The project I have been working on throughout the semester for COMPASS is science lesson plans for kindergarteners. This project, working and looking into education, is possibly something I would like to do in the future. This project has some challenges but I have easy access to getting an understanding of what I am learning about because teachers are everywhere at school and they are willing to help. My biggest challenge with this project is I have anxiety so speaking in front of a class is a huge struggle for me. I chose to do science because I need more science credits. I also struggle with science so this is a creative way to focus on a possible career while also getting a science credit without having to be in a traditional classroom setting. I decided to pursue this project because during the summer I got my first job working with kids. I did 11+ hours of online training to get my certificate to be able to work with children in a daycare setting. I worked at a summer camp for 6 weeks handling kids ages 3-8 years old. I realized I really enjoyed working with children about this age but I didn't know what went into the behind-the-scenes of teaching. I chose this topic because I wanted to figure out whether or not teaching would be a career that I would like to pursue after high school. I chose to focus on kindergarten because I am familiar with working with this age group. I also chose it because the kindergarten teacher at my school is one of my friends' moms so I know her pretty well. After working on this project since the beginning of the school year I have decided that teaching doesn’t interest me but I would pursue it if the career I am interested in right now doesn’t work out. The products I have worked on so far are the Mini Product, Product 1, and Product 2. For the Mini Product, I talked to the Danville kindergarten teacher and went over a unit plan that I will be helping her teach her students. The lesson plans had to do with living vs nonliving things. She showed me how lesson plans should be made and what they should look like after being put on paper. Overall, she gave me an understanding of how lesson plans are made and I got an understanding of what I will be helping teach later in the semester. Then I wrote a reflection on how the meeting went with the kindergarten teacher and some thoughts and ideas about the unit plan. For Product 1, I created a slideshow comparing and contrasting different middle school and kindergarten lesson plans. I wrote down the activities that are included in the lesson plans and what they learn. Then I wrote down similarities and differences. At the end of the slideshow, I reflected on what I learned and how my experience in these grades compared to the lesson plans that are being taught now. For the last product we have created so far, Product 2, I created my own science lesson plan for kindergarteners. I set up the lesson plan the same way that I set up the lesson plans in the mini product when working with a professional. The lesson plan was about what type of clothing you should wear for certain types of weather and seasons. After the lesson plan was complete, I wrote a reflection explaining why I made certain choices, some challenges if this lesson plan was used in a classroom setting, and how the teacher could help kids struggling. Next, I will be working on my Alternative Perspective Product. For the Alternative Perspective, I plan on creating an English lesson plan for kindergarten. I chose to do an English lesson plan because it isn’t science but it is one of the subjects that is really important to learn and understand at a young age. I will do a reflective piece of the lesson plan after I create it as I did with all the other products. After creating the alternative perspective, I will start working with the kindergarteners in the school and helping Bobbie Copen teach a science unit plan. The unit plan is the unit plan that I wrote down and met with Bobbie for the mini product. I will be in the classroom to observe while also helping the kids. After I help with the unit plan I will write reflective pieces about the experiences.
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