Lesson Plans/Planning Essay

evaluate lessons using the rubric, determining the performance level for each standard. At the school level, strong mentor teachers guide new teachers through the intricacies of the M-STAR process. Mentor teachers are invaluable in the areas of guiding new teachers in ensuring that lesson plans and artifacts meet the rigor of the related M-STAR standards. The twenty…

Language Arts. This will allow me to observe lessons one week and assessments the following week. I am personally used to running a five-day block; I feel the seven-day block has both benefits and disadvantages. One benefit would be it allows students more time to grasp a concept. Another benefit would be having time to catch up if a student is absent. And last, teachers would be given more time to be flexible with slowing down or speeding up the pace of the lesson. The only disadvantage I…

Describe your planning process. How did you develop your ideas? Please cite research and/or theory that supports your instructional decision making. I originally wanted my students to write and present a self-written story to demonstrate their understanding of “Benchmark SS.1.6.1 - Describe ways in which your own and other cultures express cultural beliefs and practices through stories and/or legends.” However, I later realized that asking first graders to write a story and present it, all in…

Lesson Planning Lesson Title: Awareness of Violence Learner Objectives: • Define what violence is and how it affects women, children and in the family. • Introduce the film • Watch documentary relating to Awareness of Violence • Questions & Discussion • Discuss Safety Procedures • List of churches in community, willing to help women and families Materials: • A location, School gym, Church building or Auditorium room • Big Screen • Screen Projector • The film relating to Awareness of…

Planning is essential to all classrooms; however, each classroom has different procedures, especially in a pre-k classroom. In Pre-k they are two different groups of students: morning and afternoon. Therefore, the schedules pertains to both groups, but at different times of the day. Also, in Mrs. Beaver’s classroom there is an assistant teacher; thus, emergency plans for substitutes are not needed. Additionally, pre-k students generally are unable to read; therefore, there is no objective or…

In my Sunday School class, I teach about 5-6 students on average on a good day so trying to get 8 students all involved in the lessons and activities was going to be a challenge. I did not know how big of a challenge until I started the field experience. My mentor teacher prepared the tutors and encouraged us. She is an incredible teacher and mentor. I am truly happy to have had…

A less comfortable path to explore is my weaknesses, yet I will press on. As silly as it may seem to an external eye, one of my major weaknesses in the first few weeks was that I doubted myself, the extent of my knowledge, and my ability to help my students. I felt somewhat out of place in my tutoring sessions considering the proximity in age and my lack of experience in tutoring reading comprehension and literacy skills. Within a few weeks, I realized that I had an academic knowledge base,…

On the log dated, 11/3/16 I observed the teacher and the ways she accommodated the special needs children in her class. The lesson this day was teaching the children hand-eye-coordination by catching a ball thrown at them. She began the lesson by talking about a ball and what it does: bounce and roll. Afterward, she showed the children the two balls that she was going to use to play catch with them. One was a large textured ball and the other was a small soft basketball. She then proceeded and…

deserve. Learning should be presented in different methods, and styles, filled with creativity, and life lessons. Each child is unique and learns in different ways. For example there are children who are visual, verbal, auditory-musical, mathematical, interpersonal, and interpersonal learners. As a future teacher, it will be my responsibility to incorporate all learning styles into my lesson plans, and always be prepared to present an activity in an alternative way, so each activity is age…

Classroom Management Plan for Amy Introduction Classroom management is arguably the most important aspect in the classroom. Being an effective teacher is important as well, but to teach well you need to have control over the classroom. When you have the right control, the classroom will benefit. Good classroom management keeps everybody on task including the teacher. When the teacher is distracted by trying to control a situation, the class suffers and there is less time for learning. As…