My team is really excited to have our first visit to a site this semester. We are excited to have a more effective group to work with in our research on water conservation for young children. During our first visit, we are looking to interact more with educators. We should be able to have a conversation and ask science teachers about the methods they use to teach their students. Some of the questions I want to ask them are how long is a proper time for a fun, educational, and active lesson? Another question is whether we are creating tables and want to develop a lesson plan that teaches the basics of water conservation, while also connecting to other topics such as planning, community, and land use. How can we create a lesson plan that includes all students when some students may be at different academic levels? For my table, I need to design an interactive, engaging, and active lesson that can be taught within a 15-minute round. I would like to discuss this further with Zack to gain a better understanding of what he meant when he said kids have a lot of pride in where they come from. Hopeful, after getting to ask a question in person, I can start looking more in-depth at how I want to start building the lesson plan. As for now, I have some ideas about what I would like to use or build around for the kids. My idea is to combine teaching students about the history of their community and how the land’s past influences its future. However, if we change the way we envision the future, we can take action starting today. We can better our community by also incorporating water conservation and its importance in our communities. It all builds on the concept of working together, community, land, and water. I am confident that this project will make a greater impact than we can imagine. I see education as knowledge because no matter what happens in life, people can’t take away what they have already been taught in school. For these kids, education is a priority because we put them first. As time goes on, they are the future of the country, that’s why I see our program codes working with JJKFan as a greater impact than we may see it now. Some of the worries or barriers that may arise and make me nervous are that kids may not react or be as interactive with us as we would like them to be. As I visit JJKFan more, I hope to be able to build and adjust my lesson plans as I learn more, finding ways to teach effectively.
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Your Goal Grade
Highlight the header for the column below to indicate which grade you plan to work toward in the course. Meeting the basic requirements for your chosen letter grade, according to the table below, is mandatory.
| A Work | B Work | C Work |
-Misses one class or less, or completes make-up work for excused absences -Annotates all readings thoroughly -Makes substantive comments in discussions -Completes all assignments on time (or has an approved extension request) -Work demonstrates intellectual engagement, care, effort, and growth in response to feedback -Collaborates substantially, contributes to vision, works equally with peers | -Misses two classes or less, or completes make-up work for excused absences -Annotates readings -Often participates in discussion -Completes all major assignments on time (or has an approved extension request) -Completes most SAs on time -Work demonstrates care, effort and growth in response to feedback -Collaborates equally, completes required work | -Misses three classes or less, or completes make-up work for excused absences -Completes most readings -Sometimes adds to discussion -Completes all major assignments on time (or has an approved extension request) -Completes at least four SAs -Meets minimal expectations on assignments; shows limited growth in response to feedback -Completes required collaborative work |
First-Week Introduction
This year, my goals for CODEs are closely tied to the research that my group has diligently worked on. I aim to enhance our understanding of our overarching objective, which is to assist JJKFan in implementing lesson plans for this semester. Additionally, I plan to finalize our group’s research on developing engaging educational activities related to water instruction. What I think will be the most challenging part of this is finding engaging activities for the kids that JJKFan likes and incorporates into their school curriculum.
Midterm Introduction
[Speak about the skills and content you’ve learned during the first half of the semester. What did you most enjoy? What did you struggle with? What goals do you think you’ve most excelled at meeting and what do you want to continue developing during the second half of the semester? What goals haven’t you yet met, and how will you make them a priority in the second half of class?]
Final Introduction
[Now that the semester is over, use your introduction to reflect in-depth on your process. How well did you meet the goals you set out to meet? What did you learn that surprised you? Focusing on your goals for this class, what do you want to remember to take with you into your future courses? What strategies can you use to continue developing toward these goals?]
Course Goals
Choose five goals from the CODES Student Learning Outcomes that you’d like to work toward. Choose goals that are relevant to the scope of this course, select artifacts/examples based on activities assigned for this course, and explain characteristics in a way that illustrates how your artifacts/examples demonstrate your progress toward the goal.
