Good morning boys and girls today we are going to continue our lessons on ecosystems today we are going to learn about the rain forest... Yesterday we read "The Great Kapok Tree". Today we are going to listen to another classes interpretation of this book. Please watch the video below.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Opposite and adjacent angles of a triangle
Good morning boys and girls today we are going to learn the difference between opposite and adjacent angles of a triangle. Watch the following video to learn the differences, be carefull to listen closely because you will need draw and lable a triangle once you are done watching the video.
Pollution in our air...
Good morning boys and girls. Today we are going to continue our lessons on protecting our planet and ways to be green.
Below is the history of the hybrid car. Some of you may ask what is a hybrid car. Dictonary.com defines it as - an automobile with more than one power source, such as an electric motor and internal combustion engine or an electric motor with battery and fuel cells for energy storage. This is a vehical that runs on electricity instead of only gas.
Take a look at the time line below (ask a parent or sibling to help you with the hard words)
If you click the green button at the bottom of the gray square and drag it to the right you will be able to view more of the time line.
Now that you know a little bit more about the Hybrid car I need you to make a list of 5 reasons why a hybrid car would be a good thing for our enviornment, and why it would be "the green thing to do" how would it help our enviornment?
Below is the history of the hybrid car. Some of you may ask what is a hybrid car. Dictonary.com defines it as - an automobile with more than one power source, such as an electric motor and internal combustion engine or an electric motor with battery and fuel cells for energy storage. This is a vehical that runs on electricity instead of only gas.
Take a look at the time line below (ask a parent or sibling to help you with the hard words)
If you click the green button at the bottom of the gray square and drag it to the right you will be able to view more of the time line.
Now that you know a little bit more about the Hybrid car I need you to make a list of 5 reasons why a hybrid car would be a good thing for our enviornment, and why it would be "the green thing to do" how would it help our enviornment?
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Parent and student vertual lesson!!!
Good morning students and parents.
Today we will be learning about addition.
Student do you remember adding in class?
Explain to whoever is helping you how we add when we are in class?
Today we are going to practice our adding two different ways.
Right click HERE and click open in new window to begin!
The first screen you will encounter looks like this:
Please click on the link that follows number 11.
It says Counting Change. This should bring you to a page that looks like this:
Now all you need to do students is to look at the yellow squares and add up the coins in each box and match them with the amounts that are in the green boxes.
(Parents if your student is struggling with the words and need to picture these coins please feel free to take out some change, read the yellow box to them and show them a pile of coins that represents what the yellow box says)
Once you have played at least 4 rounds of the coin game please continue to the next link.
Right click here and select open in new window for the next math game!
When you click on the link it should bring you to the page below:
Next I need to you to clock on the purple addition game button in the second column third from the top.
Clicking on the purple addition button should bring you to a page that looks like the one below:
Press the green go button
Then click the black > play button on the bottom right.
AND begin adding... do a minimum of 15 of these problems before coming back to the blog.
GREAT JOB STUDENTS!
I am very proud of you... If you ever want to practice your math you can come back to Mrs. DeWittes blog and practice.
But remember you much bring a parent with you!
See you in class,
Mrs. DeWitte
Today we will be learning about addition.
Student do you remember adding in class?
Explain to whoever is helping you how we add when we are in class?
Today we are going to practice our adding two different ways.
Right click HERE and click open in new window to begin!
The first screen you will encounter looks like this:
Please click on the link that follows number 11.
It says Counting Change. This should bring you to a page that looks like this:
Now all you need to do students is to look at the yellow squares and add up the coins in each box and match them with the amounts that are in the green boxes.
(Parents if your student is struggling with the words and need to picture these coins please feel free to take out some change, read the yellow box to them and show them a pile of coins that represents what the yellow box says)
Once you have played at least 4 rounds of the coin game please continue to the next link.
Right click here and select open in new window for the next math game!
When you click on the link it should bring you to the page below:
Next I need to you to clock on the purple addition game button in the second column third from the top.
Clicking on the purple addition button should bring you to a page that looks like the one below:
Press the green go button
Then click the black > play button on the bottom right.
AND begin adding... do a minimum of 15 of these problems before coming back to the blog.
GREAT JOB STUDENTS!
I am very proud of you... If you ever want to practice your math you can come back to Mrs. DeWittes blog and practice.
But remember you much bring a parent with you!
See you in class,
Mrs. DeWitte
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
How I learn
I recently took a learning styles questionnaire to find out how I can improve my study skills and learning habits. I discovered that most of the information it told me about myself was true.
I found that I am an active learner as opposed to a reflective learning this means that I retain information better when I can do something active with it. This could include discussing it with a large group, applying it to life or teaching it to others. All of this being said, if I am in a class that does not leave time for much discussion or analyzing of the topic being discussed I should get together with a small group and discuss the class material. Before tests the same group of people should get together and ask each other questions that might be on the exam.
Second, I am right in the middle between being a sensing or and intuitive learner. This means that I some times like classes that are completely fact oriented such as intro to math (Kuyper). But at other times I like classes like Philosophy that are more concept and theory based. It really depends on the teacher and the class and the school that I am taking the class at. However I am a sensor in the fact that I like classes that are not all lecture that have discussion and real world concepts.
