For our Science course we were required to build a portfolio
that demonstrated our understanding of teaching science, so I created a blog.
Below you will find the link.
Thursday, 15 August 2013
Smartboard Math Cat in the Hat
As part of our 3D shapes unit, I created a booklet that
showcased different 3D shapes and their names with the theme of the week, Cat
in the Hat. In order for the students to practice writing the 3D shape names, I
turned this activity into a Smartboard activity with the help of my cooperating
teacher and the teacher librarian. The students’ enjoyed learning how to use
the Smartboard and was a great fit into our theme.
Word Wall for Five Senses Unit
As a way to tie the studies of the individual senses, I
created a word wall using pictures and words we used to describe the sense we
were study. I also referred to it in following lessons in order to promote the
students to use it independently. I would use it again with other topics and in
other subject areas.
Plants Unit
The students had to learn about plants – their parts, needs
and caring for them. We did numerous activities that included an experiment on
the importance of water, planting and caring for our own plants, and
recognizing the parts of plants. Many activities fit well with different
subject areas and had an interactive portion that helped solidify the concepts
being taught.
Ear Diagram for Five Senses Unit
I created a mock up of an ear so that my Grade 1 students
could see how sound travels through the ear in the form of vibrations. The students responded well to “the ear”,
everyone wanted to test it out and this was a good connector for our study of
the sense of hearing.
Dental Stations
After completing our study on dental health, I created
learning centres for the students. Each
station was a skill or activity we had done earlier and it was my chance to see
how much they had retained. They would
brush their teeth, floss their teeth, sort good and bad foods for teeth and,
for fun, a word search. This interactive
conclusion was a lot of fun for them and for me, and had them on task the
entire time.
Lost Tooth Activity for Dental Health
After a discussion on the
number of primary teeth they had, the students were given mirrors and asked to
count how many teeth they had lost. They
had to draw pictures of themselves and given marshmallows to represent their
smiles and their gaps of missing teeth. It was an interactive activity that had
the students’ full attention and they were excited to use marshmallows for
teeth.
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