Krist ina Gallagher

TEACHER CADET PORTFOLIO

WILLIAM HALLEY ELEMENTARY “HOME OF THE HORNETS”

Karen Egan Assistant Principle Jamey Chianetta

Principal

The staff at Halley is incredibly friendly and always welcoming

Ethnicity: White-36.10% Black-23.98% Asian or Pacific Islander-19.89% Hispanic-13.22% Other-6.81%

Enrollment: General Education- 64.71% Advanced Academic Programs Level 2&3- 16.49% English for Speakers of other Languages- 14.99% Special Education Services- 19.48%

DEMOGRAPHICS (2009-2010 SCHOOL YEAR)

My best interning experience was DEFINITELY during the fourth quarter. During the third quarter I was a wallflower in the 3rd grade classroom I was assigned, but I did, fortunately, get to do one lesson which is reflected on the following slide…

Objective: At the end of the lesson each student should know that appearance, nationality, or background do not matter, because everyone has similarities.

Key Vocabulary/Concepts: heritage and ancestors. Materials: “We All Have a Heritage” book, and the

children’s Writing Notebooks. Instructional Activities: As we read the book we had a

classroom discussion on the contents of each page, (pictures, message, etc.)

Closure Activity: The children wrote a paragraph about the cross-cultural similarities.

Assessment: Their ability to discuss the similarities and put their words into writing.

LESSON PLAN

LESSON

The book I read

Their completed writing assignments

MY WONDERFUL TRANSITION INTO FOURTH QUARTER

From sitting and doing nothing to Nothing bad to report

MY CLASS

Top row: Lavender and Alex Bottom row(left-right): Aza, Joshua, Caleb, Ibrahim, Julian, Kymerria, Tony, and Nathan

OUR ROOM

(Lunch Table)

desk

Cubbies

entrance

Storage cabinets

Circle

Center

Art Table

windows

How many years have you been teaching? “I have been teaching for 14 years in FCPS. I started out as a speech-language pathologist, then a special ed. teacher for grades 4-6 and then a Special E.D. preschool teacher.”

How many years have you been teaching at Halley? “I have taught at Halley for 5 years.”

Where did you go to college? “I went to undergrad at South Carolina State University and I went to graduate school at George Mason University.”

Fun Fact: “I love to plan parties and want to start my own party planning business…Soirees & Such!”

~MISS SHRONDA GLOVER~

Full name: Anthony Connelly Age: 4 years old Favorite food: Pizza Favorite Superhero: “The Superman” Favorite Activity in Class: Yoga

TONY CONNELLY

Age: 5 years old Favorite Food: Ice cream Favorite Activity in Class: Dancing to the Birthday Song Least favorite thing to do in class: Eat lunch

CALEB ADEI

Miss Shronda is a certified children’s yoga teacher so once

every week the kids go into the “Movement Room” and do

yoga!

YOGA TIME!

When children are having temper tantrums, its best to separate them from the rest of the class.

“Tough Love” is an essential part of teaching Children that whine just want attention so ignoring the

behavior will decrease the likelihood of it happening again, or will make it happen less frequently.

Sometimes things are not going to work the way you want them to, or the way you plan, so you have to have back-up.

LAUGH! Laughing with the students or incorporating humor into lessons creates a fun but serious atmosphere in the classroom and makes kids respond better to what is being taught.

TEACHING STRATEGIES

MY KIDDIES AND ME

MY GIFT

" Teacher- Student: is a symbiotic relationship in which the teacher must always be willing to learn and the student must always be willing to share."

Copyr ight © 2003 Barbara E . Olsen (Pennsy lvania)

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