Update 1

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!