My Lesson Plan Idea

My focus is going to be on Pocahontas.

Our character trait for November is Friendship and Loyalty. This will work perfectly, and she will then become my "hero" for that month.

Remember now that I'm in kindergarten,so start thinking very simple or basic. One of my SS standards is to know the triumphs in American legends and historical accounts through stories such as Pocahontas. This will fit in nicely with how people lived and worked long ago.

As far as writing goes, my standard is for students to use letters and phonetically spelled words to write about experiences, stories, people, objects, or events. This again will fit in perfectly with Pocahontas.

My last thought is that I'm going to make a GLAD style big book to use as the literature piece. I don't want to have anything cartoonish, and I think primary sources would probably be too advanced.

I have enjoyed this process so far, and have appreciated the feedback from my group. We'll see how it goes :)

Summer Institute 2011

This summer's workshop was amazing and fun!  I enjoyed the historical content from Sharon Sundue.  I always like to learn new things to add to my teaching.  Some of the stories she told were very interesting and at times funny.  My absolute favorite was the American Heroes piece.  I found this very motivation and applicable.  Since I am returning to kindergarten, a lot of the content I won't be able to use.  But, the hero’s piece I can. I have proudly made my 1st heroes poster on Thomas Alva Edison to go with our monthly character trait- Hard work.  I look forward to continuing the journey through this History Grant and am thankful for all I've learned so far.

Reflection

Well, like Adina said, we fear reflection.  I am just excited and a little overwhelmed at all the information that we have learned.  I am one of those that just needs for everything to sink in, and then I can start invisioning on how I'm going to incorporate what I have learned into my classroom.  I do look forward to the endless possibilites though :)