As you create your DLU and all the components you need to prepare for (a realistic dose of what your teaching life will be like!), address each of these questions, if you can:
1. How have you made your Unit cohesive? In other words, have you made your unit fluid, do all your lessons go together well, and have you covered your unit well? If you haven't Googled your unit topic to see what practicing teachers included in theirs, do that now!
2. While choosing your three lessons, are you keeping in mind how to make your lessons fun, engaging, and relevant to kids? i.e. Will your kids be "active" and not just passively listening? Explain.
3. In preparing to present your findings, your job is to simply share your Intro, Outline, and Unit Rubric, then to do a mini-teaching of one of your lessons. What are you planning to teach and WHY?
4. Every one of us will be preparing to ask a question relevant to our own interests, so be prepared to respond to these. What is the value in adding this component to your presentations?
5. Share any other thoughts, concerns, questions you have in getting ready to present your DLU! I answered quite a few when I met with most of you this week, but your peers will have additional insights I didn't!
Post by Sunday, Nov. 1 and respond by class time on Wednesday, Nov. 4th.
1. I have tried my best to make my unit fluid and have the lesson plans mesh together in some way.
ReplyDelete2. I have definitely been trying to make my lessons fun for the kids! They will be active and moving around the class and are required to be really involved in the lesson.
3. I am planning to teach a flashlight activity on how light travels. I wanted to teach this one because I found it really interesting and fun for a classroom.
4. The value in adding this to the presentation is that it makes the person really think about their lesson plan and why it matters.
5. I really like doing this project as a whole. I'm very organized so it allows me to plan everything out and have a good grasp on what I want to be going on in my classroom.
I think its important for teachers to make lessons fun for their students so that they can be engaged in the activity and actually learn something. I like how you mentioned that learning about someone else's lesson makes them think and shows how important it is to them. I too am organized and think that is a big part of teaching.
Delete1.) I feel fairly confident that my lessons go well together. I decided to make an integrated unit plan.
ReplyDelete2.) In many of my lessons the students are active but there is also a lot of peer collaboration because the lessons are long and have a lot of discussion in them.
3.) I am planning to teach my "Social Expectations" lesson, which students will take an active look at what was expected of passengers male/female on the Titanic. Hopefully this lesson will help students be conscious of their actions.
4.) Well there are 6 people in class, so those are 6 different perspectives that can help you accommodate your lesson better.
5.) My biggest concern is making sure everything is finished. :)
As a teacher who teaches their students i think it is a large component to be able to say that you are confident in what you think, which is important and helpful. I like how you made sure to include peer collaboration because it gets the students really involved in what you are teaching.
DeleteI love the idea of your Titanic lesson, I can't wait to participate! I'm sure you will have everything finished perfectly.
Delete1. I think that overall my lessons go hand in hand and that they build off of each other.
ReplyDelete2. It was somewhat difficult to make the writing process fun because not all kids like to write so i included class discussions about their topics. I also included that i would pass out visuals and hard copies with a picture of the writing process. The students are allowed to come up to the board on occasions to put their paper topics on the board.
3. I plan on teaching the beginning parts of the writing process and i think this is important because i feel that knowing those things like brainstorming and rough draft are important because they are the stepping stones for writing a decent paper in the long run.
4. The value of adding questions to my slide is important because i can help clarify what my lesson was about and to make sure that others know what i will be talking about.
5. One of my concerns is the time limit and trying to figure out how not to go over the time limit and making sure i don't have too much time left on my presentation.
I agree with you, the beginning steps of the writing process are definitely a vital part of being a good writer, and all students need to learn it! The different perspectives of your students and our questions will surely help you figure out what is best.
DeleteI have looked at a lot of units about my topic online and they have been helpful in making my own unit fluid. I have been able to see the most important things to teach and some creative ways to teach them. I want my 3 lessons to be fun and engaging so that all my students will enjoy the learning process. I want to include an interactive activity in my lessons that promotes discussion in the classroom so that my students will participate more in their own learning. I also was able to get ideas from online about activities that students will love at the age I am focusing on. I think asking questions after someone teaches will help them understand some things they may not have thought or help them see what their students may be thinking when doing their lessons. And When we ask the questions we are thinking more like a student but connecting it to teaching so we can both sides of the learning process. I think the DLU is a great way to prepare for teaching and to get us to think more like teachers. It is a lot of work to prepare but it is an experience that we need in order to become better teachers.
ReplyDeleteYour lesson was fun and I enjoyed it and what you worried about was not not as problem for you.
Delete1. As of right now, I am very pleased with my diverse learner unit because of how well my curriculum flows. I think that all the lessons and concepts lead in to each other really well.
ReplyDelete2. I had to change one of my lessons because I thought that it was too much sitting and listening time for first graders. But now I think that everything will allow them to be active while still learning the concepts.
3. I'm planning on teaching a lesson on plot mountains since that is our main focus for the first graders in this unit. I believe this will give our class an outlook on exactly where I want to go with this unit.
4. I think that having the class ask questions about my presentation is a great idea because they may think of things that I haven't while listening to everything. It will also have me go in to deeper thought about my unit as a whole.
5. My only concern is that I may talk in circles during my unit. I have a lot of ideas and it may be hard for me to express all of them during the presentation.
Speaking from the experience of seeing your lesson in action you did very well and if I was in first grade again I would have liked the lesson a lot.
DeleteIt is good that you thought about how sitting and listening for too long is difficult, especially for first graders. I agree that it is difficult to express all the ideas you have during a presentation to our class.
Delete1. I have made my unit cohesive because I am going to be doing it in chronological order because that is how it should work when you teach history. My lessons do go well together as they all fall inside of the WWII umbrella.
ReplyDelete2.Now that I have presented I could have paid more attention to this part in the future when I actually teach I will include things like popcorn reading
3. I am planning to teach WWII European Theater because that is my favorite section of WWII.
4. It makes me be more thorough when I make it and it will also help me improve it.
5.I really enjoyed this process thought it may not seem like I did before I presented.
Popcorn reading is a great idea because it makes reading more interactive for everyone.
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