Thursday, April 17, 2008

Student Teaching

Blue Star Elementary
Hamilton Community Schools
Hamilton, MI

I spent 16 weeks in the 5th grade classrooms at Blue Star Elementary. Kathy Newhouse and Ray Buursma "team teach" science, math, reading, and social studies. I was able to be active in both classrooms. I reviewed curriculum materials and resources and developed lesson plans. In social studies I developed geography and poetry units. When developing these units I reviewed current materials in the school and found outside resources as well. I also developed assessment methods for these units.
To review my poetry unit click here
To review my geography unit click here

Assessment is key to teaching in order to see what students learned and what needs to be retaught.
To review my poetry assessment methods click here

I actively took over reading after about 3 weeks of observation. I developed a creative writing biography project after students read biographies.
To review the assignment explination click here.
To see the biography project assignment click here.

After the students completed their biography projects we held a Wax Museum for students to demonstrate the knowledge their learned about their person.
To see pictures and more explanation about the Wax Museum click here.

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