Preschool Site Visit Analysis

For the classroom observation assignment I was able to observe at Stepping Stones Family Childcare and Preschool Program. I conducted observations for five hours each on the dates of September 24th and September 25th of the year 2015. This licensed home-based daycare and preschool program is located in a quiet suburban neighborhood on 4103 Bryant Street, Blasdell, New York. The facility allows for a twelve-child capacity (ages 6 weeks to 12 years with four additional school age) and is owned and founded by Kim Bannister. When I observed, there were two additional staff present. Therefore, there were a total of 3 adults and 12 children at the center when I observed. New York State Senator Marc C. Panepinto was also present on September 25th as he read to the children and toured the home. I chose this specific setting as I personally thought it would be an interesting dynamic to study how a home-based preschool program is run.

The place I observed was the Infant Development Program in their preschool program called Stepping Stones Preschool in Lock Haven, PA. I observed in one of their three to five year old preschool programs that is held on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday afternoons from 11:30am to 2:30pm. This particular classroom had two head teachers; Mrs. Kate and Mrs. Lisa. The teacher call their students Owls this is because their class name is Owls. When they want to get the kids to listen to them or they want to get their attention a teacher will say “Owls Owls Whoo Whoo” and the kids will say “Owls Owls Whoo Whoo”. Another thing the teachers will also refer to the students as friends. In this classroom there was four boys and four girls. I observed two

For this segment, you will compare and contrast two different pieces of writing in preparation for eventually writing a compare-contrast essay. You will

Name some examples of the effective use of compare and contrast essays. Explain the key differences, identified on pp. 255–256, between the two basic organizational methods for comparison and contrast.

After reading the compare and contrast essay examples, there were three that stood out to me. The essays written by Musser, Vigallon, and Packer are the ones that I will review. I learned a lot from reading these essays, and I will use what I learned when writing my own compare and contrast essay.

In the book, “Expressways writing scenarios” chapter 14 Comparison and Contrast by Kathleen McWhorter gives an overview of comparing and contrasting an essay structure. To compare and contrast one can brainstorm and make two columns one compare that is similarities and the second contrast that is the differences. By listing them into two categories, it will make it easier for one to link these two. Also to help one is to make point of comparison and contrast which puts the details of the subjects into groups. Pointing out the characteristics and the features of the subjects. The two ways to organize paragraphs one can use the subject-by-subject or point by point methods. The subject-by-subject method one write both subject convert them, then

in a well written essay, compare/contrast the way the author of our class novel and the author of the article, poem, OR short story use imagery and tone to reveal their attitudes toward their life experience. You may only choose ONE piece of literature to compare/contrast your novel.

For the Kidwatching Project Part 1, I found myself interviewing a few students on the concept of multiplication and division. According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary, multiplication is defined as the process of adding a number to itself a certain number of times: the act or process of multiplying numbers. Merriam-Webster Dictionary also defines Division to be the act or process of dividing something into parts: the way that something is divided (Merriam-Webster, 2015). Multiplication and Division is a subject that many different students in early ages can grasp or struggle with because the concept of using different ways to approach these particular problems. Many kindergarten children can solve simple multiplication and division problems

For main topic I chose, "Honduras VS Puerto Rico". As I was comparing and contrasting the two countries, I decided to make it like if the countries where going against each other. I thought when comparing and contrasting something is like two sport team in a game that ends up with a tied score, you can find good things and bad thing they both did during the game but final score is a tied. And that was my intention on the essay.

There are many similar and different things in Middle School: The Worst Years of My LIfe and Alice: Through The Looking Glass. Many things about the story that can be compared and contrasted, including theme, plot, conflict, etc. I will be comparing and contrasting three story elements. The three I will be doing is theme, conflict, and feelings throughout the movies. Both movies were easy to analysis so I could type this essay. I will be compare and contrasting Middle School:The Worst Years of My Life directed by Steve Carr to Alice:Through The Looking Glass directed by James Bobin. Conflict is the first element. Both movies have one type of conflict in common. That conflict is “man-v-man”, both movies have a character fighting/going against another character for something

In this Compare And Contrast essay i will be comparing of what my parents think i will do this year and how i will do this year. We will be looking at the similarities of what i said and what my parent said. Then we will look at the differences of what i said and what my parent said then i will compare to see what is similar and what the differences are between my writing and my parents.

I choose Teeny Tots Day Nursery which is in the Saffron Centre rated as a GOOD setting on 5th December 2013. I have chosen this nursery because my cousin attended this nursey and her mom thought of it as a very good nursery and I also chose because of other reasons is well. One of the reasons was that they treat children equally and they don’t discriminate children.

The Kids Learning Centre is a privately-owned day care facility and non-formal educational institution for children up to 12 years old. It is located at the heart of the City of Downtown, just behind The Business Building, a convenient place where parents and guardians can drop off their children safely. It operates from 6:30 AM to 6:00 PM daily, and closes only during major holidays.

The second essay I had to write was a comparative analysis. Unlike the advertisement analysis, in this essay, I had to compare two seemingly different topics. The topics were chosen for me: high school and feudalism. When assigned this essay, I was not sure what feudalism was. I did research to get an

Persuasive Essay Intro: For a second, try and picture yourself in 6th grade and realizing that you won't get recess anymore. Now, a deeper question. Do you remember how much fun you had in those 30 minute breaks? All the joy that you always felt while playing with your friends.