Certification Test

I just took my certification test yesterday and now I am waiting for my results! I am so scared to see the results, I studied hard and I feel like I didn't studied enough!!!!!!!!!! I really hope that I passed, It will break my heart!!!!!!! I have never really wanted anything as bad as I want this!!!!!!!! I want to prove to myself as well as my family and peers that I can do this. More importantly I want to prove to myself that I am capable of fulfilling my dreams and goals. I feel as if my life is going so fast and that I am trying to catch up to my own self (as weird as it sounds). I have so much going on and too much on my plate, I have always been a good juggler and I hope that I can juggle this last semester. Well the results of my test are driving me crazy!!!!!!!!! 

Frustrated!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I AM SUPER FRUSTRATED!!!!!!!!! I HAVE BEEN WAITING 2 WEEKS TO BE PUT IN THE SBEC SYSTEM, SO THAT I CAN TAKE MY CERTIFICATION TEST!!!!! I REALLY JUST WANT TO SIGN UP TO TAKE MY TEST. NOT THAT I HATE THE KINGSVILLE SYSTEM I JUST HATE THE FACT THAT THEY ARE SO SLOW AT DOING EVERYTHING. BUT IF THEY WANT SOMETHING FROM YOU, THEY WANT IT ASAP!!! I WISH THEY WOULD PUT A RUSH ON THE PAPERWORK. I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS AND THEY ARE SUPER BUSY, BUT THIS IS MY CAREER THAT THEY ARE PUTTING A HOLD ON!!!!! I DON'T APPRECIATE THAT! I AM SO BUSY THIS SEMESTER WITH SCHOOL AND WORK, I DON'T NEED TO CONSUME WHAT TIME I DO HAVE ON THE PHONE TRYING TO GET A HOLD OF SOMEBODY IN KINGSVILLE!!!!!!!!!!!!

get the ball rolling

THE FIRST FULL WEEK OF SCHOOL IS OVERWHELMING!!!!!!!!!!! BUT OVERALL IT STARTED OFF OKAY. TODAY IS MY LONG DAY I GET TO SCHOOL AT 8 AM AND LEAVE AT 9:50 PM. YES A VERY LONG DAY, BUT IT WILL BE WORTH IT WHEN I DONT HAVE TO TAKE A CLASS WHILE I STUDENT TEACH!!!!!!! I WILL BE SUPER BUSY THIS SEMESTER WITH PROJECTS AND WRITING PAPERS, BUT AT LEAST THIS IS THE LAST OF MY CLASSES, OF GOD WILLING. WELL  I FINALLY TOOK ONE OF MY PRACTICE TEST AND PASSED IT, SO NOW I HAVE TO REALLY STUDY SO THAT I CAN PASS THE REAL THING. I AM SUPER NERVOUS TO TAKE MY REAL EC-4 GENERALIST TEST!!!!!!!!!! I'M NOT SO MUCH SCARED THAT I WILL FAIL BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THE MATERIAL, BUT I AM SCARED THAT I WILL DRAW A BLANK AND OVER THINK EVERYTHING, LIKE I ALWAYS DO. I AM JUST READY TO START MY CAREER AND MY LIFE WITH MY HUSBAND. WE HAVE A LIFE NOW, BUT IT WILL BE DIFFERENT WHEN I AM IN MY CAREER AND TEACHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I THINK I FEEL OVERWHELMED BECAUSE MY BROTHER, MY HUSBAND AND I WILL BE MOVING TO ANOTHER HOUSE HOPEFULLY NEXT WEEK, AND I HAVE SO MUCH TO DO AS FAR AS PACK AND WORK AND HOMEWORK. I HAVE FAITH THAT IT WILL WORK ITSELF OUT, AND I WILL TRY NOT TO GET STRESSED OUT, HOWEVER THAT IS THE STORY OF MY LIFE.

back to school

Well today is the first day of the last year of my college career! I am extremely excited!!!!!!!!!!! I love school but all good things have to come to an end. I am happy but nervous at the same time. I have been working at Bill Millers for 8 yrs now and that place is all I know!!!! I think it is going to be very difficult for me to get out and look for jobs. I just hope that I get hired somewhere. Many things have changed at the University that I attend, from the amount of people, to the amount of Professors, it quite fascinating to see the campus evolve in front of my own two eyes. I am glad that I chose to come to Texas A&M San Antonio!

