Portfolio and Final Project

To be honest, this final project lesson is stressing me out. I changed my lesson plan completely around. at first i wanted to do a kindergarten level lesson and then changed my mind so now I'm going to do a sixth grade social studies lesson. I decided to have each kid do a project on a state in the United States. I want them to find out information such as, state bird, state flower, any tourist attractions that people go to see. national parks. Where it is located in the United States. The capital, the largest city, what the state flag looks like, the population and any other interesting information they may want to share. I would have the kids do a pages project and include all of their information in a formal way, but also have the opportunities to include pictures of the things such as state flag, state bird, flower and maybe a map of the state. This is the activity I'm having the class do when i do my presentation in a couple weeks. the other lesson i was going to have them do is an inspiration connecting all of the information that they have gathered.
my biggest challenge with this was figuring out the PEI's that are aligned with doing this project. i think that is going to be the hardest part of teaching, figuring out what needs to be taught and how it is related to the PEI's.
As for the E portfolio, i think my biggest concern would be, do i have everything we have done in the class included. i know that i won't have a problem relating them tot he steps as long as I'm sure i have included every activity we have done. i don't know if you're willing to do this but i think it would be beneficial for the class if you gave us a handout, with just a list of the activities you're looking for to be in the E portfolio. Other than that, i don't think i have any other concerns, if i do, I'll be sure to email you.

Reluctant Learner

After reading the situation you presented us with I thought for a really long time of what I would do. i also reread and reread the scenario to fully understand what it was. I can't think of a perfect situation of what i would do. it said in the scenario that Renee was good at math. I would go over to their group and see if i could somehow break the story up mathematically. I read Huck Finn so long ago i don't really remember exactly what happened, but if there was a way to make each situation relate to a mathematical equation, Renee may be more open to working on the project. Also, socially, if i was able to find a way for Renee to relate to her group of Liz and Josh she may be more willing to work with them. If i couldn't find a way to get Renee to engage in the project, i would ask her what i could do to get her more interested. No one knows more of what she would want than herself. If she couldn't come up with something i may need to seek help from her speech therapist to see if she had any suggestions of how i could get Renee engaged.