Today we continued presenting our lesson plans to the class. The first person to present was Licha, and she did her lesson on Colombia. We learned that the capital of Colombia is Bogota, their money type is peso, their religion is 90% Catholic, and Colombia has 32 departments. Then, Licha discussed about the different festivals that occur in Colombia every year and more about the culture. Her brother also came to help with her presentation and at the end, they did an amazing salsa demonstration for us! After that, whoever wanted, got to go in front of the class to learn how to salsa! It was an amazing lesson. After Licha's presentation, we had Alex Corn present. She did her presentation on Ecosystems: The Desert. Miss Corn started her presentation with questions to see what the class already knew about the subject. She then described all of the characteristics of the desert and the different types of animals who live there. She then ended her presentation with a compare and contrast diagram to see how much the students learned. It was a great lesson and presentation!
Tuesday, February 12
Today we continued to present our lessons and today Sydney Vail and I presented. I went first and I did my presentation on all of the seasons of the year for first grade. I started my presentation with pictures and asked the students to write down the seasons that they already knew. I then started talking about each season with an activity on the board in between each. For example, after talking about winter, I had a student come on the board and help the little girl get dressed for a snowy, winter day. I ended my lesson with a drawing activity where students were split up into four groups and each group had to draw a different season. The each group had to present and describe their season to see how much they learned. Right after my presentation we had Miss Vail present. She did her lesson on Ballet/ Dance. Sydney started with her EQ, which is What do Ballerinas wear? She then did a great job describing the different types of shoes that ballerinas wear. We also learned that ballet students must wear nylon tights and leotards. She then had everyone in the class stand up to learn all of the different positions on ballet. Ending the lesson with a coloring activity was a great idea!
Wednesday, February 13
Today we had Ashley Brady and Catherine Phillips present their lesson. Miss Brady went first and she taught us about letters and sounds! She started with a fun warm up where a students had to go up on the board and drag the first letter of the word each name of the animals started with. She then reviewed what letter each shape and their color starts with. We were all so excited when Miss Brady pulled names with the Popsicle sticks to separate us into groups for another fun activity! In this activity, each group received a baggie full of letters and we had a minute to make as many words with those letters as we could. She then ended her lesson with a Think, Pair, Share activity. Miss Brady's lesson was good because it involved every single student in the class and we were all active. Our second lesson was with Miss Phillips. She taught us about the different types of clouds there are in the sky. She started with discussion questions to see what we already knew about the three different types of clouds: Stratus, Cumulus, and Cirrus. She explained how clouds are formed and talked about each type of cloud. She then ended her lesson with a worksheet and a fun activity. She put shaving cream on each students' desks and we had to form one of the types of clouds! This activity really got the students involved and interested in the subject! We had a lot of fun!
Thursday, February 14
Today is VALENTINE'S DAY!! Today we went to Mauldin Elementary to visit our little buddies in Mrs. Vaughn's class for Valentine's Day. Each of the cadets brought their little buddies a gift for Valentine's Day and our buddies did the same for us! We did not get to do the activity we were supposed to, but that's okay because we had LOTS of fun spending time with each of our buddies by playing fun games and coloring! We all had a great time spending time with our buddies and we wish we could have stayed longer. It was a great day.
Friday, February 15
Today was a busy day for the Teacher Cadets! We had the whole class period to work on different things for the Family Connection Valentine Festival on Saturday. Many cadets brought in home made baked goods for example cupcakes and cookies. Some of us made signs for the different organizations that were going to participate. Others put brownies and cookies in small bags for the kids.We got a lot accomplished and and we were all really excited to volunteer at the event.Saturday, February 16
Our Valentine's Festival got rescheduled because of the weather. :( We had a blizzard and lots of snow!!
Sunday, February 17
Today was the Valentine's Festival. Many cadets arrived early to help set everything up. It was from 1-3 and even though I could not attend, it wad a very successful day!
Quote: “Give yourself entirely to those around you. Be generous with your blessings. A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal.” -Steve Maraboli
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