Week 5 & 6

Read-alouds

• On the eleventh day of class Lexie read Who said Moo? by Harriet Ziefert and Simms Taback. It was a really cute story that would be perfect for preschool kids who are learning about animals and the sounds they make. The lines in the book were very simple so it would be a good book to help some one learn how to read.
• On the twelfth day of class I had my read about! I read Cosmo's Moon by Devin Scillian, which was one of my favorite books when I was little. I really liked it because the author signed it and I loved the pictures. Cosmo's Moon was a story about a boy who had a moon following him, which affected certain things in the story. Since the book talks about the effects the moon has on things, I would use it as an introduction into an astronomy lesson.
• On the thirteenth day of class Hannah S. read Muddy Paws by Mira Butterfield. It was a story about a boy who just got a puppy and was trying to name it. He kept asking others what he should name him and then he decided to name him after one of his own traits. It would be a good book when you are talking about who you are as a person with a class. You could have them write a journal entry about why they think they have the name they have. I loved this book because it had such a cute puppy in it!!
• On the fourteenth day of class Sandy read The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. I remember hearing this book alot in school when I was younger. The story is very simple but it would be a good book to use in a science lesson about butterflies. After reading this story to a class you could have some caterpillars and watch them change into butterflies. I remember when we watched them change in to butterflies when I was in second grade. I also really liked how the pages weren't full pages, it made the book so much more interactive.
• On the fifteenth day of class Ellory read A Little Something Different by Cathy Scott. First of all, it was really cool that her mom wrote the book! The book talked about two characters, one who was normal and the other who was really small. It talked about how they could use their differences to accomplish something. I really liked the book because it talked about their abilities and not their disabilities with their sizes. This would be a good story to show how when you work together you can accomplish something that you may not have been able to working alone. It would be good for a math lesson as well, you could give the class a work sheet to show which one is smaller and bigger.

Learning Experiences

• In class we learned about different learning styles and multiple intelligences, which we did an activity to learn what style of learning we had. It was interesting to see how other people in the class learned. We also developed lessons to teach to the class that incorporated multiple intelligences. I created a lesson where I read a book while showing the pictures on the smart board. Then Amanda placed different types of Jolly Ranchers around the class room and had the class identify with what flavor they felt most like. It showed me that a lot of planning goes in to making a lesson to teach.

Current Event

• http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2012/09/26/05personalize_ep.h32.html
• I found this article to be very interesting, but also very true. I know it helps when your teachers get to know you as more than just a kid in a seat. When my pre-cal teacher uses examples that dealt with soccer I remembered them more because I made a connection with them. I think that personalizing education is very beneficial to those who struggle especially in math because that can be very challenging for some.

Quote of the Week

• "Be the first one to the window" -Carol Jackson
• I really liked this quote because when Mrs. Jackson said it in person you could tell she truly believed that. Also I liked it because teachers who incorporate whats going on around them always make learning easier and more fun.

Observations

• After talking about the different learning styles and how people learned, I realized that I like it  when I have shorter notes and bullets. I do not like when I take notes in rows. I also realized that most people learned better when they can move around and group up with people who are similar to them, when I taught my lesson in class in realized that the class responded better when there was movement involved and of course, food!

Reflection

• Fabulous Food Friday is always soo good! I also really like reading the about The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night, it's really cool to see things how some one with autism does and how they write.