Spring sprung early this year. I was more than ready for the perks that come with more daylight and warmer weather, but I was not prepared for the effect it would have on my students. Since coming back from Spring Break at the beginning of April both Robin and I (and let’s face it, most [...]
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Reflections of a Student Teacher: Week 8
Posted in L1: Learner centered, S1: Content driven, T2: Intentionally planned, T3: Instructional strategies, tagged motivation on April 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Reflections of a Student Teacher: Week 3
Posted in S1: Content driven, T2: Intentionally planned, tagged high school, root words, vocabulary on March 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
As an 8th grade (student) teacher, part of my responsibility is to prepare my students for high school. Not an easy task. Especially given the fact that I’m having a hart time remembering what it was like being an eighth grader and that I didn’t go to high school in Washington, so I’m don’t really [...]
EDU 6363 Weekly Reflection 8
Posted in S1: Content driven, T1: Standards-based assessment, T3: Instructional strategies, Uncategorized, tagged cause and effect, EDU 6363, thinking maps on February 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
When social studies classroom are portrayed in TV shows and movies, the picture usually portrays students on the brink of sleep, chalkboards full of names and dates to memorize, and a monotone teacher dragging on and on. And while there is so much wrong with this scenario, the worst thing in my mind is the [...]
EDU 6363 Weekly Reflection 7
Posted in L1: Learner centered, S1: Content driven, tagged EDU 6363, motivation on February 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
You can’t force students to learn things they don’t want to learn. You can try every trick and strategy up your sleeve, but if they aren’t intrinsically motivated, it’s almost a lost cause. So the question is how do we help motivate students to learn? This is a complicated question with an even more complicated [...]
Integrating Reading & Writing in Social Studies
Posted in L1: Learner centered, S1: Content driven on January 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This lesson plan was designed to help struggling readers and writers in a middle school social studies class. The lesson revolves around the idea of Manifest Destiny and westward expansion. Specific strategies were implemented to make sure that students of all reading and writing abilities would be successful. EDRD 6530 Reading/Writing Lesson Plan Written December [...]
Welcome to my bPortfolio
Posted in L1: Learner centered, L2: Classroom/school centered, L3: Family/neighborhood centered, L4: Contextual community centered, P1: Professional responsibilities, P2: Professional growth, P3: Legal/Ethical responsibilities, S1: Content driven, S2: Standard alignment, S3: Content area integration, T1: Standards-based assessment, T2: Intentionally planned, T3: Instructional strategies, T4: Technology on October 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Welcome! This website is where I will share and reflect upon my MAT course work. I will post an artifact from each class that aligns with a state standard. Each artifact will be categorized accordingly. Course and artifact alignment information can be found on the MAT Course Alignment Page.
