The artifact that I chose to reflect goal #4 (Design unit and lesson plans that combine curricular competencies and content in creative, thoughtful and engaging ways ) is from a unit I created in my EDCI 414 course. In this unit, I was able to explore the big idea of ‘Local actions have global consequences, and global actions have local consequences‘ from the grade 2 social studies curriculum. The concept of the unit was ‘Little changes have a big impact’ and environmental topics such as waste management, water conservation, transportation and more were involved. I have chosen the artifact from an activity I created for a lesson on waste managements where the topics of garbage, recycling and compost are discussed.
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Why does this artifact reflect my learning of the objective/goal:
The artifact of this lesson is an activity that I created specifically for this class. The activity sheet I created for this lesson gives students the opportunity to practice sorting what commonly used waste items should be placed in garbage, recycling and compost bins. I felt this artifact reflected my learning for this goal as I felt it was a creative and engaging way for students to interact with the content of the curriculum.
What stood out to me in my learning process:
What stood out to me while creating my unit on these topics was the wealth of amazing resources available on these topics created by a multitude of resources including other teachers, children’s books and companies such as BC Hydro. All these resources had the goal of environmental education in mind specifically for early primary grades.
How this learning may impact my teaching practice in the future:
I hope to be able to use the lessons I created for this unit in my future practice and I am always looking for new resources such as the ones I found during the process of this assignment. Further, I hope to be able to integrate these lessons into my next practicum experience in some form.
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