https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom Here is a glimpse of my lessons, activities, assessments, and student work. Following, you will find letters of recommendation and my resume. en-us 2017-03-27 01:34:59 UTC 2024-11-21 20:40:48 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Templeball.png ENLMrsWalker https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/162680583 Here is a sample of a mini-unit, containing a pre-assessment, plans, activities, and a post-assessment.]]> 2017-03-27 01:39:23 UTC https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/162680583 ENLMrsWalker https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/162680614 A few students were exempt from the ELA because they had been in the U.S. less than a year. Instead, I organized activities and played games that helped them practice their conversational English vocabulary and grammar. Their favorite was Get-to-Know-Me Jenga, in which each student had to read and answer a question about themselves (ie: What food can you cook and how did you learn to cook it?) before taking a piece from the tower.]]> 2017-03-27 01:39:38 UTC https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/162680614 ENLMrsWalker https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/162680627 These students required both ESL and ELA credit hours, so I collaborated with my cooperating teacher to create my own units based on The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros and
The Joy Luck Club, by Amy Tan. Each student received their own folder of notes sheets to make meaning and connections as we read, as well as a character sheet, and a list of themes and literary elements to watch for in the text. Everyday, we read, took and shared notes, discussed, and did a reflective writing piece to analyze the events of the text and how they connected to the students' lives and experiences.]]> 2017-03-27 01:39:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/162680627 ENLMrsWalker https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/164123578 This letter comes from my cooperating teacher during my first student teaching placement at Union East Elementary School.]]> 2017-04-01 19:46:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/164123578 ENLMrsWalker https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/164164415 2017-04-02 14:08:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/164164415 ENLMrsWalker https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/164166345 2017-04-02 14:33:53 UTC https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/164166345 ENLMrsWalker https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/164166429 2017-04-02 14:35:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/164166429 ENLMrsWalker https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/164166780 2017-04-02 14:40:32 UTC https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/164166780 ENLMrsWalker https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/164166942 2017-04-02 14:43:03 UTC https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/164166942 ENLMrsWalker https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/164167021 2017-04-02 14:44:22 UTC https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/164167021 ENLMrsWalker https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/164167087 A Ticket-Out-the-Door, so students can anonymously tell me how they are feeling about the class.]]> 2017-04-02 14:45:15 UTC https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/164167087 ENLMrsWalker https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/164167238 Students played a Kahoot! online quiz in teams to answer questions about themes and literary elements after the first week of reading.]]> 2017-04-02 14:47:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/164167238 ENLMrsWalker https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/164167429 Revised notes pages for The Joy Luck Club. This time, we wrote definitions, instead of just discussing concepts orally. The notes pages for both novels were the same.]]> 2017-04-02 14:50:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/164167429 ENLMrsWalker https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/164167525 2017-04-02 14:51:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/164167525 ENLMrsWalker https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/164168147 A typical lesson plan for The House on Mango Street.]]> 2017-04-02 15:00:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/164168147 ENLMrsWalker https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/164168522 2017-04-02 15:05:52 UTC https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/164168522 ENLMrsWalker https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/164169660 A slideshow to front-load concepts before reading the novel.]]> 2017-04-02 15:20:43 UTC https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/164169660 ENLMrsWalker https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/164169986 A typical lesson plan for The Joy Luck Club.]]> 2017-04-02 15:24:48 UTC https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/164169986 ENLMrsWalker https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/164178079 2017-04-02 17:13:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/164178079 ENLMrsWalker https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/164178204 This letter comes from my previous employer and now father-in-law, George Walker, which he wrote when I applied UB's Graduate School of Education.]]> 2017-04-02 17:14:38 UTC https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/164178204 ENLMrsWalker https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/176923432 This was the students' final project after reading the class novel and writing their own personal narrative vignette.]]> 2017-06-20 01:32:56 UTC https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/176923432 ENLMrsWalker https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/176923678 2017-06-20 01:36:35 UTC https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/176923678 ENLMrsWalker https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/176923906 2017-06-20 01:40:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/176923906 ENLMrsWalker https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/176923971 2017-06-20 01:41:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/176923971 ENLMrsWalker https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/176924116 This letter comes from my cooperating teacher during my second student teaching placement at LaSalle Preparatory Middle School and Niagara Falls High School.]]