On Tuesday I was asked to be a judge at our schools Science and Heritage Fair. There was 100 projects that were entered into the fair. Students from all grades participated and the topics ranged from Louis Riel, volcanos, hydroponics, to The Holocaust. It was a great experience to get to see other students in the school present their work, and see how proud so many were. For the Fair we were working in partners for the division II projects. They were given marks in 6 different areas and given a mark out of 60. Before lunch the awards were presented for first second and third place among the division II students.
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Although AISI is no longer a program in schools, at Agnes Davidson they still have so funds that have carried over into this current year. The staff is still able to have grade level planning meetings to further their professional learning. Last week I was able to be apart of one of these meetings. The grade 5 teachers all got together to develop a SmartBoard lesson for the fraction unit in Math. We spent the morning going over what the pertinent information was and what needed to be taught to the students based on the Program of Studies. The lessons were designed to help keep the students engaged, use of technology, and reference to their workbooks.
During this practicum was more or less the first time I needed to complete full unit plans based on the program of studies. In my PSII I taught PE so my unit plans were based around sports linking to SLOs where in this practicum I had to make units for specific topics in the Program of Studies. I taught Classroom Chemistry and Weather Watch for my Science classes. In Social I taught Stories and Ways of Life in Canada. This unit was covered over the entire length of my practicum. For my unit plan I decided to break it into weeks because there was so much material that needed to be covered, and because the unit was so long. I wanted to have a general idea of the topics and SLOs I needed to meet by the end of each week to ensure I was staying on track. I have attached my planning to show that I was covering all the outcomes for this unit. The last two weeks were set aside for the students to research and create a project to show in the last week of my practicum.
During my PSIII the school had two professional development days. The schools main focus was looking at Leader in Me. As of next year the school is going to be implementing the program so they have been working hard to develop a timeline to get all staff on board and trained in the program. This year I also attended SWATCA where I attended 5 different sessions which are all listed in my professional development tab of my website.
For my PSIII I also have done precision reading as my project and have consistently been learning about it throughout my 15 weeks. I spend 4 days a week working with grades 2-4 on precision reading. I have been learning a lot and we have altered the program in my time here to make it more effective and to better meet the needs of the students. During all of our practicums for education we are evaluated by our teacher mentor, university consultant and the school principal. Through these evaluations we are held to Alberta's standard for teaching certification. For my PSIII I have been given a lot of verbal feedback from both my teacher mentor and school principal. It has helped shape my teaching and provides me with ideas to better my lessons as well as classroom management techniques. My university consultant provided me with both written and verbal feedback upon watching me teach. At the end of this practicum I will be given a formal evaluation report saying that I have upheld the Alberta structure and standard for teachers.
Within my grade 5 class I have differing needs and abilities. I have one students who is working at about a grade 1 level for reading and writing. When I was creating my quiz I needed to keep this students ability in mind so I created two different quizzes. Instead of getting the student to write the definitions and key ideas I made it a matching so they could read the term and then definition to find the answer. Also for the final unit test I scribed for the student. I would elaborate on the answers to build more understanding. I have attached the quiz to see how it was tiered for the students needs.
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