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Course: KSS 0130, Fall 2009
School: Uni. Westminster
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Families, Dear I am so excited about the upcoming school year! First, I want to int roduce myself. My name is Kelly Stevens. I am a graduate of Westminster College in Salt Lake City, U tah. I have a degree in early childhood and elementary education with a minor in ESL (English/Second Language). I am mar ried and have two children. When you visit our classroom, you will see a classroom that is center and theme...

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Families, Dear I am so excited about the upcoming school year! First, I want to int roduce myself. My name is Kelly Stevens. I am a graduate of Westminster College in Salt Lake City, U tah. I have a degree in early childhood and elementary education with a minor in ESL (English/Second Language). I am mar ried and have two children. When you visit our classroom, you will see a classroom that is center and theme based. What this means is, students will move around individually and in groups at centers around our classroom. The centers will be based on thematic units and Utah the Core Cur r iculum. The centers will be in tegrated to include numerous interesting subjects and themes. I t is my philosophy and experience that by using integrated centers, students thoroughly master the concepts covered in our lessons. If you should ever have a question or concern regarding your childs education, please feel to ...

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Students Name: Kelly StevensEDUC 305 Classroom Management Chapter Review Chapter # 1 Title: Organizing Your Classroom and SuppliesWhat is the major focus or topic of this chapter? I felt the major focus of this chapter was organization and plann
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Student's Name: Kelly StevensEDUC 305 Classroom Management Chapter Review Chapter # 2 Title: Establishing Classroom Norms and ExpectationsWhat is the major focus or topic of this chapter? The chapter focuses on how to plant, set-up and implement
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Student's Name: Kelly StevensEDUC 305 Classroom Management Chapter Review Chapter # 9 Title: Managing Problem Behaviors What is the major focus or topic of this chapter? Major focus is looking at strategies for dealing with problem behaviors. Thes
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1 Designing a Developmentally Appropriate Kindergarten ClassroomKelly Stevens Developmentally Appropriate Floor Plan Grade Level: Kindergarten EDUC 250 Fall 20072 Designing a Developmentally Appropriate Kindergarten ClassroomAs you enter my Kin
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Kelly Stevens Classroom Management EDUC 305 Spring 2008Bulletin Board and Activity A Brand New Batch of 4th Graders!Make the bulletin board a giant cookie sheet out of aluminum foil. Construct several types of cookies out of construction paper, e
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Dear Family: Please sit down with your child and read over the attached information packet. I believe that it so important that you are aware and understand the class rules and procedures that we have implemented in our classroom. Please sign, date a
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GRADING CRITERIA Kelly Stevens Classroom Management Spring 2008Grading: Reading, Writing, Science, Social Studies, Math 100- 96 = A+, 89 - 86 = B+,79. 69. -95 - 93 = A 85 - 83 = B,92 - 90 = A82 - 80 = B72- 70 = C62 -60 = D-76 = C+, 60 = D+,
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Click to edit Master subtitle styleBy Amy Ebert , Brandy Valdez, Kelly 6/8/09 Stevens, Rachel AllenThe Description Of Love And Logic Can Be Found In Four The The Anstudent's self-concept is always a prime consideration. child is always left
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Class Management PlanClass procedures must be in place before the first day of schoolA classroom should be designed to promote safe and collaborative learningCommunication with the parents of your students is essentialPositive rein
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Rubric #1Patterns of Practice Response4 Patterns of Practice: Literature Focus Units This is a teacher based practice. Students can be placed in small groups or as entire class and all read the same book. Throughout the reading of the book, the t
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Comic Strip LESSON PLANSUMMARY Students will practice writing skills in a fun and creative manner. They will create their own comic strip using the templates provided in this lesson plan. OBJECTIVES Students will write and edit text for conversatio
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Kelly Stevens Persuasive Speech Outline Westminster College Summer 2007 Topic: obesity war. American needs to consider establishing a "fat tax" to fight theSpecific Purpose: Inform my audience of the dangers of childhood and adult obesity and how t
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Kelly Stevens Westminster College Summer 2007 Topic: cookies. Encourage people to support Girl Scouts by buying Girl ScoutSpecific Purpose: To inform my audience of all the benefits that Girl Scouts offer to young girls and how selling the cookies
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Public Schools in UtahHow are public schools funded (in Utah)? 67.7% 18.9 % 8.4% 5.0% State Property Tax Federal Local Tuition, Fees and InvestmentsStatistics of public schools (in Utah): Number of Students: 422,384 Number of Public Schools: 949
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Kelly Stevens EDUC 302 Vision and Purpose Fall 2007 My vision of the world is hope. I hope, as a future teacher that I will be able to make changes in my student's lives. I hope, because I made a different in my student's life that they will make a d
