Nt1310 Unit 2 Assignment

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1. State what you would like to accomplish as a teacher. As a teacher I hope to excite my students to learn, and I want to teach them that the sciences can actually be really fun and intriguing as opposed to the difficult and boring stereotype many people have of them. I intend to engage the students through discussion and relevant assignments in order to get them to think in meaningful ways. Ultimately, I want to encourage the students to become a little bit smarter and make themselves a little bit better everyday.

2. Describe your unique skills and talents that will help you as a teacher. I am a very positive person who loves to smile and laugh. It takes quite a bit to get me down, and I think this will help me as a teacher because even …show more content…
I was also able to build relationships with children who came swimming often, which made my job much more fun.

4. Any community service activities in which you have been involved during the past five years.

Habitat for Humanity -- Waterloo, IA and Summerville, SC -- Spring break 2015 and once a month from 2015 to present -- I was on a spring break trip in Summerville helping to build a home and organize and clean their Re-Store. As part of UNI Habitat for Humanity, I volunteer one day a month either helping clean and organize the Re-Store or building the houses.

Camp Counselor -- Okoboji, IA -- One weekends every Fall and Spring since 2014, and August 7th to the 13th, 2016 -- I work recharges with middle school age kids every fall and spring where I lead the campers through encouragement and guidance in bible studies, games, songs, prayer and more. Additionally, I volunteered for a week this past summer at a family camp where I lead campers of various ages in similar activities, as well built relationships with the families through conversations and

Nt1310 Unit 2 Assignment

I feel I have gathered the most from the LSE100 course this term with regard to the latter two questions on the guidelines provided. Each week, we are provided with differing models of analysis, and new angles to pursue ourselves in the wider reading. This all helps one develop not only a keen insight to the key social issues of today, but it is very useful for my current legal studies. Whilst learning the technical components of the law, it is hard to keep sight of the larger social issues going…

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Nt1310 Unit 2 Assignment

b. Breakfast – Evan goes through the breakfast line to get his cereal, milk, and juice. He sits down with his items and will ask for help without even trying to open items by himself. He will continually say “I need help, I need help, and I need help.” He does not pay attention that the aid is helping other students. He is able to feed himself with a spoon. He does stay in his seat the whole time until he needs to throw his items away. Morning routine – Evan is able to ID his first name. He opens…

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Setting: The setting is at home. The lighting was dim and the child is sitting at the desk looking at a computer monitor with the keyboard sitting on a pullout tray. The desk is cluttered with all kinds of distracting item such as folders, a holder with markers, pens, and pencils, and a row of magazines and books. The video camera seems to be set on a tripod or other stable item with a constant clicking sound in the background. Other students/teachers involved: The only person that can be…

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Nt1310 Unit 2 Assignment

The student I will be working with is a student who is below grade in reading. He is in 2nd grade reading at a kindergarten grade level. He has not been diagnosed with any sort of intellectual disability, my teacher however does believe he has Dyslexia based on what he’s struggling with and how. She also said he’s the lowest reader she’s ever had for anyone who has been flagged for any type of disability or is in Special Ed. Firstly, they started AR (Accelerated Reader) the 3rd week of school and…

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Introduction CE 1.1 This career episode showcases the work I did from 14th August 2011 to 15th October 2014 and summarizes the experience and knowledge gained during my tenure. Chronology : 14th August 2011 to 15th October 2014 Name of the organization : Scott Biotech Private Ltd Geographic location : Delhi, India Project Title : Installation, testing and programming of serial…

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TEACHER INPUT 1. Input: I will provides the information needed for students to gain the knowledge or skill through lecture 2. Modeling: Once the material has been presented, I will use the material to show students examples of what is expected as an end product of their work 3. Checking for Understanding: Determination of whether students have "got it" before proceeding. It…

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M has two reassuring support networks during the stay in Australia: one is her most mother and the other is the librarian who was working at the elementary school. When two weeks passed since she arrived there, she could tell her honest feelings to N. (I finally decided to talk my host mother about the troubles when I could not deal with it alone anymore. I talked it over in English, in my poor English. Then, she understood my situation and she gave me many warm words: “You were right to tell me…

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Through this interview, I added the responsibility of prioritizing curriculum to my concept of the role of a teacher. While in some ways my original belief that teachers chose students’ curriculum was confirmed, I had not realized that these choices meant students may not learn other important state mandated information. My experience in field placement furthered my conceptual addition that standards apply to all grade levels. My teacher Mrs. Wines teaches in a reading intervention room for first…

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1. Mutual respect, cooperation, shared responsibility, and negotiation of conflicts toward achievement of shared goals are requirements for effective family and school partnerships. 2. Collaborative partnerships require regular, frequent, two-way communication with the child’s family. 3. Roles for parents include decision making about children’s care and education as well as observation, participation, and decision making regarding…

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portfolio essays were from chapter 12/13 how to motivate, invigorate and innovate the students in the classroom. Also, what type of materials should be available to the students and the activities the students would do. Another one is from chapter 2 the portfolio essay I picked was about multiple intelligences. It shows the difference between Gardner and Sternberg theories. Also in the portfolio essay it asks us how we feel we are about our multiple intelligences and our evaluation of those which…

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