Friday, 15 August 2014

Back to School Time is Fast Approaching!

     With just a couple of weeks left before my internship begins, I've been super busy finding fantastic lesson plans and lesson plan ideas on the internet, especially via Pinterest and the Teachers pay Teachers website. I am fairly new to both and absolutely love them both. I especially love the organization that Pinterest offers! <3 

     I've purchased a great organizational tool that I can use parts of for now, and gain even more benefit from when I start teaching full time. I chose    The ULTIMATE Teaching Survival Binder: Bright Colors and Buttons Theme at http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/The-ULTIMATE-Teaching-Survival-Binder-Bright-Colors-and-Buttons-Theme-1259527 

     I love the colors, and the level of organization that this binder pack offers! It is just what I needed!

     I've begun adding lesson plans to my binder, that I've found and those that I have used for various assignments throughout my training. 

     This really got me wanting to create my own lesson plans and activities, so I plunkered down and opened up the Newfoundland Grade 2 Science curriculum and chose the first outcome that I found and decided to create a simple activity that could be integrated many ways, but |
I figure it can be used as is, at a science centre, as an activity to check for student understanding of this topic.

    My favorite subject was art, and so, I figure that I will come up with quite a few art-based and cross-curricular plans that will incorporate art. I am also a huge advocate of hands-on, so I hope to come up with some practical activities that can get the children more actively engaged!

     I hope to make many, more in-depth and creative cross-curriculum lesson plans and activities as I go, especially as I progress through the school year and get more involved with Grade 2 students and what could be useful in helping them to reach the required curriculum outcomes!

     Here is a pdf file of the frog life cycle activity I created:


     There are no instructions, as I feel that it is pretty straight forward, even including a picture of the finished product at the end of the document. If you think this would be useful to you in any way, by all means, enjoy!



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