Chandra Ely --- Strategy Journal 2: Marzano Ch. 6 Non-linguistic Representations

So this was my second week in my clinical and the end of the 6 weeks. The students in the 6th grade Social Studies class got to do a couple of non-linguistic representation (NR) activities this week. One of the activities that they did was for homework. The NR used was generating mental pictures and was accompanied by a linguistic representation. The activity was titled IMAGINE. On one side the student's had to imagine that they were a factory worker at work and on the other side they had to imagine that they were a factory worker at home. Then they had to use their five senses and write down what they: see, hear, smell, taste, and feel. Then they had to explain why. I thought it was a great way for the students to put themselves in history, in the industrialization. The second NR activity that students did was a graphic representation. The students created a pie graph on the "Percentage Distribution of the Worlds Manufacturing Production in 1870." It was a guided practice type of activity. The students colored in the graph based on the percentage of manufacturing for a specific country, from a list that was provided by this teacher. Next week Mr. Williams plans for the students to a pie graph similar to this one but instead of for 1870 it will be for 1913. He also plans for them to do a bar graph of "Population in Millions by Region" for the years 1800, 1850, 1900, and 1950. He will also be showing the students how to creat these graphs using the computer.

The students also took a test today using Multiple Choice and Matching. But the afternoon classes tend to have a problem with talking and listening. They do too much talking and not enough listening.

An interesting note about the tests is that Mr. Williams makes two tests with all of the same information on it, in order to cut down on cheating. He also makes a special, shorter version of the test for his special education students.

My clinical advisor visited the class today. I'm so glad that she came because I had know idea what to do for my clinical. I wish that all the stuff we were supposed to for the clinical had been better explained. I think that those in charge tend to forget that we don't know what we're supposed to do if they don't tell us!!