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WE NEED TO ENFORCE READER RESPONSE SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE THE STUDENTS UNDERSTANDING AND COMPREHENSION. AS A CHILD OR AS A STUDENT I WOULD HEAR MY TEACHERS SAY READER RESPONSE I NEVER TRUELY UNDERSTOOD WHAT IT MEANT, UNTIL I WAS IN THE 4TH GRADE, MY TEACHER WAS AWESOME! SHE HAD US WORK IN GROUPS AND FIGURE OUT THE SETTING, THE CHARACTERS, OR WRITE IN OUR JOURNALS. SHE WOULD HAVE US WRITE AS IF WE WERE ONE OF THE CHARACTERS, I REALLY CONNECTED TO THE STORIES WHEN SHE HAD US DO THAT. SOME EXAMPLES OF  READER RESPONSE ARE WEBS, JOURNALS, MASK, VOCABULARY QUILTS ETC. MY PERSONAL FAVORITE IS THE MASK! I REALLY LIKED MAKING THE MASK AND HANGING IT UP, EVEN THOUGH I AM NOT THE GREATEST ARTIST, BUT IT REALLY MADE ME CONNECT TO ONE OF THE CHARACTERS. 

MY FAVORITE BOOK THAT WE READ DURING CLASS WAS "THE SWEETEST FIG." I ENJOYED THE STORY BECAUSE BILOT, THE DENTIST WAS A GREEDY, SELFISH, HEARTLESS CHARACTER, THAT GOT WHAT HE DESERVED IN THE END. I AM A HUGE ANIMAL LOVER AND I JUST THINK THAT ANIMALS SHOULD BE TREATED WITH RESPECT AND SHOULD BE LOVED UNCONDITIONALLY. I WAS SHOCKED THAT WHEN THE WOMAN PAID HIM WITH FIGS HE WAS UNGRATEFUL, UNTIL HE FIGURED OUT THAT THEY  WERE MAGICAL, BUT WHEN HE WISHED OR DREAMED TO BE THE RICHEST MAN, THE DOG MARCEL, ATE THE LAST FIG. IN THE MORNING WHEN HE WOKE UP BIBOT AND MARCEL HAD BEEN SWITCHED! A PERFECT ENDING! 

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Idea development can be generated in many ways, for example, webbing, listing, talking, writing certain traits etc. I honestly feel that by talking and listing I generate ideas better. When we were listing words that describe us I was amazed how well I came up with a sentence or two. I always used webbing as a way to generate ideas, I never thought listing would help me as much as it did. I believe that while generating ideas it is always good to take a break, I know that I get frustrated when I can't think, and if I take a break then go back my ideas start to flow again. Five words that describe me are: independent, spontaneous, respectful, hard worker and happy! I would say that I am independent because as soon as I turned 16, I got a job it may not have been the best job but at least it paid the bills. I got the job so I did not have to depend on my parents to support me, it gave me freedom and made me a responsible individual! 

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Before I started this class I thought that Language Arts was not as complex as it is. I may have thought this about Language Arts because  as a student in grade school, teacher never put the elements out there. I mean they do not say okay Language arts is writing, reading, listening, viewing, and visually representing. I know that when I was in Language arts classrooms I would  just thing writing, writing, writing. Now that Dr. Harris has put them in front of me, now I realize that all of those do play a role in language arts. It's funny how I had to take a step back and really think about it, and how I learned. I had really good teacher's for language arts and I started remembering the activities we would do, the journal writing, the reflecting. It's funny because then I started to miss it.lol. The process of learning really had an impact on me, I never sat down to ponder how we learn and the steps that are involved. Organization is the main factor, which when you think about it, it makes perfect sense. When I learn new material I always try to associate it with material I have already learned, I believed that I have a TAMUK-SA File. Everything that I have learned so far is closely related, so it is easy for me to remember and apply in life or in the field base classrooms. Metacognition, I will always Remember Dr. Jurica when I hear that term, his class is the first class that I learned that term. I never knew there was a term that described think about your thinking. I do that all the time, especially when I read, I always ask myself what did I just read or I don't remember what I just read, now I have to go back and re-read. Teaching children to read is going to be a tough task, since there is a 4 language system, before I started studying early childhood I thought that you teach kids the sounds of the letters, and the blends, and they would be able to communicate effectively. Now that I have been an early childhood student, I realize that it take more than that, which intrigues me as a feature educator. The 4 language systems are phonological, syntactic, semantic and pragmatic. These systems will help me as an educator to effectively teach me students, how to read, write and communicate. I think that the Gardner's MI test is a great way to get to k ow your students, and figure out they best way they learn. The reading and writing processes is great to be aware of, especially the reading, I think that the different stages will help me as a feature teacher, to make reading in the classroom and outside the classroom successful. The writing process is something that I do not practice, but I really should. To be honest I am guilty of checking my spelling, and changing my paper five times before I finish.  I remember I used to do webs or write out my Ideas, but when I got to college I stopped. I should go back to that. I know that it does help organize your thoughts, and I will have my students do it, so I better start practicing what I am going to be teaching.