Lesson Portfolio

Lessons constructed during my teaching Practicum term with Kennesaw State University will be featured below. Work samples will be wiped of all names to keep the anonymity of my students. 

Unit 1

Eleanor Roosevelt & Human Rights
In this unit students research the life and accomplishments of Eleanor Roosevelt as a reporter while contemplating the larger topic of Human Rights.

Unit 3

Nighttime Ninja : Creative Writing 
Learning word choice &  the difference between quality over quantity, this mini lesson unit series is interwoven in the students writing workshop. 

Unit 2

Indus Valley Civilization & Trade
Studying trade in the Indus Valley, students become traders themselves in this social studies & literacy integrated unit. 

Unit 4

Mr. Bones : The Human Skeleton 
Students explore their own skeleton and participate in targeted games to help them remember which bone goes where. 
“What is the meaning of life? That was all, a simple question; one that tended to close in on one with years, the great revelation had never come. The great revelation perhaps never did come. Instead, there were little daily miracles, illuminations, matches struck unexpectedly in the dark; here was one"
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― Virginia Woolf