Kumi Koda

I designed meaningful learning environments that integrated math, literacy, science, social studies, and the arts. I believe that I could have incorporated each of these in each lesson, but feel that I did not do as well as I anticipated. I did however; incorporate at least two in each lesson. Each project, I sat down and looked at the standards that could be met during that time. Some of the following are examples on how I integrated math, literacy, science, social studies, and the arts. I incorporated literacy with reading and letters. I incorporated math by counting body parts with the children. I incorporated science by being outside and using the physical environment. I incorporated social studies by allowing the children to address career choices. I incorporated the arts by expanding their knowledge and growth of language skills. I could expand on what I planned to meaningfully integrate other content areas by sitting down and using the resources that I have to plan accordingly. If I had more time, I feel that I could have integrated each area into each project. The children’s interests were captured by asking them daily what type of materials they wanted to use for their projects. The children found that using different materials appealed their interests. They were all excited when I mentioned painting on paper plates. This expanded their ideas of how to make projects. I have photographs that are evidence that they were engaged; this shows they were engaged…

Pain, everyone feels pain in their own way. There are some that have a high tolerance for it and then there are the ones that can’t handle it at all. I feel that I have a high tolerance for pain because there was a time when I was playing with my younger brother, we were sliding down the railing of the stairs of my home when I leaned too far in the opposite direction and next thing I know is that I am falling towards the ground, but not before I took glass down with me and cut my arm. At first I…

Term Project Paper: Understanding Family Secrets For our project, we have decided to take a closer look at the topic of family secrets, and more specifically at the four different types of family secrets. Family secrets involve information purposefully hidden or concealed by one or more family members. The four types of secrets are sweet, essential, toxic and dangerous. Galvin, Braithwaite, & Bylund (2015) describe sweet secrets as those that protect fun surprises and they are time limited.…

Case 3: The case of Emma Emma is a 4 year old girl who refuses to follow her parent’s directives when it comes to cleaning her room after she plays with her toys. Her parents have used a time out as a form of punishment but it has not worked. When Emma is asked to clean her room she throws a tantrum. Emma’s tantrum can be defined as: Crying Screaming Throwing toys making a bigger mess The tantrum ceases after her parents clean her room for her. Discuss the principles of operant conditioning…

This is a quotation taken from Katherine Mansfield’s short story ‘’The Voyage’’. The story is about a young girl called Fenella, after the death of her mother she went with her grandmother to move in her Grandparent’s house in Picton, which is inspired from Mansfield’s personal life when she had to move out from her home in Wellington, New Zealand to London, England. Mansfield uses imageries, metaphors, and the setting to convey the two main ideas of darkness and light and the transformation of…

In life, people must make choices, but not every choice leads to a good outcome. In the novel, The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson, a teenage girl faces an extraordinary life change with an illegal secret she did not choose to have. Jenna Fox has just awoken from an 18-month coma to discover that she must regain her memory and find out who she really is. Jenna’s parents, Claire and Matthew, decide to keep Jenna alive using illegal medical practices, causing many dramatic consequences.…

I am frightened by the sight of myself as I look at all the cords that are twisting and turning in and out of my body like snakes. A breathing mask is around my bald head as I lay peacefully but not breathing anymore. I see beauty behind the hospital gown and dirty skin. I look to the right of the hospital bed, a red light flashes, like an ambulance, from the monitor. The monitor isn’t going up and down like mountains but is a flat plain of land. Not a pebble on its surface. The moment of…

Anytime a molester is portrayed in a movie or TV show, it is almost always an old family friend, priest, or father. They gain the trust of their prey, usually a young girl or boy, through gifts or saying they will babysit the kid. Then the adult starts to ask the kid to touch them in the special place, saying something along the lines of, “Don’t worry. This is a good touch.” The kid doesn’t realize it isn’t a good touch and continues. These are usually the face of a molester. But mine was the…

Have you ever heard the phrase “near-enemy” used before? No? Well, a near-enemy is when two things look very similar but are intrinsically different. I first read the phrase in a Louise Penny book, where she wrote about a woman who appeared compassionate and caring, but in fact wanted others to be totally helpless so they would need her. The woman seemed to have good intentions, but she was, in fact, hurting others so that she could receive gratitude from them. A near-enemy appears to be one…

The power to help someone feel better physically or emotionally can be as simple as writing a letter, hugging someone or administering medications. These tasks are simple when done freely with two hands. Our hands are tools that we can use to help patients, family or friends when they need it the most. Most everybody has two hands, but not everybody uses them for good. To use our hands for good in healing others, is the same as doing God’s work on earth (O’brien, 2001). After reading the…