Lesson Plans/Planning Essay

During the lab teaching, my job as a facilitator was to teach my group members two important task he/she could use to engage in a specific sport. The sport I had to teach to my peers was Pickle – Ball, and the specific task/skill I taught was how to properly strike the individually and to someone specifically. The facility space I was able to use was half court of a gymnasium. The manner in which I presented the content in a sequence was great, but I felt my organization could have been a…

Observations, Professional Development, and Principal Interview Summaries and Log Throughout the semester, fall 2015, I have deliberated where I am as a teacher, the good and the bad, of what I continually do on a daily basis for students that are being raised in a world unlike any in history. There is now much more emphasis on learning as a skill, on increasing people’s ability to learn (on their own or in groups), and on developing this ability in everyone. This might seem simple, but it’s…

As a teacher who is championing for this idea, here is the plan I would use. • Access the background knowledge. I will start by asking the students what they know about equity and equality. I will then use this information to know how deep the introduction should be. • Encourage brainstorming. I will then encourage…

Lessons of a Childhood Graduate Childhood means something different to each person. For some, their youth meant family and community; for others, being a youth meant self-discovery and independence. Regardless, everyone has a few core values they have learned from their childhood. For me, the most important parts of my childhood was adventure, sports and family. Adventure encourages risk-taking and new experiences. It allows individuals to discover their passions and a zest for life. Sports…

Education is the key to furthering social and economic development around the globe. Throughout history, philosophers and world leaders have recognized the importance of education in society. Nelson Mandela once said, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Even though many great figure heads agree with this statement, schools across the United States seem to be falling short. When the No Child Left Behind Act passed, the goal was to be able to hold…

I chose to record a 25-minute whole group, English Language Arts lesson that focused on the 7-Steps Vocabulary strategy and Sentence Frames. This lesson focused on two selected terms (play and dip) from the targeted story “Pig in a Wig.” As I began the lesson, I activated students’ prior knowledge by asking students if they remembered the two words that they learned the previous week. Students were able to recall the terms and their definition and were able to remember the way those words were…

Teacher: Michelle Kenney Title: Leaf Scavenger Hunt & Classification Objectives: Students will be able to observe, measure and sort tree and plant leaves. Students will be able to examine leaves individually and in groups. Common Core/Next Generation Science Standards/Science & Engineering Practices/Environmental Literacy Standard: Common Core: ELA – Literacy W.2.7: Participate in shared research and writing projects. ELA – Literacy.SL.2.1.A: Follow agreed upon rules for discussions (e.g.,…

Lesson Summary: 2 Minutes- Comparison of Pegs and Holes to Candyland. A slide with display a picture of both board games for the students to use in their comparison. This will conclude with the definition of a race game and how the two games fall into this category. Key Point: How are these two objects similar? What do both games need in order to be played? -Players, these are not activities that can be played by a single person. 1 Minute- Brief description of the object and the rules of Pegs…

placement I am working with 3rd and 4th graders on math so I thought it would be appropriate to look at the teacher moves in this case. Throughout this case there were many teacher moves that interested me. One teacher move that I identified was, “In each lesson students first work in pairs and then share their solutions with the whole class”. Another teacher move that I liked that the teacher incorporated was, “At the start of math the next day, the class reviewed all the methods they had…

fill up the room on the sheet handed out. Prediction and estimating volume is a goal of Ms. Upshaw this is why she does not allow them to us calculators. Ms. Upshaw says that growing a sense of large numbers is a main goal of the unit in which this lesson is embedded. (paragraph 7) So…