Mrs. Hoover became a teacher because she enjoys working with people. She believes that you must creative, flexible, part actor, part lawyer, and have a great sense of humor to be an effective teacher. Her philosophy centers around providing the avenue her students need to learn, as well as teaching her students how to think. She believes that memorization is limiting, but that teaching students how to critically think provides her students with unlimited opportunities in life. Her goal for…
Sabrena communicates easily with her peers and her teachers. She can select centres based on her interest ( e.g., using different materials to make letters). She spends time exploring and experimenting materials such play dough, crafts, making puzzles and alphabet blocks. She is comfortable sharing her ideas and learning both in small group and large group activities (e.g., drew a picture of Sleeping Beauty and labeled using initial letters( i.e., S B and identified body parts orally ).She…
Sample Two The teacher has to craft lesson plan suits the learners' proficiency level, interests and takes the duration of the class into her consideration. In a thirty minutes class, the teacher should put objectives both the objectives and the procedures as well. In the reading class, the theme is requesting and offering hotel services to business administration students. Additionally, the teacher has to pinpoint the learning outcomes that she is going to follow in the class as in the…
Dear 0990 Students, Today is the last day of our class and I’m feeling both sad and happy. Happy because I need a break. I am sad, because I will miss you. We have spent a lot of time together over the last fifteen weeks, you are a good group. On the first day I was a little worried since the class was so small however everyone surprised me with their willingness to learn participate and work hard. There are many unique individuals in our class. Joe, Tommy, Lencie, Amber, Amanda, and…
A Teacher named Mrs. Jessica Cano created a classroom website for her students to upload their art work to, and on her website she created a Webquest as a type of brainstorming assignment. The title is Art History 7Th Grade Webquest and is intended to help her students be introduced to various artists, learn in an innovative way by utilizing technology to discover artwork that is from around the world. In the description the webquest is developed to be appropriate for students in 6th to 8th…
Exploring the Creation of an AVA: the Petaluma Gap “Fall into the Gap” may become the new catchphrase for Sonoma County wine-lovers in 2016 if a 200,000 acre region known as the Petaluma Gap – now a part of the Sonoma Coast AVA – is awarded its own American Viticultural Area [AVA] designation some 10 long years after a local winemaker alliance began their quest for recognition citing their most distinctive factor – WIND! Tracing the path of the Petaluma Gap Winegrowers Alliance’s [PGWA]…
variety of communications that are released on different media platforms, such as radio, blogs and social media sites. They design and launch both digital and traditional marketing campaigns. This involves the development of a marketing communications plan that includes goals, tactics and target budget. PR coordinators must maintain an intimate and current understanding of industry and consumer trends. They will apply this knowledge to…
How do you plan to use your classroom pet? (check all that apply) • Teach formal lessons utilizing the pet• The pet is there to interact with, but there is no formal teaching plan involving the pet• Use interactions with the pet as a reward for the students• Other 8. Approximately how much interaction does your classroom pet receive from your…
There are certain research based strategies teachers use to help provide students with the best education and help make sure their students succeed. Below are 5 examples of these strategies teachers use: 1. Begin a lesson with a short review of previous learning: Daily review can strengthen previous learning and can lead to fluent recall. The most effective teachers in the studies of classroom instruction understood the importance of practice, and they began their lessons with a five- to…
The focus of chapter 12 is assessment and evaluation. Through out this book it discusses inquiry circles and how to implement them into the classroom. One question some teachers may have is how to assess the inquiry circles and what determines the grade or score the students receive. In this chapter, I did not come across any particular statistics, but did find an idea mentioned by Jim Vopat to interesting. Vopat had the idea of the “good faith effort” as the assessment. Vopat believes that…