Practicum-+Teaching+Strategies

__Teaching Strategies used during my practicum at Norris Elementary__ __Health Fair LEA lesson plan__- At the health fair, the children got to experience higher level thinking and discussion on topics related with healthy living and skills. During the lesson the children worked on their writing skills by doing a brainstorming web and completing the writing process by writing a class story about the health fair and what they learned. They also got to use their creative side and creat a Healh poster.

__Spelling "Back" and Chants Lesson Plan__- During this lesson, the children got to do fun activities while building up their vocabulary by spelling their words correctly. The children also got to work on their social skills by moving around from partner to partner.

__Pilgrims Lesson Plan__ - During the pilgrim lesson plan, the children got to work on compare and contrast by completing a Venn diagram. The got to listen to read alouds from trade books and participate in discussion. Also during this lesson, the children learned the different parts in a friendly letter and the correct way to write one. We also used a little TPR, total physical response, while we were pretending to be pilgrims. Comprehension was also a key strategy in this lesson. We read and covered many books, posters, and weekly readers over the life of pilgrims. We did alot of discussion and I was able to see what they pulled from the lesson.

__Fairy Tale Elements__- During this lesson, the children also got to listen to different versions of __Cinderella.__ Then we discussed and pointed out the fairy tale elements in those stories. I was able to see what they comprehended from the story. They also completed a Venn Diagram to compare the different versions.

__Cinderella-__ With this lesson, some strategies the children got to work on was their writing. We focused on sequencing and the main characters of a story.