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Kelly Stevens EDUC 302 Fall 2007 Artifact: Standard 1 - Teacher Candidate will demonstrate understanding of learning as developmental Kindergarten Classroom Design and Floor planIn my Material & Methods class (EDUC 250, Fall 2007); I designed a dev
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Kelly Stevens EDUC 302 Fall 2007 Artifact: Standard 6, Teacher candidate will develop curriculum that connects knowledge about students to content specific standards. PowerPoint Presentation, The Food PyramidIn my Teaching with Technology Class (Fa
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Journal -Teach Something New -IworkedforanhourintheResourceclass.Thistimetheteacherhadtogetaphonecall&Iwasleftinthe classroomwiththestudents.Beforetheteacherleft,shehaddividedtheclassinto3groups.Weweregoingto play"games".ItwasFridayandthechildrenwere
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Kelly S. Stevens1604 N. Durocher Lane Tooele, UT 84074 435 849-0052 kss0130@westminstercollege.eduEducation:Westminster College, Salt Lake City, Utah Bachelors of Arts in Early Childhood and Elementary Education Minor: ESL Endorsement GPA : 3.8 T
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MED 672 Final Fall 2007 1. During this semester, we've explored many different aspects of instructional technology. A. Discuss the role technology has in education-both for teachers and for students. [25 points] I believe that there is a big role for
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Click to edit Master subtitle stylethe FOOD PyramidSteps to a healthier youIntroduction VideoWelcome!Teacher: Kelly Stevens Third Grade Nutrition and Healthhttp:/video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3177763658698736907Eating Right Eve
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FoundaPenny By Dr.Jean
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"Babies don't learn by memorizing lists; why should children or adults?" from a lecture by Dr. Asher at Cambridge University, EnglandTPR: Still a Very Good Ideaby Stephen Krashen, one of the world's leading experts on second language acquisition F
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Lets Review Australia Using ConjunctionsAustralia is a ve hot in De m r, _ cold in July. ry ce be _ thecountry is _, the arenot m pe re any ople living the . Australia has a lot of inte sting _. The re re koala is cute _ thecrocodileis _. Australi
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"Red, Yellow, Orange and Brown, Leaves are falling all over town!" said Gina as she raked up a big pile of leaves. "I learned that poem in kindergarten." "I have a better one," laughed her cousin, Barney. "Raking leaves is very hard And most of th
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Kelly Stevens Lesson Plan #1 Reflection
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Kelly Stevens Mini UnitFor my mini unit, I introduced my 6th grade math class to the strategy that Christi showed us a couple of weeks ago in our Math Methods class. I began by asking the class if they thought multiplying the number 11 was easy. I
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Using Arrays to Reason with FractionsIntroduction: The mathematics of fractions, rational numbers, and proportional reasoning is perhaps the most sophisticated, complex, and abstract mathematics in the K-8 school curriculum. Mastery of this materia
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How Children Develop, Chapter 1Themes: Natu re vs. Nu r tu re Both biological and environmental factors combine to inf luence child development. Nature is biologically what we receive from our parents Nur ture is the physical, social in fluences in
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Materials for each child: 8 Oreo cookies (4 for younger children) Paper towel A plastic spoon and/or a plastic knife Marker (optional) Halve and scrape Oreo cookies to illustrate Moon phases. Then arrange cookies on the poster in linear fashion be
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Phases of the MoonClick to edit Master subtitle style Science Reading Technology Green Component UEN ActivityIntegrated Lesson Plan By Kelly StevensPhases of the MoonGrade Level: 6th Grade Curriculum Area: Science, ReadingPersonal obj
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What causes the Moon's phasesThe phases the Moon goes through are caused by two things: 1) the Moon revolving around the Earth, and 2) the Moon reflecting sunlight towards the Earth. Half of the Moon is always lit, not just the portion we see: howev
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Scienceisawonderfulthingifonedoesnothavetoearnone'slivingatit. ~AlbertEinstein~TheOfficeofDr.Science November6,2008DearSlowlyMeltinginSaltLake: Firstletmecommendyouonyourattempttoworkwithyourdaughteronsuchan importantsubjectasthetransferenceofh
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Kelly Stevens Science Methods Fall 2008 Lesson Plan Reflection The Phases of the Moon October 30, 2000 The lesson plan that I was asked to prepare was an introduction to the phases of the moon. Overall, I think the lesson went very well. I was not a
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Kelly Stevens What aspects of conditioning and/or reciprocal determinism from Social Learning theory or aspects of Social Cognitive Theories do you see present in your observation?Albert Bandura's model of "reciprocal determinism" considers how what
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Kelly Stevens Fall 2008 Cognitive Theory Reflection Read about (or review) Piagets theory for the age of the children you are observing. What are two aspects of cognitive development that you observed in the children? What cognitive differences did y
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Kelly Stevens Discussion Guide #7 Spring 2008 Question #1 Thematic Cluster: Seasons Story Title #1: Charlottes Web, by E.B. White Story Plot Summary: Charlotte knows that she is dying, but she is determined to help Wilbur. It is a fact of nature that
