Elementary Reading Rubric

I believe that rubrics are also important tools that should be utilized in the classroom. It's very important for students to know what is expected of them, as it helps them be successful in their work. In the same way, it assists teachers in grading fairly by giving specific guidelines. Rubrics can be used on any assignment, but are particularly beneficial for projects, essays, and any other type of creative work. They can also be used for classification of citizenship or participation grades as well. They are extremely flexible. I will most likely use rubrics in all of those situations, even if they are just for my own benefit. The rubric I have composed is a rubric for silent reading time in class. It informs students of my expectations of them during the time so that they can work to fulfil the requirements. My rubric is posted below.

Spiritual Status Survey

A great tool to incorporate in the classroom is the use of surveys. They can be used to collect and plot data for math or science, or they could be used simply to collect feedback from the class. I will use them for both in my classroom. To demonstrated, I did a practice survey asking my fellow students how they are doing spiritually. The results are posted below. Overall, it seems everyone is doing pretty good in their spiritual lives.

A Troubled Story

A Story.

Starring Shawn Morgan, my little brother :)

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Learning Styles Reflection

Everyone learns best in a variety of ways. We all have different “intelligences.” I learn the best through Interpersonal, Logical, and Intrapersonal means. The more challenging areas of learning for me are Linguistic and Kinesthetic. I find these predictions to be to be quite accurate in my daily life. I think that in preferring certain areas over others, I am influenced to teach using the methods I relate best with. Since I understand the need for teaching for all the intelligences, however, I will strive to incorporate them all into my lesson plans and teaching because I don’t want to leave any student behind. Variety is very important to me in teaching. I have set a goal for myself to include all ten intelligences in every week of my lesson plans. Since I will be teaching all subjects in elementary school, this will be easier to interweave. My results for the intelligences test can be found at the right.

Individuals also have varying learning preferences. I have a moderate preference for reflexive and visual learning. I am fairly well balanced between sequential and global, and also between sensing and intuitive, though I lean slightly toward sensing. I believe that these results are also true in my daily life. I think that since I am fairly balanced in most areas, it will be beneficial to me as a teacher because I will be more open to the areas. Since there are two areas where I do have a preference, I will have to ensure that I balance them evenly in my teaching. I will most likely have another teacher proofread my lesson plans to ensure that my teaching is beneficial to those with every learning preference as well. These are my results for the learning preferences quiz: