Vance village school1
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Vance Village School
Shohei Miyake and Carley Snyder
Contents• Our Classroom and students• Teacher Mrs. Gillett• What Were Students Like?• Family Involvement• Daily Schedule• Classroom Activity• Our role in the Classroom• Discipline in the Classroom• Comparison to Japanese Kindergarten• Connections to Class Framework• What We Learned•
Students
• 24 students• 11 boys and 13 girls•
Books
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Rug
Origami
Book Buddies
Our Role at Vance (centers)
• Assist Students’ work• Listening Section• Origami• Read-aloud• Working with Letters••
Connection to Our Class
• Different learning styles were accommodated using centers– Listening– Visual– Tactile/Kinesthetic
• Multicultural Aspects– Music with various
languages– Invites foreign activities
(origami)–
What Were Students Like?
・ Excited to learn
・ Responsible
・ Respectful
・Mature
・ Friendly
Class Activity
• Morning Greeting• Computer Room• Dancing and Music• Buddies• Recess• Field Trip• Centers••
Assigned Groups
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• Not ability based.• Various aptitudes in one
group• Heterogeneous • Groups can change if
too distracting•
Centers(Rule)
• The best worked group can get star• Stay with their group for work and clean up• Cooperate with each other• Use inner voice• Use their material carefully
Comparison to Japanese Kindergarten
Vance Village School Japanese Kindergarten
・ Huge building -Cafeteria, Library• 24 students• Focus on learning• Wide community• Diversity
• Small building
• 30-35 students• Focus on playing• Small community• No Diversity
Dancing/Music
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Morning Greeting
Daily Scedule
Computer Laboratory
Recess
Field Trip
• Field trip to New Britain Public Library• Behavior on the bus• Reading time• Choose the books
Field Trip
Field Trip
Read-aloud
Mrs. Gillett
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• Very calm• Talks on their level• “Friends” •
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Family Involvement
Discipline and Responsibility
Job Chart and Vance Pledge
As a proud citizen of the Vance Village, I will do
my personal best.I will be respectful,
responsible, fair, caring, and trustworthy.
When I do this, everyone will have a chance to
learn, be creative, and contribute to our world.
What We LearnedShohei
• The students can do a lot of things on their own
• Wide community help with students AND teacher
• Non-verbal communication is very important especially for lower-grade students
Carley
• Kindergarten is not that bad!
• Centers is a great way to incorporate different learning styles
• This is what I want to do