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Kelly Stevens Reading Foundations I EDUC 343 Spring 2008 Topic: ELL Assessments 1. I have not yet started my ESL classes at Westminster, but have decided to minor in ESL because of the upcoming requirements for Utah teachers. How are teachers in Utah
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Haikus of The SeasonsSpring Memories of fun Plant seeds of love and beauty Flowers bloom eternallySummer Sweaty, tired, hot Climbing that mountain steep trail Will it ever end?Winter Snow falls peacefully What wonderful chilly sights Will it me
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Gradual Release of Responsibility Model of Instruction The Mitten, By Jan Brett Learning Guide Designed by: Kelly Stevens Grade level: 1st Grade Approximate length of time: 1 hour Curriculum Areas: Reading, Language Arts, Math Utah State Core Obj
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Reading Guide #2 ED UC 343 Kelly Stevens Spring 2008 C. I was not surprised that reading aloud to children appears to be the singlemost important factor for building critical concepts about reading. When you read to children, I believe that like th
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EDUC 343 Spring 2008 Kelly Stevens Reading Guide #3 1. I selected The Mitten, By Jan Brett for my read aloud. The reason I selected the book is that I had already selected it at as a read aloud for my 1st grade placement class. I have always liked th
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Reading for Life Chapter 7 Organizing for Reading Discussion Questions Kelly Stevens Spring 2008 What grade would the idea of a "contract" come into place? I think that Kindergarten and 1st grade is too young. Would 2nd grade be a good grade to sta
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Kelly Stevens Reflection - The Mitten, Learning Guide and Taught Lesson Spring 2008 As I look back at preparing and teaching this lesson, I realize it was a lot of work and some of things I focused on were not that important and that there were other
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Kelly Stevens Discussion Questions Shared Reading in the Classroom: Capturing the Essential of the Bedtime Story For Implicit and Explicit Instruction1. I noticed when I was reading individually to my student that I am tutoring, he is not paying at
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Kelly Stevens Spring 2008 Reflection #3 Contraction Lesson PlanThis lesson on contractions had several different aspects, and I think the students enjoyed them all. I learned from my second lesson that these 1st grade students need to have some mo
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Kelly Stevens Reading Guide #8 EDUC 343 Spring 2008a. Process of conventional spellers memorization or developmentalsequence? I think that the article refers to spelling as more of developmental sequence in the student's learning process. But, wi
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Center Instructions For Contraction Ice Cream ConesFor two students:Twostudentspassoutsixconesbetweenthemandlaytheconesonthetable.Oneatatimeastudent pullsan"icecreamscoop"fromthebucket.Ifthewordonthebucketmatchesupwithoneofhiscones, thenhekeepsthe
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Kelly Stevens D iscussion Guide #10 Spelling/Analysis of Handw r i tingEmergentLetter NameWith in WordsSyllables and AffixesDe rivational RelationsData Analysis: Emergent Letter Name Within Word Syllables and Affixes Derivational Relation
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EDUC 343 Spring 2008 Kelly Stevens Reading Guide #3 1. I selected The Mitten, By Jan Brett for my read aloud. The reason I selected the book is that I had already selected it at as a read aloud for my 1st grade placement class. I have always liked th
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Uni. Westminster - KSS - 0130
Kelly Stevens Thematic Writing Workshop Mini Lesson Outline Solving the Sentence Puzzle! EDUC 341 Spring 2008Grade Level: Kindergarten Unit Theme: Seasons Language Arts Core Objectives: Standard 1 (Oral Language) Students develop language for the
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Physical Education Lesson Plans "Seasons" Put Together By: Amy, Brandy & Kelly
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ONLINE SOURCESPlimoth Web site Something new I learned about the pilgrams was:Scholastic Web Site Something new I learned about the pilgrams was:Mayflower Web Site Something new I learned about the pilgrams was:Other site you found? (Extra Cr
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Mayflower Myths Myth #1: The first Thanksgiving was in 1621 and the pilgrims celebrated it every year thereafter. Fact #1: The first feast wasn't repeated, so it wasn't the beginning of a tradition. In fact, the colonists didn't even call the day Tha
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Myles Standish Interview Myles Standish was one of the 102 English settlers who sailed on the Mayflower in 1620. He had served in Queen Elizabeth's Army and was chosen to command the first group of men to go ashore when the ship reached New England.
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Wampanoag Interview on Aspects of Daily Life Relationship with Pilgrims What did you think of the Pilgrims when they first arrived? When the Mayflower came, first to the outer arm of the Cape and then into Plimoth, we looked on them with apprehension
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PictureAnalysisName:_Selecttwopicturesthataredifferentlooksatthesametopic.Analyzeeachseparatelyandthenconsiderthebiggerpictureby consideringbothtogether.Picture 1: What is it a picture of? Describe it in detail. 1. What do you learn from studying
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Kelly Stevens ESL 321Utah Laws to represent ELLs:Rule R277-716. Alternative Language Services for Utah Students. A. "Alternative language program" means a research-based language acquisition instructional service model used to achieve English prof