Thursday, February 25, 2010
February 15 - February 19
Tuesday- Quentin and Joseph presented, Joseph being able to change his day so that we still had two presentations. Quentin started by teaching us about French History, showing us the castle which has quick sand surrounding it. Joseph taught us how and when to use “por” and “para” in Spanish. He used a song for por, which he got the students to try and sing.
Wednesday- Katy and Natalie presented, Katy being a scientist with her lab coats. She taught us what floated, which the results for some were surprising, and she also sh
owed us why a banana floats with the peel on and sinks when it’s off. Natalie taught us how the French Revolution was a huge part of history.
Wednesday- Katy and Natalie presented, Katy being a scientist with her lab coats. She taught us what floated, which the results for some were surprising, and she also sh
owed us why a banana floats with the peel on and sinks when it’s off. Natalie taught us how the French Revolution was a huge part of history.
Thursday- Rachael and Tiffany presented, Rachael telling us that the English Reformation was not about the language but the religion. Tiffany taught us about Irony and the three different types, which we found and identified examples of.
Friday- Chelsea S. and Victoria presented, both involving English. Chelsea started by teaching us about the major literary movements and the authors within each time. We were quizzed on which philosophies clashed and which authors were from which movement. Victoria taught us about the different common grammar mistakes, like compliment and complement, and how to use each correctly.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Monday:
This week we experienced several early childhood education lesson plans. As a class we all took the mindset of this age group, and with this mentality we listened and reacted to what we were taught.
Today we enjoyed learning from Miss Aliyah about the different continents. We learned that there are seven different continents and are named Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America. In order to remember the continent’s names we learned a song. We also learned that there are several different characteristics about each continent and certain animals that live there. Like how Antarctica does not have a permanent human population, but houses penguins. We watched a ‘brain pop,’ a short movie which that described the continents, and even got to draw a map to the destination that matched a description.
*It was also spirit week and our day to dress today was Kindergarten day and Nerd day
Tuesday we made our cards for our pen palls. The animal for this card was a frog, and the images popped out of the card when it was opened. We made the card pop out by cutting slits in an already folded piece of paper. The slits were then unbent out, in the opposite way of the fold. The image of the frog or heart could be pasted on the card. They were adorable and will be a great surprise for Valentines Day.
Wednesday, Miss Megan taught us about the names of animals in Spanish. One of the ways she got the students involved was to initially have them draw a picture of their favorite animals. We learned that a dog is a perro in Spanish, cat is a gato, and other Spanish animal names. We also had to pare up animals with similar characteristics, like farm animals or mammals. We even learned that in other countries the sounds that an animal makes is said in other ways. We practiced making animal sounds in Spanish.
Miss Kim taught us about shapes. We learned all about what each shaped looked like, the characteristics of it, and its name. Also, we listened to a rhyme or song that told us how to draw each shape. She had us use the shapes to make pictures and also allowed us to practice drawing them on the board and on paper.
Thursday, Miss Casey taught us about firemen. We learned what to do if there was a fire in our school and she showed us practical steps to keep us safe at home. She told us to make a plan of escape form our home and to change the batteries in our fire alarms. Firemen use oxygen tanks and masks, that might look scary, but are used to keep the firemen sage as they try to save others. We also learned how to dial 9-l-1 in case of a fire.
Miss Meghan taught us about part of speech. We learned how to identify nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. The characteristics of each helped us to understand how to write sentences. Nouns are subjects, verbs are actions, adjectives describe nouns, and adverbs add to the verbs. We were able to write a sentence and find the parts of speech by the end of class. We even wrote our own sentence with all of the parts of speech and then had to draw a picture that would use all the parts of speech.
Friday
We went to the elementary school to be with our pen palls. When we were there we helped them make a valentines-man out of hearts. They had to cut and paste the hearts and according arms together to make the man. It was great to see the creativity of first graders as they drew on the face. Everyone was excited to see the finished product and to then draw, talk, and play with their pen palls. Afterwards we gave our cards to them. It was cute to see their reactions upon opening the card and seeing the images pop out. We also received valentines that they had made for us earlier. Due to the pep rally schedule we had to leave early.
In times of change, learners inherit the Earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.-- Eric Hoffer
This week we experienced several early childhood education lesson plans. As a class we all took the mindset of this age group, and with this mentality we listened and reacted to what we were taught.
Today we enjoyed learning from Miss Aliyah about the different continents. We learned that there are seven different continents and are named Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America. In order to remember the continent’s names we learned a song. We also learned that there are several different characteristics about each continent and certain animals that live there. Like how Antarctica does not have a permanent human population, but houses penguins. We watched a ‘brain pop,’ a short movie which that described the continents, and even got to draw a map to the destination that matched a description.
*It was also spirit week and our day to dress today was Kindergarten day and Nerd day
Tuesday we made our cards for our pen palls. The animal for this card was a frog, and the images popped out of the card when it was opened. We made the card pop out by cutting slits in an already folded piece of paper. The slits were then unbent out, in the opposite way of the fold. The image of the frog or heart could be pasted on the card. They were adorable and will be a great surprise for Valentines Day.
