Student Teaching

I am currently student teaching at Blue Star Elementary in 5th grade.

I am working with both Kathy Newhouse and Ray Buursma in order to further develop my skills and abilities in lesson planning, curriculum development, classroom management and integrating technology.

During my time at Blue Star Elementary I have done a lot of curiculm development in both social studies and language arts. Each month the students study a genre and are required to read a book from that genre. In the months of Januaray and Feburary the students read biographies. I developed a research project that the stuedents conducted after reading their biography. Each studetns choose 3 of the possible options to include in their project. To look at the assignment explination- look at the links for "Biography Project" or click here.

After the students finished their projects they also conducted a wax museum for their peers and families. Each student memorized a short speech and dressed like their person. Studetns and parents walked around the Biography Brunch and "pushed their buttons" to gain more knowledge about famous people.

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