https://padlet.com/mendesedu222/8vzzg5jm3tjx Scale in Art en-us 2019-03-23 17:56:42 UTC 2019-03-27 00:08:19 UTC hello@padlet.com mendesedu222 https://padlet.com/mendesedu222/8vzzg5jm3tjx/wish/344479556 If I could teach this lesson again, I think I would use a different hook to better engage the students rather than just walking around showing them visual examples. I would introduce the lesson with a gallery walk, where I’d have those visual examples I was going to show hung around the room, and provide explicit directions on what students need to do when participating in the gallery walk. 

]]> 2019-03-23 18:05:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mendesedu222/8vzzg5jm3tjx/wish/344479556 mendesedu222 https://padlet.com/mendesedu222/8vzzg5jm3tjx/wish/344479721 Something I deeply thought about when looking at my objectives and trying to implement those backward design methods was making sure that my objectives were aligned with all other components (EQ, assessment, activity, etc.). Particularly with my objectives, I wanted to make sure that the objective wasn’t just for them to complete work (like creating nonrealistic scale drawings - that’s more so assessment), but that the objective was for them to understand the concepts taught, and how I would provide instruction to reach that result.]]> 2019-03-23 18:07:05 UTC https://padlet.com/mendesedu222/8vzzg5jm3tjx/wish/344479721 mendesedu222 https://padlet.com/mendesedu222/8vzzg5jm3tjx/wish/344479890 So something I learned and will be mindful of when creating lesson plans lies with  the objective not being solely to create a drawing at the end of the lesson, but ensuring that I’m teaching and instructing in a way where I guide students learning to grasping those concepts.

]]> 2019-03-23 18:08:42 UTC https://padlet.com/mendesedu222/8vzzg5jm3tjx/wish/344479890 mendesedu222 https://padlet.com/mendesedu222/8vzzg5jm3tjx/wish/344480321 2019-03-23 18:13:13 UTC https://padlet.com/mendesedu222/8vzzg5jm3tjx/wish/344480321 mendesedu222 https://padlet.com/mendesedu222/8vzzg5jm3tjx/wish/344480449 Areas of improvement I’d like to work on is not being so passive with students. For example, when teaching the lesson, a student asked me if they could sit with their friends, and I said yes, however, made sure that students knew they need to stay focused, on task, etc. But of course, students took full advantage of this and weren’t the most focused. Moving forward, I wouldn’t say I’d never let students sit with their friends or fulfill any other requests they have, but I would make sure that I state conditions for the students to follow, like providing warnings, and if they don’t follow those warnings, that I hold students accountable for their actions by asking them to go back to their seats, let them know why I sent them back to their seats (because they were misbehaving, not on-task, etc.)]]> 2019-03-23 18:14:36 UTC https://padlet.com/mendesedu222/8vzzg5jm3tjx/wish/344480449 mendesedu222 https://padlet.com/mendesedu222/8vzzg5jm3tjx/wish/344480550 Another thing I would work on would be making sure that I make an effort to reach out to every student at least once during my time with them in teaching. Though I try to talk to every student and provide one-on-one feedback, or simply ask them how their day is going, I think I engage with more students multiple times throughout the lesson while there are others I haven’t talked to at all because they’re more reserved, less talkative, and very quiet. Regardless, I should make sure that I’m speaking with every student at least once, especially with those less talkative students because they may possibly need more one-on-one attention.]]> 2019-03-23 18:15:34 UTC https://padlet.com/mendesedu222/8vzzg5jm3tjx/wish/344480550 mendesedu222 https://padlet.com/mendesedu222/8vzzg5jm3tjx/wish/344480611 Lastly, I want to make a better effort to engage students. I saw this particularly with those students who sat all the way in the back during instruction when I had all the students sit around the board; they really weren’t paying attention, and I allowed them to do that because there was no action on my part of asking them questions, doing cold-calls, or engaging them in other ways. So moving forward, though I want students to have choices in their learning like choosing where they’d like to sit, I think something I’d do in the future would be to take those students I know sit in the back simply to slack off and fool around, and have them sit closer to the front, and be sure to voice my reasoning with them: that I’ve noticed they tend to be less focused back there, so this time, they’ll be sitting closer to the front where I know they’ll be more engaged. Hopefully these students will follow directions, rather than be defiant and then require me to take time away from instruction to manage their behavior. ]]> 2019-03-23 18:16:05 UTC https://padlet.com/mendesedu222/8vzzg5jm3tjx/wish/344480611