Dichotomous Key Lessons

Going into this assignment, I wasn’t really sure what to expect. I read the first chapter, which gave a lot of information about frogs, and I decided that I was going to like this book. I was previously a biochemistry major, and I have always loved science. The information is presented in a way that is readable, not like a textbook, and I think we all wonder at some point what the future holds for humans if we continue the way we are. At about chapter five, I really hit a wall.

Then the students are expected to direct their thinking on the context. The teacher draws a blank KWL chart on the whiteboard and encourages students to think about what the text might be about. The teacher asks students what they already know about the topic “pollution”. The teacher is going to distribute a copy of the blank KWL chart to each student. (See Appendix 2)

The Honors Earth Science classes went to the Susquehanna River to solve a problem. The problem was not knowing if the is healthy. The classes want to know if the river is healthy, because the students live near the river, and it affects the classes everyday lives. To answer the problem, the classes did a series of tests, and made physical observations at various islands in the river. The students used test kits and other tools to test pH, temperature, phosphate, nitrate, turbidity, and dissolved oxygen.

The feedback strategy used for this lesson will be “Tweets about today’s lesson” where the students will “tweet” about the lesson and can answer either what they learnt from the lesson, what they did not know or what questions they might have. (Presto Plans, n.d.) The feedback strategy can inform the student on how students understand and where they can learn more.

Sandy's teacher gave her a low grade for many reasons. First of all, she did not form a hypothesis. Also, Sandy did not form questions to be answered after the experiment was over. However, there was one main flaw that highly contributed to her poor grade, which was the fact that Sandy did not have any variables and factors that she could compare her results to. For a well coordinated experiment, Sandy would have formed a hypothesis.

As the students have not had a chance to complete this activity I cannot accurately assess the success of this activity. 5. Did you receive any feedback from your cooperating teacher? If so, what was it?

As soon as I entered the room with the rest of my class my teacher told us to take out a piece a paper; we were to take notes on the animal called the Cuttimungus. He proceeded to tell us all sorts of things about this creature and I obediently took down notes. When he was done he gave us an

Feedback Feedback for my previous assignment showed what needed to be addressed in the final research proposal due in week six. In addition, because of so much information the direction of my paper was

I had an excellent feedback from my

I will bring participation, self awareness about my learning style and self-advocating. I have always heard in most forms of feedback that I participate heavily in all my classes and my comments are always thoughtful and applicable to the conversation at hand. Alongside this is my self awareness about how I learn. This is especially important when working in a fast paced environment with a higher level of difficulty as this course will be. With the high level and difficulty in this course, self advocacy is a staple and I have learnt to always speak up and

Another dynamic is that people were easy to find out the weaknesses of the counselor. Every time we did the feedback part, people were usually pointed out the weaknesses of the counselor but rarely said somethings that counselor did well. I think it is very normal that people will emphasize the weaknesses but I think these feedbacks can make people do better so it is not a bad thing for

The name of the presentation is “Bill Gates: Teachers need real feedback” and the target audience is teachers as well as general public. The main purpose of the presentation was to deliver the importance of feedback that should be given to the teachers on their performances. The way Bill Gates elaborated the importance was very effective and

Teachers should recognize a students positive behavior A procedure prevents a student from misbehaving Teachers say positive comments Teachers demonstrate positive actions Students needs

I learned a lot about myself as a teacher and how to help these students individually without neglecting the rest of the class while tending to their needs. It wasn't difficult for me to walk by Kiden's desk and praise her for what she was doing, or give her praise during whole group interaction. However, this meat the world to her and boosted her self confidence in the skill and concepts that were being taught. In the same way I was able to help Kiden, I was also able to help Pau and Georgia with the things they needed such as reading the instructions to them one-on-one or checking in on them throughout the assessment just to make sure they were on the right track.

I participated in several school meetings. After working with students in small groups, I evaluated my mini lesson for student improvement. My students were able to work independently, collaboratively, and utilize feedback from other peers. This taught me to reflect on advantages and disadvantaged of the lessons