Click Spectacular Self Portraits to view me being a life-long learner.

Spectacular Self Portraits is a lesson that I created during Block II to meet the requirements of my Art for Early Childhood Class.  My second graders at Ithica Elementary sketched out their picture and then began putting a variety of color on them using a variety of medias.  This was a very fun lesson that I enjoying doing with my students.  Their outcomes or final products were colorfully, beautiful.  I learned and realized that their were different ways that I could have taught/approached this lesson if I had to teach it again.

This lessons shows that I am a life-long learner because, I had to research artists and their work in order to teach the lesson.  I had to know which artists did certain works, and explain these differences to the students.  Through my research, students were able to see how different self-portraits could look and be created.  I learned how to teach this lesson and do it differently if I was to teach it again.  Learning is an on-going process and should be a lifelong occurrence, which it definitely was for this lesson!

Click Earth's Atmospheric Layers and Clouds to view how I am a life-long learner.

During Block III, I create Earth's Atomospheric Layers and Clouds to teach to my Sharp Creek fourth graders. This lesson shows that I am a life-long learner because I had to learn the details about clouds and the layers of Earth's atmosphere.  I did not remember all the details and facts so I picked up the science books and began reading.  I knew I had to know the information so I could teach it to the students and answer any of their questions.  This lesson provided me with opportunities for personal growth, change, and development of understanding which enhanced the learning setting of the classroom.

Click Hopping Homophones to view me demonstrating that I am a life-long learner.

Hopping Homophones is a lesson that I created and taught during Block IV.  This lesson is part of my two week unit in Language Arts/Reading.  The results that I received from this lesson were incredible.  But before I could teach this lesson, I had to review what homophones were.  I kept thinking homophones were homonyms; similar sound but different definition.  In the beginning I was not ready to teach on homophones; I had some research to conduct.

I learned what homophones were and then began brainstorming my lesson plan.  I created, what I consider, a great lesson.  I would not have been properly equipped to teach my students had I not seeked to continually improve my knowledge, skills, and dispositions.  This lesson provides evidence that I am a life-long learner because I had to relearn about a subject in order to provide adequate learning opportunities as well as the appropriate environment.