Microteaching Experience

Dear students,

After having finished our microteachings, please answer the following questions:

1. How is material preparation relevant for a preschool or elementary class? Please  write a 175-word paragraph to explain it.
2. What were five teaching lessons you learned out of these microteachings? Please  explain each lesson you learned.

Remember that answers cannot be exactly the same, since we are reflecting out of six different microteaching groups and we all learn differently.

If your answers are not complete or they are copied from one of your classmates, you will not get the points.

Deadline: Mon., Dec. 03rd, at 11:59pm.

Learning Centers

Hello class!

Every preschool classroom should have access to all the learning centers, for students to develop many key areas regarding their cognitive and motor skills. Nevertheless, there are certain limitations when it comes to space or resources in most of the schools.

Your objective in this entry is to think about your own classroom. 
There is not enough space for you to set all the seven learning centers. Meaning you must choose only four of them that you consider to be the most relevant for children development.

Which are the four learning centers you would choose to have in your class? 

1. Music Center
2. Art Center
3. Block Center
4. Writing Center
5. Science Center
6. Drama and Play Center 
7. Sand and Water Center

Every learning center that you choose to have in your classroom must be explained in two or three lines with the reasons for your decision to have in your classroom.
(Minimum of eight lines for the complete comment)

Remember that opinions can not be exactly the same and your participation must be complete in order to get the points.

Deadline: Sunday, Oct. 21st, at 11:59pm.

Multiple Intelligence Test

Dear Students,

Please go to the following website and take a test to see which type of intelligence might be stronger in you:

http://www.edutopia.org/multiple-intelligences-assessment

When you have your results, write your three strongest intelligence types and the two weakest ones in this entry as a comment. 

Then write your personal opinion on how accurate you think the results are, by providing evidence from your daily life.

The first comment is going to be my own example, for you to know exactly how to write your own.

Remember that results and opinions can not be exactly the same.

Deadline: Saturday, October 13th, at 11:59pm.

English Lesson in an Eighth Grade Class

Dear students,

After having presented the different teaching methodologies there are, please plan a 45-minute lesson for an English eighth grade class, in your comment you must include:

1. The topic you want to teach
2. Two specific objectives
3. At least five activities that students would do in class, in order to fulfill each one of your objectives (2x5=10)
4. A 150-word paragraph explaining how these activities and objectives are related to two methods explained in the presentations

Remember that answers cannot be exactly the same and the last paragraph must be at least 150 words long in order to get the points.  

Deadline: Sat., September 29th, at 11:59pm.

Language and Emergent Literacy

Welcome to Early Literacy!

We are going to learn everything we need to know about young learners, the development of their skills, a preschool classroom environment, multiple intelligences, methodology, and all the important things you need to know in order to become a successful English teacher for the little ones.

To start with this blog, please Read Chapter 1 (pgs. 2-8), and then:

1. Mention three facts about language, explain each one of them in your own words, and provide two examples on how each one of them applies to English.
2. Mention at least five ways in which parents and family members can start developing "Emergent Literacy" at home.
3. Mention at least five ways in which preschool teachers can continue developing "Emergent Literacy" once students arrive to their classroom.

Remember that opinions can not be exactly the same and you must answer all the questions completely, in order to get all the points.

Deadline: Tuesday, September 18th, at 11:59pm.