Smart Survey

A. Domain: V Methodology
Order of Events:
Breakfast Duty-too many students, unorganized computer system, took over 1/2 hour, students late for class, kindergarteners lost.
8:30 Our class seatwork: Absolutely Apple-icious-Rhyming Words and a coloring page.
I laminated our big planners to hang up on wall and write on everyday.
Working with Words in 2 groups, green/red
***Smart Survey***-Multiple Intelligences Test
Goal Setting
I worked on organizing and figuring out specials schedule. I typed up our specials schedule for each day, printed it and laminated it. Our room is now organized.
Read with "K"
11:00 Facts Test-multiplication
Lesson 1, addends, sum

12:50 Cover for 5th grade teacher, while she and my coop went to a initial IEP meeting. I covered recess duty from 12:50-1:20, then was a substitute teacher in the 5th grade classroom from 1:20-2:30.

B. Elaboration of Significant Event
The first week for the special education class is always a little off balance and playing it day by day. We are still figuring out who is qualifying for our class and when our students leave for their classroom specials. Today after the class split into their 2 groups, red and green, we shortly reassembled to get whole group instruction. My cooperating teacher described how everyone had different strengths and learned in different ways. She proceeded to explain that we would be taking the "Smart Survey", a test to determine each student's multiple intelligence, learning style.

We broke back up into groups and took our survey. Our paraprofessional took on group and my coop took the other. Each teacher read all parts of the survey allowed, this adaptation due to many of our students having a hard time in reading and fluency. The student checked the boxes of the statements that they felt adequately described themselves. I too am fascinated with how people learn so I also took the survey. We tallied our scores and graphed the results. Later I compiled our final results. While looking through some student's graph I quickly became aware that some had just checked each and every box. Our results might have come out a bit off, but hopefully mostly accurate.

I complied the top 2 highest scores on everyone's graphs.

Word Smart: 0
Logic Smart (Math): 1-top choice
Art Smart: 1-top choice
Body Smart: 2-second choices and 2-top choices
Music Smart: 1-tied as highest on survey and 1-second choice
People Smart: 2-second choices
Self: 1-tied for highest on survey, 2 second choices, and 2-top choices
Nature Smart: 1-top choice

Overall the highest multiple intelligences were: Self Smart and Body Smart


C. Analysis of Episode

I enjoyed working along side our students on this Smart Survey. It was interesting for myself, as well as our students, to find out what they are "Smart" in. I was not surprised that the findings were Self and Body. Many of our students have much time and many meetings to reflect about themselves or have to spend much time by themselves because they are sometimes the misfits. Body smarts fit most of our boys. Boys in general seem to need to move and wiggle, many enjoying and excelling at sports.

My highest were: (a tie for...)Music and Self Smart. I very much have music in my blood, I'm constantly humming or have an orchestra playing in my head. I am easily able to pick up on rhythms or music patterns. I do believe that I am self smart. I like to spend time with people, but I could definitely spend much time alone. I find that I do not enjoy group projects, but would rather work by myself.

A very interesting and informative day. I am anxious (in a good way) for next week, when we can finally settle in to our groups and schdule. It is hard not being able to keep a consistant schedule yet.