Journal #8

This week I composed my first five talents lessons.  I really enjoyed doing this because it helped me further grasp what it is that each talent was meant to teach my students.  Once I went through the tegrity recordings and examples in our notebook I think it made it a lot easier to come up with ideas for my lesson plans.  Once I had an idea I went to the ALEX website and looked for core objectives in different grade levels that met the ideas that I was thinking about.  For some ideas this took a little longer because the subjects I was thinking of were so narrow and the core objectives were listed broadly over subjects.  One thing I really liked about making the talents lesson plans was the easy template Mrs. Coleman gave us to fill out.  This made it quick and easy to figure out what all was needed for the lesson plan.  This would also make it easy for someone else to read our lesson plans and apply them in their classrooms.  Another aspect about the lesson plans that I really liked was that they all had one skill for students to focus on.  This is really great in the elementary/ secondary setting because it helps kids master these skills the more we focus and practice them.  I think the talents lessons are definitely something I will use in my future classrooms.