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Final Blog Post

deraffelem

Welcome to my final blog post! To recap and review, me and my partner Angela will be creating a lesson plan on how to teach second or third graders the importance of immigration. We will do this by using the book, All The Way To America by Dan Yaccarino. Our goal is that we hope other educators can also learn from this and grasp new ideas for their students as well. While researching this topic, Angela and I have come across things ourselves about immigration that we didn’t know were so important. We learned new things about it as our … Continue reading Final Blog Post

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Final Blog Post

sydneyabate

Hi and welcome back to my blog post! Throughout this process, I have learned so much that will help me for my future teaching career. Madie and I did our research project off a book called Blubber by Judy Blume. This book teaches students about bullying and has an underlying message that teaches them if they see something, they should say something. This research project has furthered my understanding of making lesson plans for elementary school students. I was able to learn more about how to use specific tools that will help me in the future. Tools that I learned … Continue reading Final Blog Post

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Reflection on How to Teach “The Tell-Tale Heart”

bridaniele

Welcome to my last and final blog post! It has been very fun building my final project this semester. I really enjoyed putting together all the final touches for the project on teaching Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart.” My … Continue reading Reflection on How to Teach “The Tell-Tale Heart”

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Final Blog Post.

consedinee

Hello, and welcome back to my blog post! In my last blog post I talked about the teaching fifth and sixth graders about the Roaring 20s using the book, What Were the Roaring Twenties? by Michele Mortlock. The lesson plan my partner and I came up with was a powerpoint presentation to introduce what the Roaring 20s were, the assigned book, and finally to wrap this lesson together, a poster project included with a timeline. We will gear our teaching tool toward Gardner’s visual-spatial intelligence. This intelligence is great for learners that like to look at the pictures and watch … Continue reading Final Blog Post.

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Reflection on Identifying Transcendentalism in Disney Movies

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Hi again, my name is Cameryn and welcome back to my final blog post! At this stage, my partner, Michelle, and I have completed all of our research for the project. We have found credible and academic sources that are … Continue reading Reflection on Identifying Transcendentalism in Disney Movies

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Third Blog Post

malloryorgonas

Hi, welcome back to my third and final blog post! Today we will be discussing my experiences of completing this lesson plan! In my experince, this project was very beneficial and helped me to know how to manufacture lesson plans for the future! The successes I had as a result of the research process including making a sufficient lesson plan that not only relates to the background of the story but also incorporates multiple intelligences. An exciting discovery was manufacturing a successful lesson plan. When developing the lesson, it was in the best interests to try to make it efficient … Continue reading Third Blog Post

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Reflecting on Civil Rights and our lesson plan

kelseyy31

As our research came to an end, we had some successes that really helped us with creating our lesson. One success was using the library research tab; we were able to collect information that was credible, reliable, and scholarly. The information we were receiving was reliable for us to teach our students and making sure that they were getting the correct information. Another success was having sources that guided our minds to ideas on how to relay this information to students. A breakthrough that we had was that we decided on a timeline that will give the students an idea … Continue reading Reflecting on Civil Rights and our lesson plan

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The Personal Reflection of the Gatsby Project

agoliaa10

Maria and I have worked together and have come up with amazing ideas that we are going to use in our future elementary school classrooms. One of the successes of our project was coming up with the in-class activity of making literature circles which is when the students are assigned into groups and each of them will go through the book, assignments, and activities together. Also, we included some super fun activities for the students so that they can have a better understanding of the novel such as a Gallery Walk, where we would play some 1920s music and display … Continue reading The Personal Reflection of the Gatsby Project

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Third Blog Post

marykategorham

Welcome to my third blog post! In our second blog post, Kaitlynn and I explained how we will be discussing F. Scott Fitzgeralds, The Great Gatsby. We are aiming to gear our lesson plan towards middle and high school students. We chose this age group because there is so much important history that was occuring at the time period of which The Great Gatsby takes place in. The roaring twenties was such an important time in American history and one that I have learned about in depth, throughout my years of schooling. The Great Gatsby is a book gearned towards … Continue reading Third Blog Post

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The Great Gatsby

kaitlynncastro

As this century’s version of the Roaring 20s is vastly approaching, here is a recap on what our last blog post addressed! In our last blog post, we introduced the idea of teaching The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald to students at a middle and high school level. We chose the book because we thought it was a great representation of what the Roaring 20s looked like one hundred years ago. Although it does not address all the events that occurred during this time period, it does get a little more personal. Essentially, we chose this book because students … Continue reading The Great Gatsby

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Third Blog Post

sydneyabate

Hi everyone! Welcome back to my blog!  Madeline and I talk about a book named “Blubber’ by Judy Blume. In this book the author targets the common theme of bullying. This book is very significant to today’s society as bullying is a very common issue today. “Blubber” targets elementary school children in 4th and 5th grade. We think that a great way to teach students about this book would be through powerpoints, videos and comprehension questions. This project allows us to teach students a very valuable lesson in a fun and entertaining way. Teaching them this way will allow them … Continue reading Third Blog Post

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My 3rd blog post!

walkerg40

Hi everyone and welcome back to my final blog post! As discussed in my prior post, my partner Erin and I will be gearing our lesson plan towards a 5thgrade class and the topic that we will be focusing on is the Roaring 20’s. We are still planning on using the text, What Were the Roaring Twenties? by Michele Mortlock as our literature component within the lesson plan, feeling that it thoroughly sums up all the information we hope our students to learn throughout this unit. Since this lesson will be taught to an upper elementary level grade, we feel that it … Continue reading My 3rd blog post!

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Blog post #3

suzieholobigian

For my final project, my partner and 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 that is recognized by so many for its uniqueness. By the end of the story, Vashti inspires someone else by the … Continue reading Blog post #3

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Introduction on Civil Rights

kelseyy31

Hello welcome back to our third blog post! Ideally, this lesson will be aimed for 8 and 9 year olds who would be in third or fourth grade. We are going to be teaching about the beginning basics on the who, what, where, when, and why of the Civil Rights. Mainly, talking about Rosa Parks who was one influential civil rights leader during that time that made an impact. We are planning on using the book, The Bus Ride That Changed History, written by Pamela Duncan. Ally and I are going to create a lesson plan on the main points, … Continue reading Introduction on Civil Rights

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Blog Post #3

bridgetmosherr

Blog Post #3   For my final project I have chosen to discuss the book The Dot ,by Peter H. Reynolds. In this book, Reynolds tells the story of a young girl named Vashti who becomes discouraged within herself because she believes she is incapable of drawing as well as everyone else in her class. Despite her discouragement within herself, her teacher assist her to build up her confidence and Vashti is able to create something that is special and unique to her, showing her talents. We may have different talents than others but everyone’s talents should be recognized. Vashti … Continue reading Blog Post #3