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The main theme I chose to emphasize from the reading was the Native American reservations and boarding schools. I thought this was an important topic of discussion because, as future educators, we must understand the injustices faced within the education system. The article that I chose to relate to this week’s reading focused on the …

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ED-255 Week 5 Blog

The reading I chose for this class is called “Supporting Grade 5-8 Students in Constructing Explanation in Science” written by Katherine L. McNeill.​​ This book is very flexible in the way I can choose which chapter to read each week. It is easy to skip through the chapters, as it is a non-fiction book. The …

The Disciplines in the Material World #4

The final picture I captured over spring break was of the changing weather. This picture was taken through my window looking outside of my house. I noticed how cold it suddenly was, and wanted to talk about the importance of climate change. As a future science teacher, I believe this is the most important topic …

The Disciplines in the Material World #3

The third picture I captured over spring break was of a window in my house after a rain storm. This picture can be used to teach middle school students about the water cycle. The water cycle is an important topic in middle school science that can help students develop a better understanding of the Earth's …

The Disciplines in the Material World #2

The second image I captured over spring break was of red flowers. This can be incorporated into my discipline (science) in many ways. First, flowers can be used to teach students about plant anatomy. Students can learn about the different parts of a flower, such as the petals, sepals, stamens, and pistils. They can also …

The Disciplines in the Material World #1

This is the first picture I captured over spring break. It is a picture of the sunset taken at 6:38 pm. I chose this specific image because I can relate it to daylight saving time. Exactly one week after this picture was taken, day light savings started, and the sun will now set later in …

ED255 Week 7 Blog Post

For this week, the theme was writing within the disciplines. The Lent chapter we read discussed how writing in every subject is important for students because it encourages a deeper understanding of a topic. I related this week’s Lent chapter to chapter 1 in the Pearson book I am reading. I focused on a subtopic …

Learning Experience #2: Will Stancil

1. About the Lesson: For this week's learning experience my group and I had the opportunity to read “The Radical Supreme Court Decision That America Forgot About” written by Will Stancil. I was able to take a lot away from this lesson, and learn about the Green Vs. New Kent County case. The theme from …

ED-255 Week 6 Blog Post

My experience as a reader this week was good, overall. I felt I gained a lot of new information on multimodal text sets, which are collections of different types of texts that can be used together in the classroom to enhance students' learning experiences. These sets can include a range of different media, such as …

Learning Experience 1

Part 1 and Part 2: For our first learning circle, we had the opportunity to read Maxine Greene’s essay on wide-awakeness and the moral life. As a group, we chose to emphasize the theme of wide-awakeness and what that means in the life of an educator. Our learning objective was to understand the meaning of …