*Stacy Harris *8th grade Spanish and French, 10 years teaching at Bryan Middle School in OPS *Master’s of Secondary Education, August 2007 *Working on my Master’s of Elementary Education and adding my Elementary Education Endorsement at the same time *Would love to teach any of the primary grades in the near future *Married to Andy and we have one cat named Tanner *Love traveling, books, television, movies and magazines *I would be an entertainment reporter if I was not a teacher
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*Stacy Harris
*8th grade Spanish and French, 10 years teaching at Bryan
Middle School in OPS
*Master’s of Secondary Education, August 2007
*Working on my Master’s of Elementary Education and adding
my Elementary Education Endorsement at the same time
*Would love to teach any of the primary grades in the near
future
*Married to Andy and we have one cat named Tanner
*Love traveling, books, television, movies and magazines
*I would be an entertainment reporter if I was not a teacher
“Ashley” is a student in my Spanish class. She is a very nice girl, but extremely chatty. Now, this is certainly not unusual for middle school students; however, my many redirections do not seem to have an impact on her behavior and she is getting 3 strikes quite often in my morning class. I spoke with one of the art teachers who had Ashley as a seventh grader and she explained that she was a very focused student at the start of the last school year, but her parents got a divorce during the middle of last school year and her behavior changed drastically
last year at the start of the spring semester. Ashley currently lives with her mom, but wants to live with her dad because he does not enforce rules like her mom does. She hangs out with freshmen from the nearby high school who are not the best influence on her.
Ashley seems to have an interest in learning a new language, but when it comes to independent work, she really seems to struggle. She is minimally engaged and seems to want to talk with the people around her rather than listen. She often offers the response of "I don't know Spanish" or "This is too hard" when presented with a new concept. Another common response is "Can we work with partners?" I really want to help Ashley use Spanish in meaningful ways and help her build her confidence so she can work on her own. I want her to see the similarities and differences between English and Spanish and experience the many rewards of learning another language.
Some examples of Ashley’s work (a Pronouns Poster and a Calendar)