2. Madie Ives Elementary
Address of School: 20770 NE 14th Avenue North Miami Beach, FL
33179
School Type: Elementary School (PK-5)
Demographics: 72% African American 21% Hispanic 7% White
Students/ Staff: 721 Students and 47 Teachers
Free/ Reduced lunch: 89%
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4. Madie Ives Elementary is a small school. This
school is a one story building, and the buildings
are connected together. Everything from the
bathroom to the library is not to far away from
each other. This school is also old looking,
including the fact that this school was built in
1957. The classrooms are updated with
technology, but there are no whiteboards.
Instead, there are chalk boards. Overall, this
school has an old, traditional look to it. The
teacher I was working with is Mr. Khaln.
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6. An Activity I got to participate in was Vocabulary
Actors. The teacher gave each group three vocabulary
words and its definition. Each group had to act out their
vocabulary words in order for the other students can
understand what the vocabulary words mean. I loved
this exercise because it made the students think outside
of the box. The students were all enjoying the
assignment and we were all learning. This assignment
influenced me to make learning fun from time to time
for the interest of the students.
FEAPS:
- Maintains a climate of openness, inquiry, fairness,
and support
- Deepen and enrich students’ understanding through
content area literacy strategies, verbalization of
thought, and application of the subject matter
Activity #1
7. Another activity I participated in was a simple
cause and effect lesson. The teacher had the
students read a short story and each group had
to come up with five cause and effect scenarios
that are found in the story. Not only that, but
the students had to find evidence in the text that
the scenario is actually a cause and effect. This
assignment is simple but influential. It’s the
assignment like these that the students can
really learn important test taking skills. Not
only tests, but broaden the students eyes.
FEAPS
- Designs instruction for student to achieve
mastery
- Organizes, allocates, and manages the
resources of time, space and attention
Activity #2
8. This activity was more of a nature activity for Earth Day. The
students were instructed to buy flowers to plant all over the school.
This activity was a very nice and relaxing day for the students. The
students learned about different types of plants while planting it
with their class.
Activity #3
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10. My overall experience
My overall experience was great! I really enjoyed the
service-learning project. As a future teacher, it helped me
realize that I want to spend some years in this field. My
experience with the kids were great. It was good to know
how the teachers work and what strategies they use to
teach the students. I also learned about the downfalls of
teaching which was a surprise to me. I’ve seen the amount
of work the teachers have to put outside of the
classrooms. I’ve seen the teacher re-teaching the same
lesson twice because of the amount of students that do not
understand. My experience pushed me even harder to
finish school and become as great as a teacher I can be.
This was a great taste of what I really want to do in life,
and I cannot wait to go back and teach to the wonderful
kids.