When it comes to the next set Visual and verbal I am 100% visual. If I am to understand a question or a problem perfectly well and from all angles I must see it on the board or on a sheet of paper in front of me. This may be one reason why my faith is some times shaky, because I have a hard time seeing and understanding when I only have verbal or written stories about Christ and all of the miraculous things He did while He was on this earth. I find it interesting that even though most people are visual learners the majority of college classes are taught from a verbal point such as a lecture. When it comes to teaching I will definitely be one of those teachers who draws/ writes everything on the board merely because that is how I learn best.
Last, when comparing sequential and global learners I fall primarily under the sequential umbrella. Most often when I am learning I understand things as they come to me small chunks at a time, step by step. Every once and a while things wont stick and all of the sudden a light bulb goes on but most often I learn as I am slowly fed the information. This will cause me to teach slowly so that everyone who is a sequential learner will have time to take in all of the little chunks of information.
I believe that because I know about all of the different learning styles now I will be careful not to teach only to my styles. I am not saying that it will be easy because using my learning styles would be the easiest way to go about it. But I feel as though being aware of my learning styles will be enough to keep me from over using just my styles.
I found that I am an active learner as opposed to a reflective learning this means that I retain information better when I can do something active with it. This could include discussing it with a large group, applying it to life or teaching it to others. All of this being said, if I am in a class that does not leave time for much discussion or analyzing of the topic being discussed I should get together with a small group and discuss the class material. Before tests the same group of people should get together and ask each other questions that might be on the exam.
Second, I am right in the middle between being a sensing or and intuitive learner. This means that I some times like classes that are completely fact oriented such as intro to math (Kuyper). But at other times I like classes like Philosophy that are more concept and theory based. It really depends on the teacher and the class and the school that I am taking the class at. However I am a sensor in the fact that I like classes that are not all lecture that have discussion and real world concepts.
When it comes to the next set Visual and verbal I am 100% visual. If I am to understand a question or a problem perfectly well and from all angles I must see it on the board or on a sheet of paper in front of me. This may be one reason why my faith is some times shaky, because I have a hard time seeing and understanding when I only have verbal or written stories about Christ and all of the miraculous things He did while He was on this earth. I find it interesting that even though most people are visual learners the majority of college classes are taught from a verbal point such as a lecture. When it comes to teaching I will definitely be one of those teachers who draws/ writes everything on the board merely because that is how I learn best.
Last, when comparing sequential and global learners I fall primarily under the sequential umbrella. Most often when I am learning I understand things as they come to me small chunks at a time, step by step. Every once and a while things wont stick and all of the sudden a light bulb goes on but most often I learn as I am slowly fed the information. This will cause me to teach slowly so that everyone who is a sequential learner will have time to take in all of the little chunks of information.
I believe that because I know about all of the different learning styles now I will be careful not to teach only to my styles. I am not saying that it will be easy because using my learning styles would be the easiest way to go about it. But I feel as though being aware of my learning styles will be enough to keep me from over using just my styles.
Profiler Pro
When took the Profiler Pro intelligence test it told me pretty much what I expected. It said that I learn best when we learn kinaestheticly and naturalisticly. This means that I learn best when I am working with my hands, when I can touch, feel and mold my assignments. I am a very creative exploratory student therefore I enjoy doing assignments which have few restrictions and directions; this is how I learn best.
When looking at the graph I round that I am not every interpersonal. However, I am very interpersonal which makes sense. Therefore, I work best in groups and with other people. Also, because I am linguistic I like to bounce my ideas off of the people in the group in order to organize my thoughts.
This intelligence test helped me learn a little bit more and better understand how I learn.
When looking at the graph I round that I am not every interpersonal. However, I am very interpersonal which makes sense. Therefore, I work best in groups and with other people. Also, because I am linguistic I like to bounce my ideas off of the people in the group in order to organize my thoughts.
This intelligence test helped me learn a little bit more and better understand how I learn.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Google docs for teachers!
While using the Google docs for teachers link I came in contact with a lot of great advice and awesome classroom ideas.
Google docs for teachers is a great way to organize your class information. There was one example which used a table and all of the student were able to put their information into the table to make one large table with all of the students information imputed into it.
Google docs would also be a great way to post homework for older students. All they would have to do would be to log onto the internet at home and click on the links for their homework. This could be very effective for students who tend to leave work at school and have the excuse that they left the folder at home and didn't know what to do. In Google docs one can also make it colorful and eye catching. Also, adding links and such will help the students to be able to interact with the document and discover what needs to be done.
There is also a discussion board for educators who wish to share their knowledge with other educators who need some help. There are lesson ideas and classroom game ideas and how to integrate technology into your classroom better. It would be a great resource for any teacher, because we all know that we have our days where the lesson just isn't panning out and we some help and we have other days where the lesson goes so well we cannot even believe it ourselves.
If you haven't all ready you NEED to check out google docs for teachers!
Google docs for teachers is a great way to organize your class information. There was one example which used a table and all of the student were able to put their information into the table to make one large table with all of the students information imputed into it.
Google docs would also be a great way to post homework for older students. All they would have to do would be to log onto the internet at home and click on the links for their homework. This could be very effective for students who tend to leave work at school and have the excuse that they left the folder at home and didn't know what to do. In Google docs one can also make it colorful and eye catching. Also, adding links and such will help the students to be able to interact with the document and discover what needs to be done.
There is also a discussion board for educators who wish to share their knowledge with other educators who need some help. There are lesson ideas and classroom game ideas and how to integrate technology into your classroom better. It would be a great resource for any teacher, because we all know that we have our days where the lesson just isn't panning out and we some help and we have other days where the lesson goes so well we cannot even believe it ourselves.
If you haven't all ready you NEED to check out google docs for teachers!
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