Chapter 3 and 4

I will start with what I liked from chapter 3. I enjoyed reading both of these chapters. This textbook is great! It is not like the other text books I have for other classes where the author makes it hard to understand anything. I liked in the book where it said, "The very least we ought to expect of ourselves is that we figure out what we hope for in this life and to make sure we live in our hopes." This can be so hard to remember in the day to day life. It is hard to remember what impression we want to leave on ours and especially as teachers what impression we want to leave on our students. I believe that a person that lives in their hopes is someone that is successful and content with who they are.
I also loved the short statement from the principle about how her faculty is so great because they live what they believe! So many people are scared to do this. I am scared to do this sometimes. It can be so easy to follow what others are doing instead of coming up with ideas and doing things the way you think they should be done. I want to be the kind of teacher that teaches the way she believes. That lives the way she believes. I don't want to be a repeat of other teachers and the methods they use. Though alot of them are good it is always great to be open minded!
After reading this chapter I came really liked the idea "Take the time to look into your students rather then past them! I want to make sure the children in my classroom feel like they are of great worth and accepted socially. I believe that this makes such a difference throughout a persons whole life. They are so many discouraging things that happen that I think it is never bad to give a child too much praise.
In chapter 4 I liked how it discussed how important your classroom environment is. I am excited to make my classroom fit my personality and also the needs and interests of my students. I liked the idea of making your classroom so students can 'see themselves' in the room. I also liked how important it is to use humor in your classroom. Anything can be turned into a good time and create smiles. I also like all of the examples the book gave on using group work, class routines, having responsibility, etc. It gave so many great ideas. It made me realize this is a worthwhile book to have and to keep to refer to later. I liked the celebrate success section that talked about ideas to help a child gain confidence and feel successful. Some of the ideas I liked were writing an email to the parent, calling the parent, or giving the child something that represented their success.
These two chapters were helpful to read. They covered many different points and ideas that can help morning meeting and the classroom be successful. I liked reading the examples from different teachers because you can choose which idea would work for you.
I am feeling very confident that morning meeting will be a wonderful thing for me to incorporate in my classroom. I'm glad we get to learn so much about it!