Category Archives: S3: Integrated across content areas

Student Teaching Internship Reflection – Week #11

Posted on May 20, 2012 by jamesbeckr

  This week was fairly typical. My students did well, and the lessons were effective. We let the students have input on rearranging the classroom with the forethought that there wasn’t too much time left in the year, but it … Continue reading →

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Student Teaching Internship Reflection – Week #10

Posted on May 13, 2012 by jamesbeckr

This week was full of a lot of schedule and strategy changing due in a large part to different people being sick. Both of the students with more severe disabilities that were having challenging behaviors last week improved slightly, but … Continue reading →

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Student Teaching Internship Reflection – Week #9

Posted on May 6, 2012 by jamesbeckr

Welcome to week 9 of my student teaching. After the adrenalin rush of last week’s job fair I waded into the online application bog. I applied for a position at the school I had been working at for the last … Continue reading →

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Student Teaching Internship Reflection – Week #8

Posted on April 29, 2012 by jamesbeckr

Welcome to week 8 of my student teaching. This week was a good solid week with my students. We continued our abstract non-fiction trend for writing by working on dragons as a topic. I used several vantage points, such as … Continue reading →

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Student Teaching Internship Reflection – Week #7

Posted on April 22, 2012 by jamesbeckr

I was able to get a lot accomplished this week. After working on my TPA for two and half weeks I was able to submit it, and I’m looking forward to the response. Overall it was a positive experience, and … Continue reading →

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Student Teaching Internship Reflection – Week #4

Posted on April 1, 2012 by jamesbeckr

This week was definitely a test to see how much I could handle. The week started well, and I felt like I was getting a handle on all the lesson plans and curriculum. Then I received the news that a … Continue reading →

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Student Teaching Internship Reflection – Week #3

Posted on March 25, 2012 by jamesbeckr

This last week was as busy as ever, and I ramping up with doing more lesson plans each week. My math group was very interesting this week because I am realizing the polarity within the group. I also realized how … Continue reading →

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Student Teaching Internship Reflection – Week #3

Posted on March 18, 2012 by jamesbeckr

This week has really been a change of gears for me. I started doing lesson plans for my writing/handwriting group, and though they are similar the “Learning Experience” (section describing step in the lesson) is different each day. This was … Continue reading →

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IEP for “Tom”

Posted on March 4, 2012 by jamesbeckr

This is a hypothetical Individual Education Program (IEP) done by a partner and myself to show our understanding of the process. We used existing Present Level of Performance (PLOP) indicators as well as assessment and teacher data to create a goal … Continue reading →

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Tiger writing lesson and assessment

Posted on February 16, 2012 by jamesbeckr

We started by my reading of two non-fiction books on tigers, and then we used 5 copies of a shorter book to group read. After three days of reading, writing, and learning about the biology of the big cats I … Continue reading →

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