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Bibliographic Information:

Author: 5Chicago

Title: SIU Carbondale Will no Longer Require SAT, ACT for Admission

Website: NBC News

Main Idea:

Southern Illinois University Carbondale will no longer require students to take the ACT or SAT to be admitted to the university.

Most Important Information:

Research has shown that the most important predictor in a high schooler’s career is their GPA. Chancellor, John M. Dunn says standardized tests like the ACT and SAT can be a barrier to higher education for many students. He says the university has a responsibility "to level the playing field and ensure that every student with potential has an opportunity to study at SIU.''

Personal Reaction:

I think that eliminating huge tests like this is a great idea because if a student is having a bad day and their entire future depends on one test, it could ruin their life in some circumstances.

Questions:

How are other schools feeling about this?

Can you use this in the classroom?

Again, my children are very young, they don’t take standardized tests like this.

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Bibliographic Information:

Author: Glennon Doyle Melton

Title: One Teacher’s Brilliant Strategy to Stop Future School Shootings-and It’s Not About Guns

Website: Reader’s Digest

Main Idea:

A schoolteacher is creating new ways to find the lonely children without making them feel singled out.

Most Important Information:

She asks the students weekly to write down the names of kids they want to sit with and someone who has been an exceptional student in the classroom. She gathers this information, not for a seating chart, but to understand what kids are struggling with their friends.

Personal Reaction:

This is a very good idea and will definitely help out the children in the future when creating friends.

Questions:

How many more friendships were made after she started doing this?

Did the lonely kids get their names written down by the end of the year?

My class tends to be very open and they all talk to each other, because they are kindergarten, but I could definitely introduce this to my teacher.

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Bibliographic Information:

Author: Marcelino Benito

Title: Mont Belvieu teen won’t be able to walk at graduation unless he cuts his dreadlocks

Website: KHOU☆11

Main Idea:

Deandre Arnold is being forced to cut his dreadlocks if he wants to walk at graduation.

Most Important Information:

In this article, the superintendent speaks up and says “ There is no dress code policy that prohibits any cornrow or any other method or wearing of the hair, our policy limits the length.” With the school board having absolutely no diversity, the family expected this.

Personal Reaction:

The most interesting thing I saw in this article is the part where the family said they’d take it to federal court. I think the school district needs to realize that they can’t make a senior cut his hair because it’s long. They should be going to court and making the superintendent look like a fool.

Questions:

Did Deandre graduate?

Did the family go to court?

I can’t really use anything from this article in my classroom because my children are very young and don't quite understand the concept.

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Learning target/objective:

Today I will work with a group of classmates, listen to the letters said by the teacher and be able to recognize these letters on a scavenger hunt around the classroom. I will be able to recite all of the letters in the alphabet by the end of today’s lesson. I will apply what I've learned by rotating through partners and practicing the ABC’s song. I’ll know I’ve got it when I can recite the alphabet with my classmates but without the teacher or video help.

Anticipatory Set:

Students will start off by watching a video of the ABC’s song to get their brains alert to the sounds, then we will sing it as a class 3 times. The first time; me with the students and the video and the second time; me and the students with no video.

https://youtu.be/4_hgFcLM9Rg

Materials Needed:

For this lesson the only materials needed will be:

1. The ABC’s song video

2. Small posters with letters on them for the scavenger hunt

Direct Instruction:

Before I start the lesson, I will “hide” letters on posters around the room. Then I will get the students attention by showing the ABC’s song, then after the first run-through I will explain to the students that they will be singing along to the song with me, so I will play it again. Next, I will have the students sing the song, with my help but no music. After we run the the song a few times I will put students into groups based on the first letter of their first name, (they will have to figure this one out on their own). Following the groups being made, I will call out a letter of the alphabet. When a student’s whole group is stationed at that letter I will give a point to that team and the first team to reach 10 points will get a prize. After the game, I will have students sit in two lines facing each other on the carpet. They will recite the ABCs with their partner once then I will have them rotate, I will have them do this 5 times through.

