Marcos' Seaworld of Facts: Dear Teacher-to-Be,

Dear Teacher-To-Be,

I have heard that you want to be a teacher. I'm going to give some advice.

First, you would need to be nice so students can see you as one of their own.
Second, you should set some limits because you wouldn't want your students acting like wild monkeys.
Third, you would need to care for the students. Just pretend that your students are your kids.
Fourth, make learning fun for your students. Give examples about the lesson that you are covering. You could let your students work in groups so they can learn to communicate with one another. Also you could let the students act the lesson. You could also have a little game to see how well they paid attention. My teacher Ms. Rikard split us into two even groups and she would ask a guestion, and we would go up to the board and the write the answer as fast as we could. Like, if you are doing a word wall and for every word the students use their team gets a point and the team that gets the most points gets an award. Students like to play and when you teach them like they are playing they could learn better. Fifth, explain the consequences to the rules and the punishments. One of my teachers would make us write our name on the board and if you got 1 check you would get silent lunch. Sixth, teach your students to respect you and their classmates. Seventh, have rewards for the students that have been good and follow rules. You could take your students outside to play kickball. So the can relax a little from all the work.

May 2005

Comments

Wow!!! This is great advice, Marcos! I have a student teacher in my third grade classroom now who is learning to be a teacher. I'm going to give her your weblog address so she can learn something too! Keep up the good work!

Posted by: Ms. Rikard | January 20, 2005 at 11:08 AM

Thanks so much for the wonderful advice! My name is Ms. Quarles and I am a student at Georgia State University and I would like to teach grades 4th - 8th. I would love to have students like you in the classroom, because you write so well. I am going to take everything you wrote and remember it, so I will know when I began teaching. Thanks again Marcos! Have a good school year ;)

Ms. Quarles

Posted by: Ms. Quarles | January 20, 2005 at 01:20 PM

Hey Marcos!

Thanks for the advice. It was very helpful and informative. I will definately remember your advice when I start teaching.

It was good to hear what you think!

From,
Ms. Victoria

Posted by: Victoria | January 20, 2005 at 01:23 PM

Hello Marcos,

I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate you for such powerful writing skills, as well as to thank you for your great advice. I believe listening to my future students' opinions and concerns is a great way for me to start my teaching career. I will be teaching in 2006, and I am certainly looking forward to having students like yourself.

You are so right when you mentioned that teachers should set limits and a reward system. It is very important to let our students know when they are doing well and as expected, and also when they need some improvement. I promise to make my teaching as fun and enjoyable as possible, because when I was in elementary school, my teachers made it fun for me, and I will forever be grateful for it. Keep up the good work Marcos.

Sincerely,

Ms. Gonzalez

Posted by: LETICIA GONZALEZ | January 25, 2005 at 09:49 AM

Hello Marcos! This is very good advice given to people who want to be teachers. Thank you so much! Keep the suggestions coming!

Thanks
Ms. Hamilton

Posted by: Ms. Hamilton | January 25, 2005 at 09:51 AM

Hello Marco, I am a student at GSU. I will be doing my student teaching this fall and I like all the advice that you have given for upcoming teachers. I like how you used bullet points because it makes reading your post much easier. I agree with you that a teacher should befriend the students, but still hold them responsible for their actions. Keep up the good work.

Posted by: Nicole | January 25, 2005 at 09:55 AM