I know its a little too early for spring, but with the beautiful warm weather today it has made me excited for more spring weather!
Taking Care of Business
I was really exciting for week 9 because I introduced a new Ag Business project for my Ag Science 2 class. It is a pretty extensive assignment where teams of two were formed and tasked with starting their own business. The assignment also includes creating a logo, print add, market survey, TV commercial, and a final sales pitch similar to Shark Tank where they have to put their skills to the test in front of "potential" investors! I am super excited to see the final projects from this class and to see all the hard work my student's have put into the assignment!
Getting Stuff Done
In addition to having a successful week in the classroom, I was able to meet with the superintendent of Bellwood for a mock interview to gain more experience and skills for job interviews in the future. I learned so much great advice from my interview which has left me feeling prepared for the job hunt. I also had the opportunity to visit Ms. Herr at Penns Manor on Friday where I got tour their program and even make my own floral arrangement! Overall I had a very successful and busy week during week 9 of student teaching!
Questions
- Do you have any cool assignments that you really enjoy giving to students?
- How do you keep track of bellwork/ tickets out? Do you have students keep them in a folder or do you take them and grade them?
Hi Olivia, so glad that week 9 was a positive one! Your ag business project sounds like a great way for you students to think critically and connect the pieces to real world applications, and I did similar types of projects with my own students. Keeping track of things like bellwork/exit tickets can be tedious, but it is a great accountability tool. Creating a GoogleSheet with rows for student names and columns for the bellwork/exit ticket assignments can help save time. Students can show you their assignment and you highlight the boxes green for complete and red for incomplete.
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I make a bellwork sheet for my students. They write in the date, the question, and their response. I grade them mostly on completion but if I see some off the wall answers, or if they put "I don't know" then I don't give them credit for it. If they miss a bellwork, they have to ask a neighbor for it. They turn it in whenever the sheet is complete. Everyone should be able to turn it in at the same time because as long as they are making up for whatever days they miss, no one should be behind. I make it a classwork grade for them.
I hope that helps you. I know another teacher that does a weekly collection so she gives them a similar sheet but just enough space for the days of the week. I try to fill in as many spaces as possible (which is 27 days).
Thank you so much Miranda Kane! I love the idea you suggested!
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