Ready, Set, Grob!

This past Thursday in class I learned about Robert Marzano and his 9 strategies that are in groups of 3. Setting objectives and providing feedback Reinforcing efforts and providing recognition Cooperative Learning Cues, questions, and advance organizers Nonlinguistic Representations Summarizing and note-taking Homework and practice Identifying similarities and differences Generating and testing hypotheses Marzano stated that his strategies help students gain a deeper understanding of the materials they are learning in real world context rather than studying just to get the right answer for a test. Also Marzano has his strategies grouped into 3 subcategories, the first category, Creating an environment for learning, consist of the first 3 points, the second category, Helping students develop understanding, consist of points 3-6, and the 3rd category, Extend and apply knowledge, consist of the points 7-9. I think these points are very good strategies and can be applied to a...

Thinking maps has been a tool that I remember using all throughout school from my kinder years til now, I just don't think that I ever knew that it was called thinking maps. When I first looked at the Madeline Hunter lesson plan and say the thinking maps section it freaked me out because I was thinking that I had never heard of it before, but then I was calmed after Thursday's class of seeing that thinking maps were maps that have been used before, I was familiar with them, and that they really are awesome. I think how it stuck with me the most of the years is when I've had to learn compare and contrast and when I had to summarize or retell a story. After doing more research both with my class and on my own it was just amazing to see just how many different ways and different things that thinking maps are used for. I am excited to work with such a cool tool in the future. So far I think the bubble map is my favorite and the sequencing maps are my favorite. They are simple ...

Yesterday in class I learned about the Madeline Hunter lesson design and it was pretty confusing in a sense to here without seeing an example of what the form would look like completed #visuallearners,right? Lol. I was still very excited to learn about this lesson plan because it brings on the excitement of being one step closer to finishing my degree to teach. I have no doubts that I will get this lesson plan and rock it to the best of my abilities when I finally understand all the moving pieces. I also feel like I’m over thinking this process because that’s what I do and that this is much simpler than what I’m thinking in my mind. I think the thing that will be the hardest for me will be the thinking maps, I’m pretty observant of the teacher language and I ever heard of thinking maps but I have heard of thinking caps. I also think that closure seems a little confusing but like I said before, I maybe just overthinking things. The easier parts for me will be the modeling and modificati...

Thursday in class I learned about the ABCD's of writing in writing lesson plans. From my understanding it's a way of writing a well thought out, very measurable lesson plan, the instructor knows what she/he wants for her/his students to learn, how to do it, and how much the students/pupil will retain and how many of those students will retain it as well as what behaviors are triggered from what students. I think this is a good outlook on how much teaching an instructor will get done and allows the instructor to really look and think about the lesson being taught. I think that C:Condition will be a challenge for me to understand but I think as time goes on and the more I do it the easier it'll be for me to understand. Below is my example of how I understand it using a chore for my oldest son around the house. Ex. Damien will be able to wash the dinner dishes with the dish scrubber, dish towel, and dish soap in no more than 1 hour before I get home from work by 5 pm with 85...