paper for project 3 (Body Paragraphs)

All children have the right to an education, so why wouldn’t parents want their children to excel in school as to the best of their ability? When children attend full day kindergarten, they grow cognitively. The cognitive growth is important in the children’s life; the children are learning things at this age that will impact the rest of their school careers. For instance, kindergarten is a time to learn the ABCs and 123s; the whole basis of education is grown from the concepts learned in kindergarten. Many might say that success can come from the inside and not just from academic success. According to The Childs Trend Data Bank, children that attend full day kindergarten can learn to enjoy school more and have a better attitude towards work that needs to be completed. That is why the cognitive growth is so beneficial to children. Also according to the very same data bank on full day kindergarten, children who attend full day kindergarten excel in academics, when they reach the second grade their math and reading scores are much higher than those children who do not attend full day kindergarten (Childs Trend Databank). Educators never want to see children brought down by others, they want them to succeed in school in their highest potential.
Children’s highest potential can be met through their curriculum. The curriculum of full day kindergarten has been said to be too difficult for the children at that age. Educators understand that the curriculum of full day kindergarten is no different than that of half day kindergarten. The only difference is that in full day kindergarten teachers are able to spread out the work in order to focus on other aspects of the children, such as their personality (Martinez and Snider). Children are able to develop in this type of environment thus, through the curriculum their cognitive development flourishes. Instead of a teacher having to throw his/her students into only a cognitive environment, he/she is allowed to focus on their emotional development as well.
The mind is able to grow but, with out emotional development the mind can not be whole. The emotional development of children is defined by their social and behavioral development. If some children do not develop in the same way as the other children in the classroom both cognitively and emotionally, then there can be a chance that some will be put in to special education. This fact has been proven through the research of Sherrill Martinez and Lou Ann Snider on full day kindergarten. Children’s set backs can be caught in full day kindergarten due to the fact that the teacher is given more time with the children in order to diagnose the problem. If the problem is caught before first grade many times the problem can be solved and special education can be avoided. Children that are diagnosed in a half day classroom are recommended, by teachers, to attend two half day sessions in order to develop more fully (Martinez and Snider). Emotionally, full day kindergarten matures the children in their school career ahead. But how mature can a six or seven year old be? When speaking of maturity in children we are not speaking of a making your car payment on time maturity, we are talking about interaction. According to Clearing House on Early Education and Parenting, children that attend full day kindergarten have more of a social growth where they are able to learn to speak to teachers and their classmates with respect. This is due to the interaction that children receive in their full day of class.
A full day of class can be defined as incorporating cognitive and emotional aspects to the children’s school day. Full day kindergarten children receive academic breaks than children in half day kindergarten. Children in full day kindergarten receive a well rounded education by incorporating emotional aspects in to their lives. Teachers are allowed to have one-on-one time with the children, with this a higher student-teacher and parent-teacher relationship is created in the school environment (Martinez and Snider). This is beneficial for the child to develop in a caring and nurturing education environment.
Every caring and nurturing environment comes with a caring and nurturing figure, that figure in kindergarten is the teacher. Kindergarten teachers are miraculous in how they are able to shape children both cognitively and emotionally. When children walk into a classroom the teacher, in a sense, takes the part of mother and father. The teacher is responsible for the children from the moment they get to school to the second they get home. They want their students to succeed and flourish in all that life has to offer. But, what happens when the teacher is not able to finish what he or she needed to teach their students because time has run out? In order for children to be successful in first grade the curriculum of kindergarten must be completed. Full day kindergarten is the only way for a teacher to make sure that the children can get as much out of the school year as possible. With just a half day, teachers are not able to fully help their students developmentally; teachers only have enough time to cram the material of the curriculum. Although with a full day, teachers are able to complete the curriculum and develop relationships with their students. These relationships can help the children grow emotionally (Martinez and Snider). The help that the children acquire from their teachers allows them to complete a full curriculum and keep focus to learn what is expected of them in the years to come. The full day program allows the student to approach the teacher in another wise hard situation for the child, such as getting in trouble or needing help on the work being assigned (Miller). Kindergarten teachers work hard to see the growth in their students but, can they really handle the pressure?
Administrators may feel that their kindergarten teachers are burned out after just a half day so, the teachers would never want to complete a full day in the kindergarten classroom. Teachers need administrators to understand that a full day program is better for the children. Amanda Miller, a researcher on full day kindergarten, determined that children are better prepared for first grade if they are able to experience school in a way where they can ease into the school environment. Instead of just being thrown into an environment that is nothing like that of kindergarten (Miller). Some may believe that first grade is not something that children need to be that prepared for but, research shows that the social interaction that children take with them from the full day experience helps them excel in their academic career as first graders. Children are better prepared for the work and the attitude that a first grader is used to accomplishing. Thus, children are able to enter first grade with the cognitive and emotional maturity needed.

Ethos and Pathos Project 3

Topic: Full day kindergarten is more beneficial than half day kindergarten.
Audience: Educators

Ethos and Pathos:
1) Warm colors
2) Left Alginment
3) No transitions
4) Less is more: pictures and text
5) Repititions

The audience is able to identify with the visuals and are relaxed by the display of the power point. Allowing them to be relaxed, better ables the audience to see the argument coming across and allow them to focus. If the colors were bright and there was a lot to comsume in the power point then the audience would be uncomfortable and unfocused.

Project 2: Defintiona Step #2

1. What is your claim?
Timeout is used as a disciplinary tactic and not a way to weed out a bad seed.
2. Who is your audience?
Teachers or Parents
3. What values are you basing your claim upon (In other words, what criteria are you using to make this definition)?
The criterion that is needed to make the definition of Timeout is…
1. How do you define a timeout
a. Punishment
b. Calm Down period
c. Restoring period
2. What actions make a child get a timeout
a. Not Listening
b. Not following rules
c. Throwing a Temper tantrum
3. How long is timeout
a. 5-10 minutes
4. Students reflection after timeout
a. Teacher and student conversation on what happened and how it can be
resolved.
4. Do you think you audience does/does not share your values? Is so, how might you approach your definition? If not, what will you have to do when you craft your argument?

I believe that my audience does share my values that timeout is given as a disciplinary tactic and not a way to weed out a bad seed. In order to approach the audience, I will use arguments and definitions that teachers or parents can relate to. Many teachers and parents believe that timeout is beneficial to child punishment and reinforcement. This is essential for my definition of timeout because many people are able to relate and understand the significance of the topic.

Project 2: Topic and Audience

Topic: Is timeout a disciplinary tactic or is timeout a way to separate a bad seed?
Audience: Teachers and Parents