Stay Ahead of the Race by Reading!

These are images of a bulletin board  that I designed and created for my Teaching Reading course. This could be used in a classroom to promote and encourage reading. The board depicts a reading triathlon which includes biking, swimming, and running. The students' reading progress is recorded by their position on the board. All books read are recorded  on the board. The students that met their goal of 10 or more received a certificate along with another prize. This took a very long time to  sketch, organize, and put together, but I'm extremely proud of this bulletin board.

The students and number of books read

The cyclists

The swimmers

The runners

The winners!

The bulletin board in its entirety.

Fingerprint Analysis

This is a miniature bulletin board I created for my Teaching Math course. This is an interactive, interdisciplinary board which includes math and science. The students would have to read the directions stated to the left and use those as well as some forensic skills to discover the person to whom the fingerprints belong.

Parts of an Eye- Cow Eye Dissection/ Cleaning Pennies

Assignment for Teaching Science course: This is a picture of a cow eye. My partner and I chose to teach a mini-lesson on the parts of an eye. Instead of making a model, we used cow eyes to show the class exactly how the parts look as well as their exact position and function in the eye. As you can see, the cornea is cloudy because the animal is deceased.

This is my final experiment/project: Cleaning Pennies for my Teaching Science course. I chose to see what household items could be used to clean pennies. I did not choose any hazardous materials. I used ketchup, mayonnaise, and baking soda to clean my pennies. The results of my experiment are as follows:
* ketchup acts as a safe, super-cleaning penny agent

Science Experiments

This is the aftermath of an in-class science experiment I did with my fourth grade students during my Junior Field Experience. We tested the buoyancy of several objects within the classroom. We used fake pennies, fake dimes, toothpicks, and many other objects. The students were asked to make predictions before an item was tested; they really enjoyed this experiment.

This is a science experiment conducted in my Teaching Science course. I re-did this experiment on two separate occasions: first, in my Elementary Curriculum course and secondly, during my Junior Field Experience with fourth graders. The students were completely amazed by this experiment. We used milk, food coloring, and dish washing liquid to show how dish washing liquid separates particles and cleans our dishes.

This is a science experiment conducted in my Teaching Science course. I re-did this experiment during my Junior Field Experience with fourth graders. The students absolutely loved this experiment! We used oil, water, and food coloring. First, I had each student write down their predictions on the outcome of mixing water and oil. Many students said that it would mix while a few disagreed. Each student had their own cup and we did this experiment step by step. I heard a unified whoa when we added the food coloring to the oil and water mixture. I had the students describe what happened and record it in their notebooks. From then on, I'm sure they'll remember that oil and water do not mix and why food coloring will be in it's particular position between the two.

Guess Hoo!

This is a science poster that I created as a requirement for my Teaching Science course. We were given owl pellets to dissect. After dissecting, we had to use the bones/ remains to decipher what organism was eaten by the owl. The title for my poster was "Guess Hoo (Who)" the purpose behind that title was to poke fun at the fate of the owl's dinner( somewhat a play on words) who or rather what the owl had for dinner; it turned out to be a mouse.

Reflection on Lesson

Dorothy and I prepared for this lesson about a week prior to teaching. We discussed behavior plans, activities, and execution of the lesson, but it wasn’t until Tuesday, April 3^rd that we did a complete run through of our lesson. We stayed behind after class to make sure that all the technological devices worked well. After each of our classmates lessons’, we briefly spoke about what we would do in that situation as well as what to do to prevent certain behaviors.

Objectives:

1.            Students will be able to recall five different animals from the book.

2.            Students will be able to identify the baby animals of a dog, cow, cat, bird, and pig.

      The objectives stem from the book our lesson was based on: “Are You My Mother.” The objectives, with the exception of a pig, refer to the animals that baby bird encountered.  The goal was to have the students recognize that babies resemble their parents and that there are distinct names for baby animals. We would assess the students’ knowledge and comprehension of the objectives by asking them name the animals from the book, have them match the baby animal with its mother, and by completing the homework assignment which includes identifying  the baby animals of a dog, cow, cat, bird, and pig by form of picture and words.

No, I do not think that our lesson plan execution went exactly as written. I say this because we didn’t get to complete the lesson. If it weren’t for this repetitive, disrupting behavior I believe we would be been able to complete the lesson. Other than having for stop to gather control of the classroom, I believe that we did not deviate from the lesson plan.

The most important thing that we tried to teach our students was that baby animals look like their mother/father.  We also tried to teach our students the correct name for certain baby animals. Dog-à puppy, cat-à kitten, henà chick

I think the lesson went well.   I have to admit that I was a little overwhelmed, but I’m happy that I did not lose my cool. The class did get a little rowdy, but overall, in my opinion, the lesson wasn’t a failure.

I learned that you can’t turn your back on your students especially if that trust level in your classroom is not present.

I would’ve been a little stricter with discipline in the classroom and I would incorporate no recess as part of the behavior plan.

Perhaps if we had another interactive activity for the students to do, the lesson could’ve been more effective.

I would improve the behavior plan and stick to it. Overall, I believe our lesson went well and I think we did a great job of incorporating different aspects of relaying information to the students which appealed to different learners. (visual, kinesthetic, music, linguistic, and spatial)

Reflection on "Are You My Mother" Lesson Plan

      Dorothy and I prepared for this lesson about a week prior to teaching. We discussed behavior plans, activities, and execution of the lesson, but it wasn’t until Tuesday, April 3^rd that we did a complete run through of our lesson. We stayed behind after class to make sure that all the technological devices worked well. After each of our classmates lessons’ we briefly spoke about what we would do in that situation as well as what to do to prevent certain behaviors before they began.                                                                                              

Objectives:                                                                                                   

1.            Students will be able to recall five different animals from the book.                                            

2.            Students will be able to identify the baby animals of a dog, cow, cat, bird, and pig.                 

      The objectives stem from the book our lesson was based on: “Are You My Mother.” The objectives, with the exception of a pig, refer to the animals that baby bird encountered.  The goal was to have the students recognize that babies resemble their parents and that there are distinct names for baby animals. We would assess the students’ knowledge and comprehension of the objectives by asking them name the animals from the book, have them match the baby animal with its mother, and by completing the homework assignment which includes identifying  the baby animals of a dog, cow, cat, bird, and pig by form of picture and words.

No, I do not think that our lesson plan execution went exactly as written. I say this because we didn’t get to complete the lesson. If it weren’t for the repetitive, disrupting behavior I believe we would be been able to complete the lesson. Other than having for stop to gather control of the classroom, I believe that we did not deviate from the lesson plan.

The most important thing that we tried to teach our students was that baby animals look like their mother/father.  We also tried to teach our students the correct name for certain baby animals. Dog-à puppy, cat-à kitten, henà chick

I think the lesson went well.   I have to admit that I was a little overwhelmed, but I’m happy that I did not lose my cool. The class did get a little rowdy, but overall, in my opinion, the lesson wasn’t a failure.

I learned that you can’t turn your back on your students especially if that trust level in your classroom is not present.

I would’ve been a little stricter with discipline in the classroom and I would incorporate no recess as part of the behavior plan.

Perhaps if we had another interactive activity for the students to do, the lesson could’ve been more effective.

I would improve the behavior plan and stick to it. Overall, I believe our lesson went well and I think we did a great job of incorporating different aspects of relaying information to the students which appealed to different learners. (visual, kinesthetic, music, linguistic, and spatial)