Wednesday, Miss Megan taught us about the names of animals in Spanish. One of the ways she got the students involved was to initially have them draw a picture of their favorite animals. We learned that a dog is a perro in Spanish, cat is a gato, and other Spanish animal names. We also had to pare up animals with similar characteristics, like farm animals or mammals. We even learned that in other countries the sounds that an animal makes is said in other ways. We practiced making animal sounds in Spanish.
Miss Kim taught us about shapes. We learned all about what each shaped looked like, the characteristics of it, and its name. Also, we listened to a rhyme or song that told us how to draw each shape. She had us use the shapes to make pictures and also allowed us to practice drawing them on the board and on paper.
Thursday, Miss Casey taught us about firemen. We learned what to do if there was a fire in our school and she showed us practical steps to keep us safe at home. She told us to make a plan of escape form our home and to change the batteries in our fire alarms. Firemen use oxygen tanks and masks, that might look scary, but are used to keep the firemen sage as they try to save others. We also learned how to dial 9-l-1 in case of a fire.
Miss Meghan taught us about part of speech. We learned how to identify nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. The characteristics of each helped us to understand how to write sentences. Nouns are subjects, verbs are actions, adjectives describe nouns, and adverbs add to the verbs. We were able to write a sentence and find the parts of speech by the end of class. We even wrote our own sentence with all of the parts of speech and then had to draw a picture that would use all the parts of speech.
Friday
We went to the elementary school to be with our pen palls. When we were there we helped them make a valentines-man out of hearts. They had to cut and paste the hearts and according arms together to make the man. It was great to see the creativity of first graders as they drew on the face. Everyone was excited to see the finished product and to then draw, talk, and play with their pen palls. Afterwards we gave our cards to them. It was cute to see their reactions upon opening the card and seeing the images pop out. We also received valentines that they had made for us earlier. Due to the pep rally schedule we had to leave early.
In times of change, learners inherit the Earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.-- Eric Hoffer
Saturday, February 06, 2010
Febuary 1-Febuary 5
Monday- Snow Day!!!
Tuesday-We started teaching our lesson plans that we had been working on now for a couple of weeks. The first to go was Kayla who taught us how to see patterns in shapes and tell the different kinds of shapes. Then Andrea taught us her lesson about colors in Spanish. Both had lesson plans for kindergarden so we got to play fun games like "I spy something....", and being able to create our own patterens out of different shapes.
Wednesday-We kept going with our lesson plans and we were taught first by Kristen who taught us how to count money. We were able to play an activity which allowed us to move money pieces on the board into a piggy bank until we made one dollar. We were then taught by Chelsea Elliot who helped us learn how to count to a hundred by using three different methods, one of them was by using a chart that counted one to a hundred and having the children put small circles on the numbers as they counted so they could see how much was a hundred.
Thursday-We were taught by Marshee who taught us how to see the different placements of numbers in math. We were able to play with different types of blocks that showed how much each place of a number was worth. We were then taught by Shay who showed us how to multiply by using a counting board. She showed us how mutliplication is easier to figure out an answer than just adding all the numbers up.
Friday-Friday was the start of spirit week which meant that all the classes were cut short for the pep rally we were going to have later on that day. Lorena was the only one to teach that day and she taught the names of the months in spanish. Her activity involved us drawing a picture of a month that we love and then as we learned about the months in Spanish we could write down what our month was on our paper.
~Quote(s)~ "A teacher affects eternity. He can never tell where his influence stops." -Ibrid-
"Come to the edge.We might fall.Come to the edge.It's too high!COME TO THE EDGE!And they came and he pushed and they flew..." -Christopher Logue-
Blog By:Chelsea Slessman
Monday, February 01, 2010
Monday, January 25 - Friday, January 29, 2010
Monday, January 25th
Mrs. Turner reviewed how to make a lesson plan by referring to the handout provided the week before. She talked about the requirements we are to follow when giving our presentation to the Teacher Cadets later this month (i.e. we will have 20 minutes). We then decided what grade level we wanted to teach our lesson to and began working in class with books and on computers.
Tuesday, January 26th
Although we had a shortened period, we continued to work on our lesson plans and sign up for our field experiences.
Wednesday, January 27th
This was our final in-class work day on our lesson plans.
Thursday, January 28th
Mrs. Turner taught us how to make monkey puppets for our penpals using brown paper bags and construction paper cut-outs. Many students got creative with their letters.
Friday, January 29th
We spent first period at Mauldin Elementary School in Ms. Quinn's class. To celebrate the 100th day of school, we helped our penpals string 100 Fruit Loops onto a necklace. They showed us their projects, and we talked while sharing those delicious doughnuts! Some of us even challenged the first grader Tishone to a "count off," seeing who could count to 100 the fastest. He won. No matter what. :O
Tell me, and I'll forget. Show me, and I may remember. Involve me, and I'll understand.
-- Chinese Proverb
:) Victoria Ralph
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