Nature Walk

This picture was taken while on a nature walk. I could use a picture like this within an engagement part of a lesson. I would explain to the students that they will go out and find different leaves and then we would come back to the classroom and categorize them. The leaves could be categorized by color, shape, or by the type of tree it came from depending on the grade level.

Voicethread

I loved doing the voicethread project. I thought it was easy and fun to do. I did mine on New York State, and plan on using it in my observation classroom. Voicethread is a fun way to learn new knowledge! I think that the students will enjoy using them and creating their own!

MLD

I am having a hard time justifying the purchase of our netbooks. I almost never use mine unless I have to. All of the features that we get with it I already use elsewhere. For example, the internet is something that I already have on my phone. I also already have a laptop which I do most of my work on. I understand the fact that we are supposed to be learning about MLD, but I think most of us already understand how to use them. We live in a technology crazed world, and our generation is at the heart of new ways of learning.

Sackets Harbour

This is the Battle Field of 1812 at Sackets Harbour.I took this picture while visiting with  my mom, dad, aunt and uncle last weekend. It was a beautiful place. This would be a great place to bring students to learn about the History that went on during 1812. The United States declared war on Great Britian in 1812. Sackets harbor became the main headquarters of the United States millitary for the northern frontier. This was a battle in which American farmers fought against British warships. This would be a great Social Studies Lesson for the upper grade levels such as 5th or 6th grade students. I think they would enjoy visiting Sackets Harbour and learning about the Battle Field of 1812 and what happened during this time.

Practicum

I am loving my observation time! It's so different to go from learning about teaching to actually applying to a classroom full of 8 and 9 year olds!! It's great to finally be able to get into a classroom to see how what we learn in class applies though. It's much better to actually be out in the field with students because you can see for yourself what things you are good at and what things you need to work on.

The other day I was able to do a guided reading lesson with some of the students. They were just starting a book called Rules. It's about a girl's life as she deals with the issues that arise due to her autistic younger brother. I got to introduce the book and do somewhat of a book talk with them. Unfortunately, they were a bit rowdy because I'm not their normal teacher, but overall it went well. I learned a lot about myself as a teacher in that short period of time. I learned that not only do I need to be a bit more assertive when it comes to student behavior, but that I also need to learn how to explain things to 4th graders so that it's not over their head, but not dumbed down so much that it insults their intelligence. I feel fortunate to have been able to do this lesson with them. :)

Nature walk

The content area would be science and the grade level I would do this with would be 3rd grade. I would show the students this picture of the holes in the tree. Then I would have the students think about how these holes were formed into this tree. Was it an animal, or bugs who made these holes. Once they make their perdiction. Then we will come together as a group and have a chart and write down what they thought made these holes. After we do that i will tell them that a bird made these holes. I will show them a picture of a woodpecker and talk about why they make these holes and about the way there beak is made to perform this task.

Classroom Observations

This is one of the themes that we could use so i picked it because it seems like we could learn from each others observations. In my host classroom, the teacher Mrs. Riley counts down 3, 2, 1 and when she reaches 1 everyone should be quiet, if they aren't then she waits until they are so she can move on. Another interesting thing in my host classroom is that there is a special education teacher who works right in the classroom for a couple of hours each day because there are many inclusive students in the class.

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