Introduction: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a book that details the unusual culture of the “Roaring” 1920s, a pre-depression time of excess wealth and an obsession with flaunting society’s traditions. Gatsby and other characters fully explore these … Continue reading The Blueprints of the Final Project
Hello and welcome back to my third blog post! When trying to come up with a teaching style it is important to accommodate to various teaching styles for children. After all, everyone learns differently and obtains information in different ways. A teaching style that would allow students to reach their academic potential is, interpersonal and Spatial intelligence. Essentially what this means is that students would have to work together and throughout our lesson plan, we have created visual lessons for visual learners. In our lesson plan, it is planned for students to watch a short clip on how one’s actions … Continue reading Lesson Development
Welcome back to my blog! My partner and I plan to teach second or third graders about immigration. To do this, we plan to use the book, All the Way to America by Dan Yaccarino. This is a true story … Continue reading Immigration in America
The gothic and romantic are classic literary time periods in English that many readers enjoy. “The Raven,” by Edgar Allan Poe is a representative example of these literary periods, and is a poem that many know and love. In order to effectively teach this work to a fourth-grade class, we have decided to create a podcast as a resource for fellow elementary educators to listen to and take ideas from. In the project, we want to focus on Gardner’s naturalistic and musical intelligences. I believe this is a great resource for other educators because with our podcast, we can be … Continue reading Approaching “The Raven” Using Music and Nature. Geared for Elementary Students.
For my final project, I have chosen to use the book, The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds. This book is about a young girl, Vashti, who is discouraged in her art class because she thinks that she cannot draw as well as everyone else in her class. With the help from her teacher who helps her grow her confidence, she is able to create something truly exciting for Vashti. She begins to create many art pieces and then inspires someone else by the end of the book. This was one of my favorite books as a child myself. I also … Continue reading Blog Post #2
Hi everyone and welcome back to my teaching blog! As discussed in my last post, I am going to be gearing my lesson towards teaching students about the road from the Roaring 20’s all the way to the Great Depression. While in my last post I heavily discussed the lessons and background that I have on this time era, that being my experience with the classic piece of literature, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, I now want to transition into solely focusing on how I will communicate my knowledge on this subject to elementary level students. With that being … Continue reading The Road From the Roaring 20’s to the Great Depression: Through the Eyes of Elementary Students
After talking about The Great Gatsby in my last blog post and researching about The Roaring 20’s, I will be using the book “What Were The Roaring Twenties? (What Was) by Michele Mortlock. Even though I have not read this book yet, it looks like a great book for 5th and 6th graders because it has many pictures of what the 1920s had in that lifestyle but also is a chapter book. A chapter book is a great way for 5th and 6th graders to work on their reading skills. The grades I will be focusing on while teaching the … Continue reading 2nd Blog Post; The Roaring 20’s.
While thinking about childhood and reading, one thing that comes to mind is how fascinating colors and pictures are to young children. Not only does it … Continue reading The Importance of Imagination and Rhyming
I have decided that I would like to teach, “The raven” by Edgar Allan Poe. This is a classic piece of literature in the Romantic and Gothic period. I would like to pursue this piece of work because on the … Continue reading Exploring Romanticism and ‘The Raven”
My name is Angela Hill and welcome back to my teaching blog! As written in my last post, I would like to teach second or third graders about immigration. Many students of that age may understand that their nationalities can … Continue reading How America Came to Be
Hi, I’m Gabby Barbera and welcome to my second blog post! It has come to the point in our Research Project where we must finalize our desired topic for the project. I tossed around many ideas but then came to a conclusion about young children. One thing they love to do is draw. Not only does it keep them occupied, but it gives them an outlet to be creative and explore their own imagination. I’ve found that Dr Seuss has particularly creative artwork in his children’s story books. My entire childhood I read Dr Seuss and have always loved his … Continue reading Blog post #2
After conducting my research and looking over my last blog post, the text I will continue to focus on is The Bus Ride That Changed History. This text was written by Pamela Duncan and she focuses on Rosa Parks’ story. From this text I am aiming to focus my lesson around 3rd and 4th graders. Personally, I have not read this book yet; however, through research it is stated that each page builds off the other which will leave young leaders interested. I plan on using visual-spatial and interpersonal intelligences throughout my lessons. A visual-spatial learner is a student who learns … Continue reading Civil Rights Movement
Hi I’m Madie Schlossberg and welcome back to my blog! The novel my partner, Sydney, and I chose is the famous American author, Judy Blume’s, “Blubber.” This novel is important to elementary grades, specifically 4thand 5thgrade. “Blubber” touches upon a … Continue reading On Standing Up for Others
I have decided to conduct my research on the book, The Dot written by Peter H. Reynolds. This book tells the story of a little girl Vashti who discovers her artistic talent after being constantly frustrated in class. This book said it could be read to any students from 1-5th grade. However I think this would be a great book for a class of second graders. It is not difficult to understand but it does teach them a lesson and could be great for proposing questions to the students throughout the book or when the book is finished. This book … Continue reading Blog Post #2 The Dot.
