Teacher's View

WOW! I cannot believe this class is basically over now! Where did the 8 weeks go? This is my last class ever! It is kind of bittersweet, but I am ready to start my career! Even though this class was online and went quick, I really enjoyed it. It was different than some classes because we had time to work on our assignments during our meeting class. (Thank you Dr. Steffes!) I also liked blogging. No other class had students blog, but I did like how we only had a group of other people to respond to.  Being that this class was about teaching language arts, it helped refresh some things I had learned in my previous classes. There were several familiar material. but also things that I was not familiar such as some engagement techniques. It will be handy to have these down to try new activities with my future students.  Language arts is a lot of material to teach but with the help of student teaching and planning unit lessons, I learned that you can tie in many parts ...

My unit is over reading and narrative writing including imagery and figurative language. I did use one specific trade book throughout my whole unit but there are others I could use too. 1. Hatchet by Gary Paulsen- This is the book that is the main example of narrative stories and the use of imagery and figurative languages.  2.  Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume- This book could be use by reading a few pages and asking students what point of view this book was written. Judy Blume also uses figurative language throughout the book which is similar to Gary Paulen in Hatchet.    3. Prairie Evers by Ellen Airgood- I had not read this book before but it is a book that tells a great story. The book also uses figurative language that students can see how they can incorporate it into their writing.  4. My Mouth is a Volcano by Julia Cook- This book is a short book that I can use to show illustrations. Illustrations would be he...

Week 5! Crazy how time flies and I feel like I still have so much to do! I decided to stick with the grade I am more familiar, 4th grade. Like I mentioned before, I student taught in grades 4/5, but I spent teaching language arts with mostly 4th graders and enjoyed it. When thinking about my unit plan, I thought of how my cooperative teacher and other teachers in the unit planned out lessons where the writing was relative to writing. I personally thought it was the most effective way for students to learn and wanted to follow. I have plan on my unit being like a guided reading lesson, but also have writing exercises for students to complete. The main objective is students knowing what descriptive writing is and demonstrate their understanding. The main problem I am having is putting my ideas/lessons into paper. I have many ideas going through my mind and just want to make sure the lesson would be effective and students are learning. What grades are you guys using for you...