Lesson Planning
Pianificazione delle lezioni
Image Interpretation Lesson Plan: Students will review and critically analyze four images, after having read Little Red-Cap [Little Red Riding Hood] by the Brothers Grimm. The purpose of this assignment is for students to understand design elements of these statues and discuss their analyses of the statues with their peers. Click here to view the lesson plan.
7th-Grade World History and Geography
Fall 2023 Course Materials
For my first class, after coming to the understanding that my students were not reading their course history textbook, I changed from a majority of the time "Sage on a Stage" method of teaching to one where my lecture time lasted half the class and then being a mentor and coach while students used CARI (Content Area Reading Inventories) based assignments to learn content and improve reading and writing skills.
Using Google Slides, I created the following CARI-based assignments that would be printed out. Students would then cut the pages in half and would paste them into a composition book. The use of a composition allowed me to improve assignment tracking and grading, and verify that students were improving their reading and writing skills.
7th-Grade World History and Geography
Based on my experiences from the Fall 2023 course, I am updating my teaching strategies for the Spring 2024 course to continue to promote student reading and writing skill improvements, but also to improve parent/guardian involvement in the child's learning. One of the changes I am making is that I am moving away from a physical composition book, which can be lost or misplaced by a students, with a digital journal.
Spring 2024 Course Materials
Student Digital Journal
Lesson Plans
World Traveler