My name is Margaret DeRaffele and welcome to my second teaching blog post. My main execution is guided towards teaching second and third graders about the importance of immigration to and from other countries. My partner and I have chosen a book that can help children have greater understanding of immigration and its exact meaning. This book is called All the Way to America by Dan Yaccarino. As I stated in my last post this story is about one shovel that has been pasted down from generation to generation in a large Italian family. By creating a lesson from this … Continue reading Second Blog Post
After conducting my research, The text I will be focusing on will be, The Bus Ride that changed history: The Story of Rosa Parks by Pamela Duncan Edwards. The grades I will be aiming to teach this to would be to 2nd and 3rd grade students who will be around the age of 8, and 9. Using Gardner’s intelligences I intend to use visual-spatial, and interpersonal. Visual spatial are people who are good at visualizing things, and are very good at interpreting photos. I believe that if we use this as a way to teach the students, they can be … Continue reading Civil Rights Lesson
I knew from my junior year of high school that I wanted to be an elementary school teacher someday. When I reflect back to my earlier years as a student, my favorite subject in school was always reading and writing. I’ve always loved reading and writing stories and even essays. I am thinking that I would like to teach something along the lines of this. One of the literary periods that has caught my attention is Romanticism. After reading a little bit about it I have learned that if focuses on art, literature and even music in Western Civilization. When … Continue reading Bridget Mosher’s First Teaching Blog
My name is Margaret DeRaffele and welcome to my first blog post! I’ve been researching different topics that would be appropriate to teach to younger children ages ranging from around 5-10. I realized that immigration would be the most useful and beneficial topic. When I was in elementary school I began to learn about these topics at a some what young age and to me personally I think it is important for young children to know about. As a future teacher, it is an aim of mine to be sure that my students have a clear understanding of these different … Continue reading Teaching Immigration
Upon reflecting and researching for my first blog post about teaching interests, I realized I have quite a few interests that could be beneficial for this project. I found that I do not have an interest in a specific time … Continue reading Dr. Seuss and American History
Throughout my research I found many authors that have written children’s books. These books would be great for a classroom and to read to elementary students, as they can engage students in books they do not see and read all the time. Some authors I am curious about are Charlotte Zolotow, Vashti Harrison and Chelsea Clinton. These three authors all target feminism and racial differences. I am interested in these types of genres and era’s because it can help students understand and learn more about gender roles and racism to some extent. These genres and era’s can help my students … Continue reading My teaching ideas
Hello, my name is Kelsey Ciafone and welcome to my first blog post. While I was researching different topics the one that stood out the most was the Civil Rights movements. In school around the age of 9, I remember learning about different types of civil right movements, but I remember learning about Rosa Parks, and Martin Luther King Jr. The question I keep asking and which we discussed in class is, when is it appropriate for children in elementary school to learn about disturbing, violent, and/or emotionally triggering aspects in American History. Now, I’m interested in contemporary writing, and … Continue reading What I would teach
The Renaissance Period has always sparked my interest. The European Renaissance period was described as a fervent period of European cultural, artistic, political and economic “rebirth” following the Middle Ages. It was a time where people began to dig deeper and challenge each other’s thoughts. Reading about the European Renaissancehad really sparked my interest of the American Renaissance because I wanted to learn more. This was truly an important moment in history when American writers were given the same validation that European writers were getting. It was a very different time, and this is very exciting for the Americans. In high school my … Continue reading Exploring the Renaissance Period
Alesandra Maulucci I feel through this lesson I want to focus on the segregation laws and events surrounding the early stages of the Civil Rights moments. The book, The Bus Ride That Changed Historyis directed towards grade 2nd-4thwith illustrations allowing for conversation after. From research it is stated that each new page builds from the previous one leaving listeners interested. In order to pursue with this idea I would want to order the book while reading it to make sure a lesson can be built off it. I feel this is a topic is sensitive to teach however it is essential … Continue reading My teaching ideas
As a future educator, I have many ideas about what I would like to teach inAmerican literature and how I would like to teach it. Currently, my focus iseither on the early colonial literary period or the Romantic period. In myexperience I find these literary eras capture the true American spirit as wellas helps shape the next generation of young writers. Specifically, JohnathanEdward’s “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” and PhillisWheatley’s “To the University of Cambridge, in New England” arepieces I find that elementary students will understand while still capturingwhat the early colonial period is about. As for … Continue reading Exploring Romaticism and Colonial America
American Literature for Elementary Education 