Student/Independent Practice:

First the students will be watching a video on the ABCs song. After watching the video once, the students will sing the song with my help and the songs. The second time through, they will sing the song without the music but with my help. After they sing, the students are going to listen for the first letter of their name to be called, and go to the coordinating spot in the room for their letter. Then, once in groups, the students will be told a letter and they will go around the classroom to find the hidden letter, once the entire team is at the letter and sitting, they will receive a point. The first team to 10 points will win. After the game is done, the students will sit in two lines facing each other. With the partner across from them, they will say the alphabet once, they will rotate and do this 5 times.

Differentiation:

To accommodate different learners, the students will have other students to bounce ideas off and get help.

Closure/Wrap up/Assessment:

Students will have to recite the alphabet as a class without mine or the music videos help.

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I know I'm not in this photo but this is the time of day when the children go to the library. Mrs. Baughn, the librarian, usually reads them a story or two. The kids really enjoy listening and focusing on her.

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Since I have very young kids they get excited about the smallest things. Cool prizes and games will (hopefully) encourage them to have better behavior. For my project I decided to create a game board and colored pawns to match the color of the table the children sit at. All pieces of the game will start from the beginning and once a table does something good collectively, they will move a space forward. The same rules apply when the table misbehaves and has to be reminded constantly of their behavior, they will be moved a space down. The first time to get to the end of the board gets a prize.

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CPR
Bloodborn pathogens
Cultural competence
Disruptive Student Behavior
FERPA
ALICE training
Human Trafficking
Special Education

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Learning Target (s) and objectives

(Today I will, So that I can, I’ll know I’ve got it when..)

Today I will complete a math work booklet, cut and paste given amounts of an object on a piece of paper. This will show that I can add and subtract numbers under 10 and help me by physically cutting and pasting the certain pictures to match the problems. I’ll know I’ve got it when I can complete my math workbook all alone and correctly glue the pictures in the right spots.

Anticipatory Set/Introduction of lesson

Students will be given a sheet of paper with equations on it in a grid, then they will cut out the pictures at the bottom to match the problems on the worksheet. They will color in the pictures on the sheet as well.

Application Of Technology/

Interactive materials

The materials I will need for this lesson will be:

Math work booklet

Pencil

Crayons

Cut and paste math worksheet

Scissors

Direct instruction (what teacher does)

First I will bring all of the students to the carpet to explain the worksheet. I will pass out the worksheet and I will say they need to cut out the bottom pictures and glue them to the corresponding equations on a sheet of paper. They can sit anywhere they want in the room as long as it stays quiet. After they completed gluing the pictures on, I will tell them to color them in. When the coloring is finished they will all go back to their normal seats and complete a math workbook that I will hand out. After, We will gather on the carpet and the students will watch a counting video.

Activities (what students do)

To begin, the students will get on the carpet and listen to me explain the worksheet. They are allowed to sit anywhere. They will then go to their preferred spot, cut out the pictures from the bottom of the worksheet, and glue them to the matching problem on the sheet. After the gluing is done, they will color the pictures on their sheet. Once completed, the students will go back to their normal seats and will be given a math booklet. When the math book is done all of the students will come back to the carpet and they will watch a counting video.

Included activities for multiple learning types (other ways students can learn this lesson)

If any students have an impairment they will be given counting blocks to help them feel the numbers, I will also count on my fingers and as they count I will point to, or put down, each finger.

Conclusion (recap main ideas)

For the concluding activity, the students will be watching a video on the carpet about numbers, counting, adding, and subtracting.

Evaluation (How will you determine that students got it?)

I will determine that students got it by making sure they all completed their worksheets and booklets. If a student did not complete their work, I will pull them aside and give extra help to make sure they get it done.

Materials (list of things you and students will need for the lesson)

The materials I will need for this lesson will be:

Math work booklet

Pencil

Crayons

Cut and paste math worksheet

Scissors

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The students were creating a thank you card to give to another classmate or staff member. A young boy in the class made a thank you card and gave it to me for helping out in class.