> 2017-06-20 01:43:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/176924116 ENLMrsWalker https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/177037096 2017-06-20 23:20:38 UTC https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/177037096 ENLMrsWalker https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/177037153 2017-06-20 23:21:29 UTC https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/177037153 ENLMrsWalker https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/177037211 ENL students and their families were invited to the library after school for an evening of literacy-based games and activities, food, and fun. I loved getting to meet the families of my students! It was a wonderful way to make connections and build relationships.]]> 2017-06-20 23:22:19 UTC https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/177037211 ENLMrsWalker https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/177037438 2017-06-20 23:25:17 UTC https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/177037438 ENLMrsWalker https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/177037545 2017-06-20 23:26:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/177037545 ENLMrsWalker https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/253679601 Maritime provided the opportunity to create my own learning environment for the first time. From a single classroom, I taught 7th and 8th grade Spanish, 7th and 8th grade ESL, and 8th Grade Computer Technology. Creating a space that met the needs of these diverse classes posed a unique challenge, but also allowed me to experiment with classroom organization, furniture arrangement, routines, lighting, sound, colors, and even textures. The result has been a deeper understanding of the ways in which environmental factors can be monitored and manipulated to increase student engagement, decrease anxiety, and streamline the teaching-learning-growing process.]]> 2018-04-20 02:17:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/253679601 ENLMrsWalker https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/253681028 2018-04-20 02:27:29 UTC https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/253681028 ENLMrsWalker https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/253681185 2018-04-20 02:28:40 UTC https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/253681185 ENLMrsWalker https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/253681564 2018-04-20 02:31:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/253681564 ENLMrsWalker https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/253681756 2018-04-20 02:32:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/253681756 ENLMrsWalker https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/253681889 2018-04-20 02:33:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/253681889 ENLMrsWalker https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/253681974 As well as experimenting with space, I have enjoyed experimenting with innovative projects, activities, and class structures. I try as much as possible to move away from traditional notes and involve students in their own learning, whether that happens through interactive games, group work, multi-media projects, or self-directed project-based learning units. My goal is to keep working to find the next great thing to sparks interest and imagination, making my lessons relevant and exciting for my students.]]> 2018-04-20 02:34:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/253681974 ENLMrsWalker https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/253682516 2018-04-20 02:37:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/253682516 ENLMrsWalker https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/253682727 2018-04-20 02:38:52 UTC https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/253682727 ENLMrsWalker https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/253682869 2018-04-20 02:39:31 UTC https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/253682869 ENLMrsWalker https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/253682988 2018-04-20 02:40:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/253682988 ENLMrsWalker https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/253683266 2018-04-20 02:41:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/253683266 ENLMrsWalker https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/253683535 2018-04-20 02:43:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/253683535 ENLMrsWalker https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/253683733 2018-04-20 02:44:32 UTC https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/253683733 ENLMrsWalker https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/253683865 2018-04-20 02:45:26 UTC https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/253683865 ENLMrsWalker https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/253684005 2018-04-20 02:46:29 UTC https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/253684005 ENLMrsWalker https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/253685073 It is important to me to connect and interact with students outside of the classroom. We see each other in different environments that provide us with varied opportunities to show what we can do. In Board Game Club, I focus on games that require teamwork, strategy, creative problem-solving, and ingenuity. Nothing makes me more proud than when students take ownership and teach their peers a new game or lead their group in a bold new strategy. These social skills are something they can develop and take with them into all other aspects of their life.]]> 2018-04-20 02:53:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/253685073 ENLMrsWalker https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/253685903 2018-04-20 02:58:52 UTC https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/253685903 ENLMrsWalker https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/253685979 2018-04-20 02:59:25 UTC https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/253685979 ENLMrsWalker https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/253686050 2018-04-20 02:59:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ENLMrsWalker/myclassroom/wish/253686050