November 12, 2013
WEEKLY BLOG-SIGN 4
       Hey guys, Welcome to Sign 2 Me, blog 4! REMINDER: THIS BLOG ONLY RELATING TO KKALLAS BLOG!
       Today's blog, My teacher gave us, including me, questions about what is Initiative and what's like from our point of view and what we had learn so far.

• What does initiative mean to you? Someone with great leadership, willing to make the kids understand, willing to listen their opinions and creative new ways to overcome it and think their logical minds like the power rangers! (yes, I used to be a huge fan of Power Ranger and that picture I posted there was the best series ever. FOR REAL.) 

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   Why did I choose Power Rangers? It remind me children need a teacher to learn and control their knowledge for education like the Red ranger for a example. At first episode of a new generation of Power Rangers, teenagers, (or adult) learn their power to fulfilled the role to save the world. As you can see, the Blue, Yellow, Green(they usually always have black rangers at almost all series and other colors like white, etc comes later after already used their roles as a team.), Pink are the "children". They cannot learn without a leader like the red ranger at the middle. The Red Ranger are always a leader because the leader always thinks new ways to defect the enemy's puppet. But they always have a mentor, teacher, allies to teach how to become a great rangers and the red ranger always have a strong leaderships and relationships with each others. In series, almost at all series on first episodes, they always meet out of the blue and you just become a team! Not just ONLY the Red Rangers, the other rangers can be a leader in sometimes just to think out of the box. It's not like "YOU ARE THE LEADER OF THE TEAM, YOU MUST BE A LEADER!" or something like that. So, it's almost similar to teachers and Power Rangers, but right now I'm pretty sure you're clueless of what I'm talking about but if you watched Power Ranger as your childhood, you might understand it. BUT if I was part of the Power Rangers, I would be clueless without my leader and I would have to communicate and work together as a team.
  
  
• Make a list at least 10 ways you can show initiative as an EAT Intern in your field site classroom.
•  Read a book to the kids
• Help them to write
• Grade papers
• break each students to each small groups
• handling with students who are arguing over little things and solving
• watching the kids, making sure the kids are safe inside
• Be there for the kids
• listening to the kids and understanding their problems
• playing with the kids
• always try your best to motivate students to learning!

• Find at least 5 words synonyms with Initiative.
•               IMAGINATION
•               INGENUITY
•               VISION
•               CREATIVITY
•               CHARISMA 

• Write a paragraph that indicate some actual thing you did the week to show initiative in your classroom. How did this impact your mentor teachers or students?

              What I actually did was I did have one-on-one with one students for their reading ability. I point to each words, just in case they get lost in reading, to see how well they can read on the level they are reading. I have some students who goes to speech during Tuesday, the speech was just one door ahead, but I would rather go with them and actually watch the kids get in safety because you never going to know if they run away from school or something awful happen. Sometimes I help the students with words like -op, -am,-og and etc. Recently, I read a book in front of the rainbow table with the kids and asked some questions on what is on the picture. The kids was talking all in once and I told the kids to raise your hands so I can understand what they are saying. I said if you shout the answer or didn't raise your hands, I will not choose you to answer my questions. So the kids actually raised their hands and I choose some of the kids. While I was reading, first, I read the book to the kids then I show the book on the page. I think I impact the students with more confidence. The students are getting better everyday with reading and these kids made me smile. They are becoming more like family to me. Tuesday and Wednesday morning, these kids gave me the warmest greeting I can ever get, this was my best moments I come in to my field site on Tuesday and Wednesday morning.

•   Why initiative such an important characteristic for a teacher to possess?  The teachers need to have creativity, leadership,vision, caring, charisma and inspire students to learn. If these teachers don't meet their standard characteristic, they would not able to teach. Same with Power Rangers, if you don't do well with each other and not working together in order to defect the villains, hasta la vista they will take your transformation equipments until you are prepare to fight.                              

               According to a another blog, This blog tells what is their opinions on Child Initiative what what the child should do in order to have a healthy lifestyle. The Whole Child Initiative (ASCD) shows how a child should be student-center on the life style. For more information on how to lead a students to a Healthy lifestyles, go to http://nisce.org/what-does-the-whole-child-initiative-mean-for-student-centered-education/.com.

                  

Also, there is a video that last five minutes to watch this video. This video is mainly about how teacher do when they show initiative on each students and these kids do in class. Enjoy the show!

Until then, May the Sign be with you...

Ana Avalos, signing out!