9 weeks down, 6 official (7.2 unofficial) weeks to go! Last week was a continuation of the week before in terms of student engagement levels. At some points I feel myself starting to think, “Well, I’m not going to care if they don’t care,” which is not what I want to be thinking or feeling. [...]
Archive for the ‘S2: Standard alignment’ Category
Reflections of a Student Teacher: Week 9
Posted in L1: Learner centered, P1: Professional responsibilities, S2: Standard alignment, T1: Standards-based assessment, T2: Intentionally planned, Uncategorized, tagged expectations, motivation, MSP, poetry on May 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
EDU 6363 Weekly Reflection 4
Posted in S2: Standard alignment, tagged curriculum mapping, EDU 6363 on January 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Ask any member of my MAT cohort (or any future teacher for that matter) what they’re anxious about in their future career and they’ll mention something about not knowing what to teach. Our program has done a great job of teaching us techniques for how to teach, but since there are so many extraneous variables [...]
Detailed Unit Plan
Posted in S2: Standard alignment on January 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This unit plan was created for an eighth grade geography classroom. It’s 2 mini-units used to create a larger unit focusing on teaching students to think from a global perspective. Using the backwards planning method (learned about in our class textbook, Understanding by Design), I first created strong objectives to teach into the essential understandings [...]
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.
