I really enjoyed your presentation. I have such respect for the attention to detail early childhood teachers must have. Your lesson was no exception. It was a welcome change from teaching high school. I especially liked how your presentation lent itself to being considered by the Five Lenses.
Lens 1: Describing affect for teachers and learners. You definitely showed concern about whether or not we enjoyed the lesson. You kept us engaged... from listening to an age-appropriate book to allowing us to draw our own interpretations of the story, the having us play charades. We had fun AND learned.
Lens 2: Articulating best practice. I noticed several best practices being used in your lesson. Of particular note is the way that you allowed each of us to have ownership of our work. We were all allowed to draw our own interpretations of the story AND share them. We even got a special treat after we shared. You gave us each a special applause. Lens 3: The Texas language arts standards and benchmarks. Since there are no Pre-K TEKS per se, you used research to support the execution of your lesson. Lens 4: Extensions and adaptations. I can use this idea in my classroom when we learn emotion words. I can assign each group a different emotion and they can present to the class much in the same manner that we did in BWP today. I know that the books might be a little childish for them, but the vocabulary will be new.
Lens 5: Questions arisen. What other sorts of things do you do when teaching about emotions?
Thank you again for the fantastic demonstration. I am definitely going to try to adapt it for my classroom.
I want to be a kindergartener in your class!!! Your district is so lucky to have you as an instructional specialist so you can help so many different teachers and, by extension, students. You are awesome, lady! Awesome!!!! I know you're doing a great job with BWP -- they are lucky to have you!!
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July 17, 2007
Dear Joyce,
I really enjoyed your presentation. I have such respect for the attention to detail early childhood teachers must have. Your lesson was no exception. It was a welcome change from teaching high school. I especially liked how your presentation lent itself to being considered by the Five Lenses.
Lens 1: Describing affect for teachers and learners. You definitely showed concern about whether or not we enjoyed the lesson. You kept us engaged... from listening to an age-appropriate book to allowing us to draw our own interpretations of the story, the having us play charades. We had fun AND learned.
Lens 2: Articulating best practice. I noticed several best practices being used in your lesson. Of particular note is the way that you allowed each of us to have ownership of our work. We were all allowed to draw our own interpretations of the story AND share them. We even got a special treat after we shared. You gave us each a special applause.
Lens 3: The Texas language arts standards and benchmarks. Since there are no Pre-K TEKS per se, you used research to support the execution of your lesson.
Lens 4: Extensions and adaptations. I can use this idea in my classroom when we learn emotion words. I can assign each group a different emotion and they can present to the class much in the same manner that we did in BWP today. I know that the books might be a little childish for them, but the vocabulary will be new.
Lens 5: Questions arisen. What other sorts of things do you do when teaching about emotions?
Thank you again for the fantastic demonstration. I am definitely going to try to adapt it for my classroom.
Sincerely,
Leslie Hancock
I want to be a kindergartener in your class!!! Your district is so lucky to have you as an instructional specialist so you can help so many different teachers and, by extension, students. You are awesome, lady! Awesome!!!! I know you're doing a great job with BWP -- they are lucky to have you!!
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