Sunday, October 19, 2008
10/19/08-FCS Content
The teacher who I'm working with teaches the child development classes in the FCS department. I personally have not had as much experience in this area, so I'm kind of scared, but also really glad I have the opportunity to gain experience in Child Dev. before I student teach. On Thursday, two of the classes I was in were working on a unit called "Exploring the Body." The students were learning about the physical development of young children; for this unit, the teacher had a different student pretend to be the teacher for the entire class period each day. This was to help the kids prepare for next semester when they have a lab school in their classroom. The third class was working on projects that describe and explain 5 characteristics of pre-schools/child care centers. My host teacher gave me a text book to look at for the classes, which I really appreciate; it will really help me to catch up on the content the classes already covered, and prepare for what's coming up.
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I am so glad that you are getting an experience that will fill a curriculum gap in your learning. Check out the child development institute for current news articles in the field of child development. A great child development class starter is to find a brief article on a timely child d. topic and ask students to respond via a journal writing assignment before class begins. Use a PSSA writing rubric to provide feedback to your students. This activity will create interest in your classroom and will help boost PSSA scores for your district. I want you to go to my website. Look at my post for the link.
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