Teaching at Canyon Elementary School
The Experience
As soon as I walked into Mrs. Beatty's 2nd grade class, I was warmly greeted by a group of kids that would become my friends as quick as they became my students. Being the ripe 'ole age of 7-8 years old, they all looked at me, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, ready to learn. Even as welcoming as the meeting was, I was super grateful for my two observation days I had before that. I feel I have a lot to learn from the teacher I am shadowing, Mrs. Beatty, and it will be a pleasure to learn much more from her!
Lesson Plan 1
The integrated lesson:
Purpose: Learn what theatre is, why it's important, and how it relates to life.
Objectives:
- What is theatre?
- Introduction
- Imagination
- Losing Inhibitions
- Body, voice, self
- How to find our imagination
- Using the 5 senses
Lesson: What is theatre? (Stage vs. theatre. What is the point? Where can you do theatre? Who can do theatre? What do you need to do theatre? Etc.)
Activities:
- Name Game: Sit in a circle. Make a beat with hands and floor and say name with rhythm.
- Step In If... : Teacher says a statement, if it applies to you, step in.
- Noise With Motion: Stand in a circle. Each student makes a sound with a body movement and the circle has to repeat it.
- Sensory Game: Teacher tells several scenarios and the students must walk around the room and experience them using the 5 senses.
Standards: Where the arts integrates with curriculum.
- Standard 4 Life science: Changes in organisms over time and the nature of living things. Objective 3 : Senses can warn individuals about danger; muscles help them to fight, hide, or get out of danger. Also the theater as with science takes team work.
- Standard 1: The processes communication and nature of science.
- Objective 3: In doing science, it is often helpful to work with a team and to share findings with others.
Learned Improvements:
- I need to learn some various methods of classroom management from my teacher!
