Writing on Anchor Charts
Next time, I hope to improve my handwriting by writing on a flat surface (not while the chart is displayed and hanging). In my future practice, I intend to frequently utilize anchor charts. They are excellent references for students and allow them to use visual cues while working independently. I plan to have students contribute to the creation of the chart, as well as keep their own charts in their corresponding notebooks. My charts will be color coordinated, eye catching, print rich and illustrated. Below, I have included inspirational examples of colorful, engaging and useful anchor charts I have found from various sources on Pinterest.
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Adapting the Learning Environment for English language learner's needs.My CT speaks Spanish, not fluently, but enough to translate and direct the ELL's in our classroom. During small group reading instruction, my CT will communicate important words to the 2 language learners in the low-level group. Although I am working on acquiring conversational Spanish, I found a decorative way to accommodate our learning environment to meet the young learner's needs. Every educator should expect to have students from other cultures whose families speak a different language at home. It is important to be mindful of these students and to accomodate your instructional practice and shared environment to meet their unique learning needs. Incorporating new languages, color coordination and visual representations in the classroom will meet various learning styles and needs. By labeling the morning and afternoon mailboxes in both English and Spanish, students are able to make connections between the languages. The exposure will benefit English speaking natives and English language learners. Also, the accompanying mailbox provides a visual clue for students. By labeling the student's desk teams with the Spanish match to their color designation, learners are given visual and text-based clues for translation. Including a translation for the rules and procedures promotes ELL's comfort, as well as a feeling of community support and ownership in the classroom. In my future classroom, I hope to offer students a vibrant environment that promotes literacy and language acquisition. I will accomplish this through the inclusion of lots of real life photographs, interactive word walls and student-created anchor charts and work displays. We will display books we've read and enjoyed. I would like to have students make the labels themselves, in a language of their choosing.
Science: The Daytime Sky- Clouds!Lesson Plan-Student Work-Reflection:I did not originally expect to have time to share and take the students outdoors, but I am SO glad I did! The students really enjoyed the opportunity to share their work with each other. I believe the use of the ELMO furthers their motivation, as well as the comfortable classroom environment they are each a part of. When we went outdoors, the students were calm, well-behaved and on-task. Going outdoors brought what they're learning to an immediate connection to the real world. I was ecstatic to see one young girl make a math connection with our science lesson! Her work is displayed above, she created a circle with her cloud. Another student made the connection that clouds are also visible at night. I was impressed by the student's observation! Next time, I would not display an example of the first worksheet. A lot of the students copied my smiley face cloud shape. Including a read aloud in the lesson was a great way to activate prior knowledge and include literature in science. Providing cross-curriculum connections is one of my favorite lesson planning aspects.
I was able to see the effectiveness of my lesson during the children's outdoor investigation. The children were able to identify Nimbus clouds and predict the afternoon's weather. (They were right, it poured!) The instructional materials seemed to resonate with the students. They enjoyed the song and chart. which utilized kinesthetic, auditory and visual aspects. The worksheets and cotton balls offered opportunities to work on their writing skills, as well as practice their creativity. In future lesson planning, I believe the students will enjoy enrichment opportunities. The students' memories are activated to remember the song and art activities, so they will not only remember clouds as part of the sky, but the fun vocabulary they explored. |
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