Chapter 3

This chapter has several things within it that I think are true for every beginning teacher and for every practicum student in regards to teaching for the first time. When I entered the classroom for the first time at Madison High School I used several things that we had learned from Dr. Grace and Dr. Theresa. Most of the things that they taught to us were covered in this chapter. For instance this chapter mentioned things like how to start a class off, what you do on the first day, how to prepare for your class based on what the school wants, etc. After reading this chapter and thinking about it, I have come to the conclusion that all of the material in it is worth the money that we paid for the book. This book is very insightful as to how to handle many situations that can arise.

The first day of school I made my presence well known by looking like this big bouncer guy outside of a club. Maybe I looked that way because I have been a bouncer before and I still have it in me. I made myself look professional so that the students would take me seriously and they have so far. I have given them guidelines that they have to follow when they are my students and I reward good behavior and punish bad behavior. I have been able to make everything interesting so that the students get into the material and this comes not only from the book, but all of my practicum teachers. This chapter can be compared to the lectures at my school in the sense all that it is is a paper version of my teachers and I love it. This chapter also contains some fun and new things that I haven’t learned yet from my teachers and I have learned some things from my teachers that aren’t in the book. Overall, this chapter is good and very informative when it comes time for setting the tone of the year and individual class periods. I like this chapter a lot!!