For my first supervisor observation, I did an extension lesson in science on our stars unit. The standards for third grade do not expect students to know what constellations are, why they change with the season, and that the earth rotates, but this particular lesson was a fun and engaging lesson to apply their knowledge of stars to new content. Students would be creating a universe in a box and we would be learning why they constellations changed with each season. We used a Mystery Science lesson to guide us through what constellations are and how to build our box. During this lesson, I had recently implemented two new behavior management strategies - "Bean Nice" and Mystery Student, so that is what I wanted my supervisor to focus on during this lesson. Since it was an extension lesson and wasn't directly tied to third grade standards, I wanted her to focus more on my management techniques. I had had a rough start in my final internship with students not using kind words with each other and not following directions, so I implemented "Bean Nice". Students start the day with five beans in their personal jar. If they are caught not following directions or not being respectful to other students or teachers, they would lose one of their beans. At the end of the day, each student would pour the beans they have left into our class jar. When the class jar reaches a certain level, there is a class reward. The goal of this is to have students come together as a class to earn a reward. If one student loses all of his beans one day, then he has nothing to contribute and it will take the class longer to reach the goal. Every student has to come together and be nice to each other and follow directions to reach the goal. During this particular lesson, I did have to take beans away from students who were not following expectations during the lesson. One student in particular threw something at another student. I walked over and took his bean and he tried to argue with me that it wasn't his fault. I told him to simply just apologize, change his behavior, and get on task. He complied after that. They key to this behavior system is to remain consistent. If students are not following expectations, they have to lose a bean. This was hard for me the first couple of days implementing it, but I think I finally have the hang of it!
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