Activities:

1. Whileobservingwenoticesomekidslearndifferentlythanothers.Wetakethatinto
effectwhenmakingourlessonplan.Wetrytoappealtoallstudents.Wemakelesson
plansthatwillchallengestudentsthatneedchallengedandhelpkidsthatwouldneed
help.Wealwaysarepayingattentiontothewaythestudentsareacting.Iftheyare
beingtheirnormalselforactingstrange.Wetakefullresponsibilityforthestudents
learningornotlearning.Ifwearenotteachingthethingsweneedtowearenotdoing
ourjobs.

TeacherSupportPaper
Asateacheryouwillhaveplentytooccupyyourtime,butoneofyourstudentsasksifyou
willbeattendingtheschoolplayonFridaynight.Youhadplans,butyoucouldeasilychange
them.Whatshouldyoudoandwhy?

2.Asateachertoattendandbepresentwithschoolactivitiesisamajoraspectofbeinga
teacher.Showingthatyouarepresentandactivewiththeschoolevents.Youshouldcancelyour
plansandattendtheschoolplay.Attendingthiswillbeagoodaspectonyourappearancein
school.Studentswillbehappytoseeyouthere.Itwillcreateapositiveoutlookonyourself.

3.
JustifiedCourseTopics
Pickasubjectthatyouwouldliketoteachandcreateanoutlineofthetopicsyouwill
coverinthatclass.Makesuretoincludeaminimumof10topicsandabriefstatementon
whyyouwanttoincludethatinyourcourse.
1. IwouldliketoteachUSHistory.ThetopicsIwouldcoverwouldbeasfollowing.
a. DiscoveryandsettlementofAmerica
b. EuropeanexplorationinNewWorld
c. TheMiddle,ChesapeakeandSoutherncolonies.
d. Coloniallife
e. Religiousreformation
f. Revolutionarywar

g. Kingcotton
h. Manifestdestiny
i. CivilWar
j. Progressiveera
ThesetopicsaresomeoftheimportanttopicstolearnduringtheUnitedStateshistory.

4.
ClassroomIntroduction
Developacreativeanddevelopmentallyappropriatewayto
introduceyourselftoyourstudents.Yourintroductionshouldincludevisuals,becreative
anddescribeyou.IncludeyourexperiencesasaMHSstudent,extracurricularactivities,
hobbies,personalinterestsandfuturegoals.Yourpresentationshouldbenolongerthan
fiveminutes.Youwillpresenttoyourpeerspriortoarrangingadateandtimewithyour
cooperatingteacher.
1. Iwoulduseapowerpointtointroducemyself.Iwouldputdownwhereiwentto
school.Iwouldtellhowmanysportsandhobbiesi'mintoandiliketowatch.I
wouldpresentthemwithmypersonalinterests.Whiletellingwhatmygoals
wouldbe.

5.
GenderinTeaching
Thepurposeofthisactivityistohelpyoubecomemoreawareofwaysthatyoucanhelpboth
boysandgirlssucceedinyourclassroom.First,identifythemajorproblemsencounteredby
malesandfemalesinclassrooms.Howwilltheseinfluenceyouintheclassroom?Thenlist
threespecificthingsyoucandotoensurethatyourclassroomwillhelpbothgenderssucceed
inyourclassroom.

Someofthemajorsproblemsthatbothgendersfaceintheclassroomisgenderbias.Both
genderscouldfeelasifonegenderisgettingfavoredintheclassroom.Whilethisismostly
incorrect,studentshaveawayofassumingfavoritismoverthingslikethat.Theseproblemswill
notinfluencemeintheclassroom.Tobeasuccessfulteacheryoucannotshowfavoritism.You
needtotreateachgenderinthesamemanner.

1. Iwillshownofavoritism.
2. Equalpunishmentforeachgender.
3. Nospecialrights

6.
LanguageDiversity
ThepurposeofthisactivityistohelpyoubecomebetterinformedaboutteachingEL
studentsinyourarea.Contacteitheryourstateofficeofeducationoralocalschooldistrictto
findoutaboutthekindsofELstudentsinyourareaandthekindsofinstructionalprograms
forthesestudents.
BaseduponthisinformationandinformationfromthetextonteachingELstudents,write
aonetotwopagepaperonHelpingELStudentsinmyClassroom.

TohelpELstudentsintheclassroomiwouldsetupdifferentlessonplanstoaidtothem.Iknow
learninganewlanguagecanbechallenging.Sotocombatthattheselessonplanswouldbe
simpleandhelpthemunderstandthelessonmoreclearly.LotofELstudentsnowarejusttoldto
learnenglishandgofromtheir.Whilethisisnotimpossible.Itisverychallenging,Englishis
oneofthehardestlanguagestolearn,withmanycomplicatedrules.Speciallessonplanswould
bethebestwaytohelpthem.

7.
TeacherObservation
Observeateacherduringatypicallesson.Writeasummaryofwhatdifferenttechniquesthe
teacherusesandwhetherornotyoubelievetheywereeffectivefortheclass.

Whileobservingmyteachertheentireyearinoticedthewayhehandledtheclassroom.Hewas
veryvocalandaleadertowardsthem.Hetreatedallofthestudentsthesameway.Timeshehad
tobetoughandtimeshehadtobekind.Hehandledbothofthesesituationsperfectlyandwas
abletoalwaysknowwhentobetoughandwhentobecalm.Ibelievehiswayofteachingwas
veryeffective.Overtheyearinoticedthatthekidswereadvancingoverthemonths.

8.
CreatingAssessment
Createaformalorinformalassessmentforyourclass.Thiscanbeanytypeofassessment.

BeforeIhadleftmynormal5thgradeclassroomihadassessedthem.Duringtheyearihad
noticedthatoverallthesekidshadbehavedverywell.Theyhadneverhadmuchtroubleor
distractions.Yestheywillhavefunandbegoofylikenormalkidsbuttheywerecalmand
respectfultherestofthetime.Overallthesekidsbehavedgreat,Ihopethatifandwheni
becomeateacheralotofmystudentswillactlikethem.

9.
PortfolioActivity:InvolvingParents

Thepurposeofthisactivityistohelpyoustartthinkingabouthowyoucaninvolveparentsin
theirchildrenseducation.Writeatwopagedescriptionofyourphilosophywithrespectto
parentalinvolvementinyourclassroom.Includeinthedescriptionatleastfoursuggestions
forinvolvingparents.

Ibelievethatabigpartofchildren'slearningisnotonlytheteacherbutalsoparentsareabig
influence.Forastudenttoseeaparenthelpingthewhentheyneedit.Isveryinspiring.Iknow
frompersonalexperienceicouldalwayscountonmyparentstohelpinhomeworkwheneveri
couldnotfigureoutthehomeworkbymyself.Whichwasveryrewardingforme.Soibelieve
thatparentsshouldbeactiveinhelpingtheirchildrenanychancetheycan.