OH MY GOSH! You guys cannot believe this!!! We made it through EDUC 250, well not yet but were almost there. We have one more official class day until we have our meetings with Dr. Parker. I can truly say, all the frustration, sleepless nights and stress has been worth it. In our classroom for the month of April, we began presenting our lesson plans. For most of us, this was our first time actually teaching in-front of a class. I presented my lesson plan last week Wednesday. I was absolutely nervous. I made sure I provided a safe environment to the kids. (2a) I think my lesson was planned pretty well considering there was not much to do for natural resources. (4b) I do think I could have gave my students a little more time to do several things. Looking away from my lesson plan, I think we all learned from each other. As we saw each one of our classmates teaching to us, we saw the creative and different ways they chose to teach. Last week, Dr. Parker brought in a student...
BLOG #3, Hey guys, this month was extremely short considering we had spring break and a week to work on our content knowledge and integration task. We did not really cover much in class, but I still learned and did things on my own to better myself as a future teacher. Guys look what I received this month! EDTPA!!!! As a education major edTPA is extremely important. EDTPA is the educator teacher performance assessment. This test measures three components planning, instruction and assessment. Planning: Can you plan a lesson? Can you plan a group of lessons? Instruction: Assessed on your ability to teach the lessons that you have planned. Assessment: Your ability to assess your students. Most states are required to take edTPA and score a specific number. During the month of march we have been focusing on a lot of the same things I mentioned in the previous blogs. In class we have been discussing edTPA and the importance of it. While revising our 6 point lesson plan, philoso...