Adventures in Learning About Learning

Provide an example of a standard that your cooperating teacher has been teaching to. How did you find this out? How was it communicated to learners? In what ways did a lesson(s) you were there for connect to that standard? ​​ The way that my cooperating teachers design lessons is turning "standards" into "indicators". These indicators are in learner friendly language, and are very short and concise. I believe that these standards are discussed at the beginning of each unit, though I don't know for sure. I joined the class at the very end of a unit so I haven't seen much lesson work yet. Some are more general, and some are more specific to the unit. One example of an indicator is,"  I can write informative and explanatory texts." This is the standard " Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content." written in learner ...

What are you most excited about now that you've started and what are you now most nervous about. Why? Be specific-- we want to learn something about your experiences in your practicum so far based on your response. Now that I've started my practicum, one of the most fun parts has been chatting with students and getting to know them. I've worked with these students specifically one on one, and as a helper in the classroom, but never with them in a whole class setting. The other part that has been really cool, which I didn't expect, was just how fun getting to know how the classroom works behind the scenes. I have never been a part of planning time, so that was really cool. My cooperating teacher (here and forever known as "Kaleb") works very closely with, let's call her, Amie. They work together and teach humanities collaboratively. During planning time they talked about their plans for after this break, and shared the curriculum document with me. I got to ...