Lesson Plan Teacher Candidate: Nichole Lee Stinemetz Lesson Title: Introducing Point of View and Reading with Silly Voices Grade Level and Course: 2nd Grade (ELL only) Time Segment of Lesson: 50 minutes Standard(s) Addressed in Lesson: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.6: Acknowledge differences in the points of view of characters, including by speaking in... Continue Reading →
Literature Review of the Role of Effort Based Praise Versus Intelligence Based Praise in the Development of Growth Mindset Versus Fixed Mindset Background Prior to the early 2000s, there were two schools of thought on students’ achievements in school. One, students succeed based on their own inherent intelligence- that is the intelligence they were born... Continue Reading →
Day 1: Being Gracious I've been really struggling lately with being gracious. It's unfortunate that as I achieve more success in my career and relationships that I've become this more material and extrinsically focused person. So, I'm doing this project to remind myself of why I should be so grateful. Everyday, I will list five... Continue Reading →
Pre-Assessment In my class, the greatest variance in levels tend to be in math. Therefore, it would be better to do a pre-assessment at the beginning of the week and then Wednesday during the week when we move to more word problems to determine where the gaps in knowledge are in my classroom (Pendergrass, 2013)... Continue Reading →
Project Title: Wild Swans Poster. (Grade Level: 2) Objective: I can read the story Wild Swans and work with my group to create a summary and answer who, what, where, why, and when questions about the Wild Swans using a poster . Core Curriculum Objectives: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.2.1 Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when,... Continue Reading →
Traveling in Eastern Asia 