Goal 1 (20%)
Based on (C12 Works independently toward goals by contributing and meeting deadlines. from CODES Student Learning Outcomes): Write out Goal in your own words
| What will you do to learn the content/ develop the skill? | What examples will you add to the portfolio to demonstrate your learning? | What characteristics of the chosen examples demonstrate you have met your goal? |
| Reflections and individual work on projects and topic research Data collection | Show assignments are turned in time and correctly | Demonstrate that the assignment is turned in on time and organized |
[For each 5% of effort you assign to your goal, provide at at least one example or artifact that demonstrates your learning process and shows how your made progress toward meeting that goal this semester (You would need four examples if the goal was worth 20% of your grade). Show how you have improved over time, what methods you took to grow, and talk about what you still plan to do in the future. ]
Goal 2 (20%)
Based on (6B b. Demonstrates sophisticated understanding of the complexity of elements important to members of another culture in relation to history, values, politics, communication styles, economy, or beliefs and practices. from CODES Student Learning Outcomes): Write out Goal in your own words
| What will you do to learn the content/ develop the skill? | What examples will you add to the portfolio to demonstrate your learning? | What characteristics of the chosen examples demonstrate you have met your goal? |
| Visit the site and interact with community partners to gain a personal understanding of the students and teachers. | Viste the site and interact with the community – note form understanding on what teachers are look for | lesson plans from research reports from visit sites and understanding what i got from the site |
[For each 5% of effort you assign to your goal, provide at at least one example or artifact that demonstrates your learning process and shows how your made progress toward meeting that goal this semester (You would need four examples if the goal was worth 20% of your grade). Show how you have improved over time, what methods you took to grow, and talk about what you still plan to do in the future. ]
Goal 3 (20%)
Based on (5A a. Defines the scope of research questions effectively and selects information cogently to address them. from CODES Student Learning Outcomes): Write out Goal in your own words
| What will you do to learn the content/ develop the skill? | What examples will you add to the portfolio to demonstrate your learning? | What characteristics of the chosen examples demonstrate you have met your goal? |
Build education on questions of curiosity in kids for improving learning. | -water fair lesson -reflection – final presentation of the project | Show how I have improved my work in building the lesson plan over the semester, and the outcome of the water fair. |
[For each 5% of effort you assign to your goal, provide at at least one example or artifact that demonstrates your learning process and shows how your made progress toward meeting that goal this semester (You would need four examples if the goal was worth 20% of your grade). Show how you have improved over time, what methods you took to grow, and talk about what you still plan to do in the future. ]
Goal 4 (20%)
Based on (3B Recognizes multilayered ethical issues and the cross-relationships among them. from CODES Student Learning Outcomes): Write out Goal in your own words
| What will you do to learn the content/ develop the skill? | What examples will you add to the portfolio to demonstrate your learning? | What characteristics of the chosen examples demonstrate you have met your goal? |
| Implementing a plan from visiting site and seeing and learn from our partners | Implementing a plan from visiting the site and seeing and learn from our partners – reflection 3 – data collection | Show a better understanding of work and adjustment to work by learning from the visit on reflections. |
[For each 5% of effort you assign to your goal, provide at at least one example or artifact that demonstrates your learning process and shows how your made progress toward meeting that goal this semester (You would need four examples if the goal was worth 20% of your grade). Show how you have improved over time, what methods you took to grow, and talk about what you still plan to do in the future. ]
Goal 5 (20%)
Based on (1B Connects and extends knowledge from academic study to civic engagement. From CODES Student Learning Outcomes): Write out Goal in your own words
| What will you do to learn the content/ develop the skill? | What examples will you add to the portfolio to demonstrate your learning? | What characteristics of the chosen examples demonstrate you have met your goal? |
Getting to see and visit the school, and getting to ask teachers how the lesson plan worked with them | Connect points in the research to see what works better for kids at certain ages to improve lesson plans – Reflections – final implementation plan – final lesson plan build | Show the connection between how my assignments relate to one another on the final implementation and how I build the lesson plans. |
[For each 5% of effort you assign to your goal, provide at at least one example or artifact that demonstrates your learning process and shows how your made progress toward meeting that goal this semester (You would need four examples if the goal was worth 20% of your grade). Show how you have improved over time, what methods you took to grow, and talk about what you still plan to do in the future. ]