WebQuest

What is a webquest?
A webquest is a "quest" on the computer that students can learn by looking up webistes that you already set aside and approved of. It says on bestwebquests.com that, "If it involves the Web and learning, it must be a WebQuest."
We decided to do our webquest dealing with the different seasons. I'm hwant you to learn about the different seasons by having you come up with a packing list for their foreign exchange student that will be at your house.
Some websites that you should look up are:
http://www.webquest.org/index.php
http://bestwebquests.com/

Final Week :(

I'm honestly sad that field experience is going to be over. I have learned so much from my cooperating teacher. She has shown how to be a good and creative teacher. I love how she integrates social studies into her whole curriculum. She is also a very passionate teacher a and she gave me great insights on what grade I should because she was willing to pay attention and listen at times I didn't think she was listening.
This week has been a very busy week. On Monday Courtney and I taught our last lesson which was our technology lesson. Tuesday we had a field trip to a space center in Pleasant Grove. Wednesday we were observed for our last time and we also had art at the end of the day and the kids were so much fun. Today (Thursday) we had a lady from Discovery Gateway come and teach the kids about chemical reactions and physical changes. Then we did experiments with different chemicals.
Funny side note that made me laugh and realize times have change is one of the students was writing on his lab write up about baking soda and abbreviated BS and and then another student pointed at him said HAHAHA YOU WROTE BS :) Then that student asked be what BS meant I said it meant Baking Soda I made him mad but then I ended up just saying I couldn't tell and it wasn't appropriate but I just laughed afterwards by myself thinking that I would have never thought that in 5th grade but oh well I need to stay on my toes if I'm going to be a teacher.
I'm going to miss the students so bad and I'm so excited to be a teacher.

2nd Week of Field Experience

Courtney and I were able to teach a math lesson today dealing with the "Walking Purchase." I'm grateful that we're able to be with Mrs. Siebach because she does a great job of incorporating social studies through out the day every day. Mrs. Siebach is a very passionate teacher and is involved in a lot of different things with school. The pros of having her for a cooperating teacher is that I'm able to learn how I can be passionate and excited when I'm teaching and helping students. However the cons of having her for a cooperating teacher is that she has little time to meet with us because she always has meetings during lunch and after school. Today is the first day that Courtney and I were able to teach and actually have her observing us. The first three lessons we have taught has either been where there was a sub (our first day) or she split up the class so Courtney and I could teach one subject while she would teach another subject and we would switch as soon as our lessons were done. Mrs. Siebach is a great 5th grade teacher. I just wish we would be more feedback on what we need to do. Even though my field teacher is hard to learn from I am grateful that i have a good partner that I'm able to learn from and to learn with. Courtney is an excellent teacher!!!

Half way through the first week

Today is Wednesday and Courtny and I finished teaching our second lesson already. I enjoy the 5th grade class were in. Our teacher is a very passionate teacher which is intimidating however, I know by having her as I'm first field experience teacher it will be less intimidating for the other field experiences. The first lesson we taught was about The First Thanksgiving and we were able to use a primary source (a letter John Widstoe wrote about the first "thanksgiving"). Our second lesson was today which entailed and art project. We taught the students stencilling because the students are studying the colonial era and stencilling was known as the "poor man wall paper." Courtny and I taught half of the class while our teacher taught the other half a different lesson and then we switched. It was a bit chaotic but it went well. My field experience has been good just a little chaotic. I hope everyone elses' field experience is going great too.

Digital story telling is a way we can express ourselves through technology. We are able to tell a story through pictures, music and narration. As a teacher I would use it help exemplify a certain subject that my students are necessarily interested in. I would even want my students to build/make their own digital stories.
I would like all you to look up these websites and explore so you know more about digital story telling.
www.storycenter.org/
www.digitalstory.org/
www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/learnshops/digital/examples.php
After watching the video and looking at the websites I would like you to create your own digital story and here are steps to follow.
1. Write out storyboard and script.
2. Select images you would like to use for your digital story.
3. Select audio you would like to use for your digital story.
4. Select content and text you would like to use for your digital story.
5.Open Photo Story 3.
6.Import images into Photo Story 3.
7. Add titles, text, and/or information to your pictures (remember in using text less is more)if needed.
8.Change the effects of the pictures.

Welcome Students!!!!!!!

I would like to welcome all of my students to class. I hope you will enjoy class as much as I will. I'm very excited to work hard, teach hard, learn hard, and play hard. Just know the harder you work the more fun we will have in class.