Archive for 2014Page 7
Resource for new teachers: Important Steps and Information
I know that not all of us may be teaching in a science classroom but there is a great, free pdf from the National Science Teachers Association in the link below. Even if you do not end up in science, you may need to work more science into the curriculum later on. It talks about […]
Shout Out: Kendra’s Birthday
This is a shout out to Kendra! Her birthday was this weekend and she beat McAlister!!!! It has been great working with you in Practicum! I’m glad you had a great weekend! Thank you for all your hard work, knowledge, and fun personality! I’m sure someone sent this to you but this is for you […]
Shout out!! Kendra, Long, and Josh
I’d like to take this opportunity to let my classmates know what an awesome Practicum experience this was. I learned from each of you as we worked together. Everyone created such engaging lessons! The students kept talking about them! From creating volcanoes, making play dough out of pumpkin guts. to coloring pumpkin seeds and using […]
Reflecting on Practicum! Great teaching ideas
Beth had a great idea to discuss our practicum experiences. I liked the questions she asked. I thought it would be a great idea to continue the conversation and talk about what happened that you are really excited about. What were you really good at? What was something that the other classmates in your room […]
Social Studies in K
Throughout K Practicum I was trying to find different ways in which students were engaged in Social Studies. Since it seems harder to identify Social Studies content at this age group I was sure to keep my eyes open. Some things I saw were that in morning meeting students were introduced to greetings from different […]
The South Africa and the Iraq countries
This is a, “Just for fun” post, but thought that it was still relevant to Geography because this woman is absolutely clueless and frozen as can be. I’m guessing that the majority of the class has seen this and loves quoting it just like I do, but this is a perfect example of a student […]
Discussion Questions-Kindergarten Practicum
Hello Everyone! I know that this practicum experience has been a lot of fun but also a great learning experience about ourselves as teachers. After teaching 3-4 lessons to Kindergarteners in the beginning of the year; what was surprising? What did you have to do to help be more prepared when teaching? Was it […]
Shout Out
Shout out to us all! We did it! We made it through our first practicum experience! I cant wait to hear all about some great stories! Feel free to comment and share! I would love to hear them!
Shout Out to Kendra, Steph, and the Mattson Custodial Crew
I know I made a huge mess during my lesson today and cannot thank you enough for helping me clean it up and keeping it under control so our mess wasn’t any bigger. I’m also sorry for leaving Mattson a mess last night, I tried to clean it the best I could, but still left […]
Geofest 2014
One thing that I absolutely loved at the conference this weekend was the session on Ag education in elementary grades. Growing up in an agricultural town and environment I feel that it is very important that kids learn about agriculture and where their food and other things come from. I also think that so many […]