ECED 233 Emerging Literacy
Practicum Lesson Plans
Rationale/Reflection
Standard 5: Using content knowledge to build meaningful curriculum
Standard 5A
Understanding content of knowledge and resources in academic disciplines:
language and literacy: the arts-music, creative movement, dance, drama, visual
arts: mathematics, science, physical activity, physical education, health and safety,
and social studies.
Artifact:
Practicum Lesson Plans
Justification:
During my Fall semester of 2018. I had the chance to create my own lesson
plans and become a student teacher for the children in my four year old practicum
class. For instance I did a lesson plan/game where I taught the children adding.
They each had two dices that go up to the number 4. They had to roll the dice and
then add the two numbers together and write the number on a piece of paper. I
gathered materials, chose objectives to work with and then created lesson plans to
successfully teach the given objective. Each lesson plan contained materials for the
lesson plans and activities that follow, as well as objective accomplished, and the
appropriate age level. I made sure to laminate all of the materials used for the
lesson plans and activities. I got the chance to practice on my own teaching skills. I
learned how to create them with the help of my mentor. I learned how to set up
activities for the children and help them with their DAP skills.
Through my completion of this assignment, I became familiar with
developmentally appropriate objectives for each subject and age group for Early
Childhood. I learned the importance of making the materials available for the
children to use independently in the classroom as well as something they could
easily learn from. While observing the children during these lesson plans, I was
able to get an understanding of the types of learning styles I have in my classroom
and when they are excited or bored by an lesson plan.
In the future my knowledge of how to create lesson plans will be very
handy. I was able to evaluate experiences that promote positive development and
learning for each and every young child in my future classroom. Locating
objectives for each subject and age group shows I am understanding the
importance of developmental domains and academic disciplines in early childhood
curriculum. I am now aware of how to find resources to access and deepen the
learning experience for each child in my future classroom at an appropriate level. I
was able to research and use the knowledge I acquired pertaining to my lesson
plans in order to design and implement, promote comprehensive developmental
and learning outcomes.
ECED 243 Cognitive Curriculum
Multiple Intelligences Resource Unit
Rationale/Reflection
Standard 5B
Knowing and using the central concepts, inquiry tools, and structures of content
areas or academic disciplines.
Artifact:
Multiple Intelligences Resource Unit
Justification:
During my Fall semester of 2018, in my online Cognitive Curriculum class I
had a Multiple Intelligences Resource Unit assignment. I had to create units that
had a beach theme to all subjects. For instance I created an activity called Another
Summer Season. Where the goal was to have the children tell or play out a beach
story. I learned how to create lesson plans for the children following activities to
go with. I created activities for verbal-linguistic, logical-mathematical,
bodily-kinesthetic, visual-spatial, musical, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and
naturalist. I learned If they’re learning a process, have them write an instruction
manual or give a “how to” speech. Writing scripts, making videos, or designing a
brochure are other good activities for this intelligence.
Through the completion of this project I was able to get a better
understanding of what multiple intelligence can teach the children in the classroom
with all of the activities provided. I gained the knowledge on how these activities
provided excitement to the children to do some kind of dramatic play along with
the multiple intelligence unit, instead of just me reading the story and being done
for the day. In the future, I will have the knowledge needed through to help
children see his or hers strongest intelligences and may help them consider their
abilities in a new way.
ECED 210 Early Care Practicum
Documentation Board Panel
Rationale/Reflection
Standard 5C
Use own knowledge, appropriate early learning standards, and other resources to
design, implement, and evaluate developmentally meaningful and challenging
curriculum for each child
Artifact:
Doc Panel
Justification:
During my Spring semester of 2019, I created a project on a science
component to create a Documentation Board Panel of a Leaf Experiment:
Exploring Colors and Chlorophyll, that I had to implement field experience work
that I shared to preschool children in a classroom setting. I implemented an activity
for the children where I provided three different colored leafs in chlorophyll, then
wait a day and see how the leaf changed color overnight. I later asked children
what they think happened, and then draw me a picture of what they saw one day
and then the next.
Through the completion of this project I was able to use ethical standards
and guidelines as well as what the children were interested in doing during the
activity. I gained knowledge on appropriate domains and milestones for a 4 year
old classroom. In the future, I will have the knowledge on how to create science
formative assessments, and include pictures of behavioral objectives of the
children, foundation statements, procedures, and samples of the children’s work.
My doc panel covered each developmental domain and area. This was designed for
myself and to captivate my work on how this helped the children in science and
what they learned throughout the activity. As well as how it shows how much it
reflects with the children and myself with my practice. Finally, how challenging it
was for them. After the activity I know how much it changed the way the child
thought about what will happen to the leaf with the chlorophyll.
