worksheets when he was done. I really liked the way the teacher did this small correction to make a huge impact on her student. She noticed something was wrong and took initiative; it is refreshing to see this in the classrooms that sometimes a behavior problem can just be something small, and fixing this small problem can change the way a child grows in the classroom. I also liked how the teacher implemented the instruction. The student was never called out for his behavior, he was just given a simple, quick correction which only he and the teacher knew about, he was not called out in front of his classmates and was not embarrassed and I think that is essential to stopping a behavior without berating or embarrassing a student for their behavior. This teacher really inspired me that day and I hope to have more observations like this.

HEAVEN’S VERY SPECIAL CHILD

Hello to all my fellow Special Education majors, as this semester progresses and classes keep getting harder, I pulled out an old poem my dad used to say to me as a child when I had questions about my uncle and why his cerebral palsy caused him to be different than us. As an adult, I now know he is not different he just accomplishes the same things in a different manor.  But every night I am up late doing a paper for an education class, or getting frustrated about a grade I refer back to this poem which helps me remember that in a couple years, the grades and schooling won’t matter, only what I apply from my education to help these very special children succeed and how special of people it takes to really make a difference in these children's lives. As I continue on with all my work, I have no doubt in my mind I chose the right major for me, I cannot wait to see what this major has in store for me and I know all of this hard work will show in the end! Hope this finds you all well and brings you all peace and comfort during this difficult semester as well. Also, this poem is very old so please excuse the fact that it is not written in person first language and/or some of the word phrasing.

HEAVEN’S VERY SPECIAL CHILD

A meeting was held quite far from Earth!

It's time again for another birth.

Said the Angels to the LORD above,

This Special Child will need much love.

His progress may be very slow,

Accomplishments he may not show.

And he'll require extra care

From the folks he meets down there.

He may not run or laugh or play,

His thoughts may seem quite far away,

In many ways he won't adapt,

And he'll be known as handicapped.

So let's be careful where he's sent,

We want his life to be content.

Please LORD, find the parents who

Will do a special job for you.

They will not realize right away

The leading role they're asked to play,

But with this child sent from above

Comes stronger faith and richer love.

And soon they'll know the privilege given

In caring for their gift from Heaven.

Their precious charge, so meek and mild,

Is HEAVEN'S VERY SPECIAL CHILD.

by Edna Massionilla