Blog Assignment #1

About Me


      My name is Kimberly Hatch and I am twenty- six years old. I live in Mobile, Alabama. My major is Physical Education. I begin college at Bishop State Community college where I received my Associates Degree. I decided to attend the University Of South Alabama. I always wanted to attend USA because it was close to home. Becoming a P.E. teacher when I finish college was my goal. If I ever get the opportunity I would like to coach basketball. It's a way to relax my mind and to release stress.

    This is a little about my family My mothers' name is Faye Owens , father Joseph Owens. My mom is retired and so is my father. I have two brothers: Joseph Hatch and Booker Hatch. Also I have one sister Kendra Hatch. I want to enter the field of Education because I like working with kids. I work at Brazier Elementary School. I would like to be the person that is able to help and encourage the children to have a brighter future.


My Future Classroom


      My name is Kimberly Hatch and I am a character education teacher. I teach second graders, I am presently in my first year of teaching character educational classes to my students. Today my lesson will focus on the importance of my students begin learning at an early sage in their lives about building their goals and setting their self-esteem high in life. At the beginning of the class I would try my best with focusing in the 9 teaching methods of teaching styles. For instance, I would ask my students what does the words goal and self- esteem means. I would use equality sticks for checking for understanding. After checking how well my students understand the importance of goal setting and developing high self-esteem mean. I will instruct to my students how goals are something in their lives that they desire or want to achieve or accomplish. Self- esteem is all about having the inner belief that they can accomplish their goals.

    Then within my instructional guidance, I will move my attention on my visual tools that I will be utilizing throughout my teaching. The main tools that my students and I will use are small square blocks that I will then distribute to my students. First, I stand in front of my classroom and demonstrate to the student on conveying the usage of the blocks to symbolize their goals to the blocks. I would carefully use the blocks to build the platform and entirety of success for my students to accomplish their goals and have a profound solid self- esteem. The base of my tower will use about six blocks on the bottom. The next will have about five blocks then four and so forth. My final visual tower will be compare to a pyramid like building. I then will have my students to make a tower of goals with each level symbolizing goals and their self- esteem ( method of I, we, and then you). As a teacher, I  will reinforce to my students on how each level of blocks being built they are achieving and accomplishing their goals and building their self- esteem. I will also utilize my smart board by having an example of pyramid picture displayed on my smart board.

      Next, I will have the students  to explain each of their pyramid by once utilizing my equality sticks on calling in the names of the student. By doing this process, I will be checking for understanding from the lesson topic and matter. The students will go into depth with explaining their goals of life this will automatically empower my student's self- esteem. Of course, my classroom will have a learning atmosphere and environment. I will also have renowned  celebrities dispending from my ceiling in my classroom where my students will grasp the understanding that even their goals can be accomplish symbolically as the celebrities' goals were accomplish and achieved. I will end my instructional time with my student's by saying my motto "Determination Today Lead To Success Tomorrow"!

  Finally, one can easily understand and see how important it is for our students to learn about goals setting and developing great self- esteem. My teaching strategies and methods, usage of tools, my student's learning process and my classroom itself gave my students the appropriate learning environment that they need throughout this classroom assignment and their lives.


Randy Pausch On Time Management

     Randy pausch's video can be very important to someone who does not know how to manage any
 time. What Randy is basically talking about is setting goal and managing time. American in general are very bad with time management. They will know the time, date a week before you are suppose to show up, and still be late. He also bought up a interesting topic. Setting goals can help one achieve in life. Also, setting goals can make one accomplish their dreams in life. This video really inspired me and now helps me manage time better.