September 28 - October 2

Quentin and Joe reading The Acorn People

Monday September 28

We continued our disability unit and started reading The Acorn People. Some finished the book the weekend before but others finished in class and worked on their news articles or other things.

Tuesday September 29

Katherine and I with our acorn necklaces!

We talked about our special education observations for Wednesday and where we were going for the class period. We talked about the Acorn People and how the main characters where children with disabilites that were "thrown" into a camp for boy scouts. At the end of the book, the children and the counselor, Ron who was just looking for a way to make money for the summer, realized that they could actually accomplish things and have fun without being someone's "hidden secret" or "inconvience". The children and Ron made acorn necklaces and called themselves the "acorn people." Later in the class, we made our own acorn necklaces with the characters and their descriptions.

Victoria, Aliyah and Quentin and some of the students in Mrs. Smith's class.

Natalie, Chelsea S., Casey and I with some more students in Mrs. Smith's class.

Wednesday September 30

Everyone split up and went to their different sites for our special education observations. A few of us stayed at school and went to interact and have breakfast with Mrs. Smith's class, which was just a minute away down the hall. The teacher cadets and Mrs. Smith's class were both excited! We all talked about different things and realized that the class learned things that aren't usually taught, like cleaning, cooking and etc.

Thursday October 1

Mrs. Turner was absent so we had a substitute. We continued working on our acorn necklaces.

Quentin and Johnakin

Friday Ocober 2

Mrs. Turner read us a great story about how a math teacher had her students write positive things about each other and they all ended up saving them years later to remind themselves about what their classmates said about them. One of the main characters, who was disabled, kept his list all those years in his wallet even after dying in the Vietnam War. After the story, we all read our positive pot. I'm keeping mine! At the end of class we also choose our partners,topics and age groups for our barrier books. And it was Nisha's birthday!

Quote

"The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure"
-Sven Goran Eriksson

"Do not fear the winds of adversity. Remeber: A kite rises against the wind rather than with it." -Unkown

I chose these quotes because they show that even if you're not like everyone else, you can still overcome your obstacles and make something of yourself.