Teach Dailey

Recently, in our technology in education course, we completed a Hyper Doc with a lesson plan.  Click here to see the Hyper Doc . We will be studying the colonies soon, and I thought this might be a nice supplement if there is technology available in your classroom. It will give students the freedom to explore artisan trades and regional differences in the colonies. A whole class discussion would be fun at the end, and I love how it gives students the freedom to investigate areas they find interesting. History is such a vibrant and fascinating area to study, and if we can get students hooked on a detail they will remember it, and find studying history so much more meaningful. I hope you enjoy and find this useful.

In our math course at UCD, we take turns presenting some concepts from our textbook (pictured below). I have really come to appreciate how this book is organized. My favorite part is how each concept is discussed with common student misconceptions. I will be working with my 5th grade class soon to divide fractions, and this textbook gave me a heads up to some things to look out for. After discussing this with my resident teacher, she agreed that these were in fact things that students commonly struggle with.  One group of my peers presented about ratios. They did a fabulous job, and even created a giant pencil to highlight an idea from the textbook. It was an intriguing idea, to have a giant pencil and then ask students what we could figure out about the giant that owned it, based on the size of the pencil. The group presenting with the giant's pencil

This place would make an amazing field trip! The Chabot Space and Science Center in Oakland, California was a delightful museum that I can't wait to visit with a class. It had a wonderful mix of activities, planetarium shows, and visual displays that made science come to life. Every inch of this museum has been carefully crafted to get students thinking about what it would take to survive in space. I learned lots of new concepts and can't wait to go back. We signed up ahead of time and were able to go on a simulation to Mars. The event was split in two parts. First, we were piloting a space shuttle, and then we were at mission control helping a shuttle take off. The medium sized telescopes were available to use during the day time, but were much more impressive after dark. We saw the Clown Nebula and enjoyed the clear skies from the mountaintop view. I hope you make a journey here and possibly bring a class on a field trip! Mrs. Dailey at the entrance There are sev...