3/30/2021 1 Comment March 30th, 2021Week 7: March 4th-March 30th: During my three week block for my pre-internship, I was fortunate enough to create a Grade Two Mathematics unit on non-standard units of measurement. I focused on outcomes SS2.1: Demonstrate understanding of non-standard units for linear measurement and SS2.2: Demonstrate understanding of non-standard units for measure of mass. A more in depth explanation can be seen below: During my time creating and teaching this unit, I was able to interconnect to the EIC model- which I wrote about in my last blog post. The EIC model uses six practices and some of the practices I was able to connect with was "community learning" and "local, natural community surroundings". Since we are teaching during a pandemic, Covid-19 restrictions do not allow us to go on field trips or go to places that were shared during our class (like the Wascana Centre, Wascana Trails, etc.). Due to the restrictions, it limits the opportunities for the students and the teacher.
But I still wanted to try to integrate my unit with the outdoors and natural world. I can recognize that the EIC model has many positives for the learner so I didn't want Covid-19 to stop us from getting outside. So, instead, we explored the playground and connected it to our unit. The students were asked by me, the teacher, to find a rock similar to the one I found. They searched around the area and brought it back to me. They found me by a large tree. I brought some yarn and scissors outside with us so I could demonstrate how we could measure the distance around a tree and use non-standard units to record our data. Once I measured around the tree with yarn. I placed the yarn on the tarmac and the students (socially distanced of course) placed their rocks on the yarn until we went from end-to-end. We talked about the rules that must be followed when we measure using non-standard units: must measure from edge to edge, must use the same unit, cannot leave gaps or overlaps and must measure in a straight line and not a crooked line. The students were totally engaged the entire time and wanted to know the number of rocks it took to measure the distance around this LARGE tree. The students were so thrilled once we found our data. Days after this activity, the students were still referring back to this learning experience and connecting it to the new learnings. Even though we didn't leave the school, we still got outside to explore and engage in our learning that interconnected with our math unit.
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Xia
3/31/2021 04:56:48 pm
Great work to apply EIC in your math unit! COVID restrictions don't have to restrict our creativity.
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Week Two: January 19th-21st
I can't believe it is already the second week of this semester, I am slowly but surely getting back into the swing of things. I am enjoying having a routine again (Winter Break always plays around with my routine). Although I am glad to be back into routine, I am also feeling very overwhelmed with the work load this semester. I think I have 4 different calendars and due date lists to ensure I am staying on track. This week in ESCI 310, I first read the featured poem, "Two Kinds of Intelligence" by Rumi. As stated in the write-up, "Rumi suggests that the second knowing is already within us, ready to flow out, but at The Reader we know that self-knowledge isn't always so forthcoming, sometimes you need to unlock it" (Rumi, 2021). I enjoyed reading through Rumi's poem as it shared the two kinds of intelligences. I could relate to this poem as a future teacher. I want to remind my students that the other kind of tablet it one that is already preserved inside of you. As Kumi says, "this second knowing is a fountainhead from within you, moving out" (Kumi, 2021). In ESCI 310 we also went through the "Etched in Stone" & "There Is No Truth" readings. Next class, we will be having a debate on these two polar opposite view points. Next blog post, I will share how the debate went and discuss my opinion, stay tuned! Week One: January 2nd-14th
I am excited to begin this semester, this is my LAST full semester of classes before my internship. This semester I am enrolled in ESCI 310. This course is titled, "Becoming Civic Science Educators". As I shared in my blog post on URCourses, I had a great high-school science experience. I loved biology, chemistry and physics. The main reason I loved them was because of what we were doing. The work was a lot of hands-on and practical experiments. Some of the experiences I had in high-school science class, still stand out to me. Due to this experience, it makes me, a future teacher, want to implement fun, hands-on, interactive, and engaging science material for my future students. The first week of ESCI 310, we were asked to read "Two-Eyed Seeing". This read was a method that was new to me. A good quote from the reading that "explains Etuaptmumk - Two-Eyed Seeing by saying it refers to learning to see from one eye with the strengths of Indigenous knowledges and ways of knowing, and from the other eye with the strengths of Western knowledges and ways of knowing ... and learning to use both these eyes together, for the benefit of all" (Cape Breton University, 2021). This method respectfully and passionately asks that we bring together our different ways of knowing. When we use all of our ways of knowing and understandings it leaves the world a better place. AuthorHaley Miller |