Curriculum
C:1 Plans informative, developmentally appropriate lessons and/or units.
INTASC 2, 3, 4, 7
NBPTS 1, 2
This social studies unit on climate and recycling shows my ability to create week long units that integrate multiple subject areas.
C:2 Teaches subject matter accurately to insure that students can meet P-12 academic standards.
INTASC 1, 3, 4, 7 NBPTS
1, 2
A recommendation letter from my student teaching cooperating teacher states my ability to teach content accurately to insure that the students meet the academic standards.
C:3 Uses interdisciplinary instruction as appropriate.
INTASC 1, 7 NBPTS 1, 2
This lesson plan incorporates music with language arts to show how I am able to use interdisciplinary instruction.
This lesson incorporates movement while learning to create words using scrambled letters.
C:4 Addresses subject matter from various points of view.
INTASC 1, 3, 4, 5, 7 NBPTS 1, 2
These questions were formed prior to a discussion on Title IX. The class held a discussion on different points of view on Title IX. I came up with these questions to guide the discussion to address the different points of view.
C:5 Teaches students to use critical thinking and problem solving strategies.
INTASC 4, 5, 7 NBPTS1, 2
This lesson was taught on the first day of school in a 3rd grade class. The students had to use critical thinking and problem solving strategies to come up with a way to survive on a deserted island only having a supply of certain materials.
This lesson was taught as the students were learning about weather and the water cycle. The students were asked to complete an experiment and they had to give reasoning about their observations of what was happening. They had to use their critical thinking skills to conclude that the experiment was an example of the water cycle.
C:6 Uses effective questioning strategies.
INTASC 4, 5, 7
NBPTS 1, 2
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