Week 5: 9/28 - 10/2

HOMECOMING WEEK!!!!!

Dress up days (bring in your leadership card to get signed for dressing up)

Monday: jersey day

Tuesday: 80's day

Wednesday: multiples day

Thursday: RAM pride

Friday: nerd day

Nutrition & Fitness

Students will be able to properly label the new food guide pyramid and state the daily servings needed to eat a healthy diet.
Students will list the seven dietary guidelines and create a visual representation of these guidelines to be hung in the classroom.
Students will increase their cardiovascular endurance by walking 2.8 miles twice a week.

Monday: 2.8 mile walk (bring in a food label for tomorrow's activity)
Tuesday: Finish Dietary Guideline chain, reading food labels
Wednesday: Food guide pyramid
Thursday: Pyramid magazine collage
Friday: 2.8 mile walk

Ed Careers

Students will list several activities that they can use in their classrooms in order to enhance their experience.
Students will increase their understanding about the career of education by interning in an elementary classroom.

Monday: At elementary site
Tuesday: At elementary site
Wednesday: How can I help in the classroom? ("First impressions" due today)
Thursday: At elementary site
Friday: At elementary site

*don't forget to pick up your green attendance sheet from Mrs. Schakel!!


Teaching Academy

Students will evaluate a current event in school education and discuss its impact on future teachers.
Students will recognize the various abilities of their future student population and accomodations that go along with the varying ability levels.
Students will compare the notes they take on special education to the accomodations provided in the movie, Educating Peter.

Monday: Bring in portfolio for workshop, Ed in the News
Tuesday: Exceptional Learners/Special Education notes
Wednesday: Educating Peter video
Thursday: Finish video, complete assessment
Friday: Introduction to student diversity

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Tuesday: RAM TV
Thursday: No LINK, Homecoming assembly

Week 4: 9/21 - 9/25

Nutrition & Fitness

Students will define the term "wellness" and evaluate their personal level of wellness
Students will list the seven dietary guidelines and create a visual representation of these guidelines to be hung in the classroom.
Students will increase their cardiovascular endurance by walking 2.8 miles twice a week.

Monday: 2.8 mile walk
Tuesday: Personal Wellness Inventory
Wednesday: Dietary Guidelines PP
Thursday: Finish PP, create Dietary Guideline chain (we will finish this on Tuesday)
Friday: 2.8 mile walk

Ed Careers

Students will discuss their inital impressions of the grade level and students that they will be working with throughout the semester.
Students will compare and contrast their initial impression with how they feel after one week of interning.
Students will increase their understanding about the career of education by interning in an elementary classroom.

Monday: At elementary site
Tuesday: At elementary site
Wednesday: First Impressions (1 page paper due next Wednesday)
Thursday: At elementary site
Friday: At elementary site

*don't forget to pick up your green attendance sheet from Mrs. Schakel!!


Teaching Academy

Students will become familiar with the crisis in schools that is happening in America.
Students will create a timeline of major educational/historical events that have happened in this country.
Students will discuss how they are impacted by educational reform efforts.

Monday: Ed Reform notes, assign historical timeline (due Thursday)
Tuesday: Watch "Schools in Crisis" with Oprah & Bill Gates
Wednesday: Continue watching "Schools in Crisis"
Thursday: Trip to Scrapbooks etc to get portfolio ideas--make sure all permission slips are turned in!!
Friday: Finish video, class discussion, reflection (due Monday)

Week 3: 9/14-9/18

Nutrition & Fitness

Students will define the term "wellness" and evaluate their personal level of wellness
Students will create a diagram using the three areas of wellness: social, physical and mental.
Students will increase their cardiovascular endurance by walking 2.8 miles twice a week.

Monday: 2.8 mile walk
Tuesday: Wellness notes, wellness Venn diagram
Wednesday: 1/2 day--FAIR DAY!
Thursday: Finish Venn diagram, share with class
Friday: 2.8 mile walk

Ed Careers

Students will write a letter to their mentor teacher introducing themselves and thanking them for the opportunity to intern in their classroom.
Students will increase their understanding about the career of education by interning in an elementary classroom.

Monday: Mr. Harrison-guest speaker about administrator expectations, type letter to mentor
Tuesday: Scavenger hunt at elementary schools (must have all paperwork completed)
Wednesday: 1/2 day--FAIR DAY!
Thursday: At elementary site
Friday: At elementary site


Teaching Academy

Students will become familiar with current and historical school issues and policies.
Students will develop an awareness of education reform and its impact on teaching and learning.
Students will discuss how legislation impacts a teacher's job.

Monday: Create horn books, read code of conduct, take notes on the history of education
Tuesday: Finish hornbooks, innovators in education
Wednesday: No class--FAIR DAY!
Thursday: Schools: Then and Now (type in computer lab)
Friday: Education reform notes, create mind-map as homework over the weekend

Week 2: 9/8-9/11

Nutrition & Fitness

Students will evaluate their personal stress level and discover how stress relates to their overall health and well being.
Students will identify ways to combat stress and effectively cope with tension.
Students will increase their cardiovascular endurance by walking 2.8 miles twice a week.

Monday: NO SCHOOL
Tuesday: Share true colors, stress evaluation
Wednesday: Stress PowerPoint & notes
Thursday: Stress collage
Friday: 2.8 mile walk

Ed Careers

Students will explain appropriate protocols while working at the elementary schools.
Students will construct a list of 100 ways to show students you care.

Monday: NO SCHOOL
Tuesday: Share "Amazing Mentor" and discuss internship protocol
Wednesday: What to Wear
Thursday: 100 ways to care
Friday: Sexual harrassment and school safety laws


Teaching Academy

Students will construct a head that divides each of the multiple intelligences according to their quiz results.
Students will find different activities to use with students that teach to the different intelligences
Students will discover their brain dominance and share experiences that have affected their performance in education as a result of their dominance.

Monday: NO SCHOOL
Tuesday:
Wednesday: Who M.I head?
Thursday: Brain dominance activity, quiz & group discussion
Friday: Techniques for leading a class discussion notes, Ed in the News sign-ups

Week 1: 9/2 - 9/4

Nutrition & Fitness:

The student evaluates health and fitness information

Wednesday: Introductions, teacher test, index cards
Thursday: Syllabus, classroom expectations
Friday: True Colors, classroom norms

Ed Careers:

Wednesday: Introducations, teacher test, index cards
Thursday: Syllabus, classroom expectations
Friday: An amazing mentor, notes & activity

Teaching Academy:

Wednesday: Introducations, teacher test, index cards
Thursday: Syllabus, classroom expectations, pass out curriculum books & binders
Friday: Multiple Intelligences notes & quiz

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