TransitionIdeas

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 * Placement 1
 * For my first placement I have not really observed any transitions. Since I am in a special education resource class, the students only stay for one subject and then they leave. The only thing I have noticed is that when it is about 2 minutes until it is time to go, the teacher says to put everything away take out their agendas. the students know that when their agenda is checked, they can just leave and go back to their class. The students do not really have any transitions about what they are to do when they finish their work because they do not finish early.
 * Definition of transitions = It is a transition from one activity to another that depend on established routines that ensure rapid changeover.
 * Placement 2
 * In my second placement, I witnessed more transitions in the classroom. The most common one I see is when the teacher tells the students to clean up and put away what they were working on and take out (whatever is next). She usually starts off the next part, lets say it is math, with asking the students what we did yesterday. This way the students get their mind on math and refresh what they did yesterday. Another transition is where she claps a pattern and the class claps it back. The student's know that this means to quiet down and listen to the directions that the teacher is about to give.