Happy Veterans Day to all those that have served or are serving.
This weekend I worked on social media posts to highlight our Veterans on campus, but also finished up my lesson for our LIFE Students- Government Class.
Reminder about my school: -9-12 Comprehensive High School -Have various programs that include Culinary/Floral/Vet Tech/ROTC and more -LIFE (Learning in a Functional Environment) 9-12
Anytime I can showcase our Premium Resources- I am doing it! It doesn't matter the content or ability- there are so many resources to make them accessible for all learners.
Lesson: -Using Britannica to learn about Veterans Day (we will spend time navigating to the article) -Completing a Matching Sheet -Using Canva to create Thank You Cards for our Veterans on campus (this might be finished in the classroom depending on length of time for the other pieces)
Reasons I LOVE Britannica for ALL levels of learners: -can change the reading level -can change the font size (make that font size bigger!) -can change the language -can have it read to you
Ways I am making this lesson more accessible to all: -anytime I need them to type something or search for something I have it spelled out so they don't have to look at the screen
-The presentation that I used as very little words and has one picture per slide (This is great for any type of scaffolding)
I looked back and I realized I haven't blogged since September. I have been sharing lots on my Instagram and TikTok account! This last month I have been doing a TON of orientations! I apologize to all the teachers when they come in that my jokes never change, but feel free to laugh at my punch lines.
I am slowly but surely starting some more collaborations- I have to remind myself.. I have only been on this campus a little over 3 months.
Demographics of my campus: -9th-12th grade -over 3000 students -comprehensive High School so also has a floral program, vet program, culinary program and more
Some lessons I have done: -working with the Spanish class to create Instagram posts over famous Hispanic People using our premium resources -working with the floral department on library displays -working withe English I over how to use our online catalog to find books they enjoy -working with English 4 to work on research and search tools -I taught my first parent class!
My hope is to share more of these lessons for you to take, borrow and steal!
I spent 13 years as a LIFE (learning in a functional environment) teacher before becoming an Instructional Technology Specialist and then a librarian.
I try to collaborate with all content areas- and of course this includes our LIFE students. I had the chance to collaborate with Coach O our Work Based Learning Teacher we talked about creating a Resume. Now, resumes are important for jobs.. but what a great way for students to also advocate for themselves! They can give these resumes to a teacher or a friend.
-used pictures -when search terms needed to be typed- had paper next to students -when they needed to choose a template printed ones for students to choose from
This is also a project that we started today but the teacher will continue in the classroom.
Our big goals for today:
-Learning about a Resume -Opening up Canva
-choosing a template
-renaming the template for their name
-adding their name
-adding their phone number
-adding their school and grade level
(also- what a great way to work on phone numbers/email addresses/regular addresses and more!)
The things they will work on when they go back to class:
-thinking of at least 3 things that they can put in the about me section
-thinking about what skills they have
For both of these items we talked about how some are bilingual, some already have a job, some help babysit, some are hardworkers, some like to learn new things. In other words- they all have something to bring to the table!
For them to finish their resume the teacher they will finish up:
-The Skills section -The address section
-The about me Section
With us using Canva this is also now a living document that they can go back and edit as needed (and also share like in Google)
If you are on TikTok this video is here too- but this is the breakdown of how I set up the lesson.
Next week I am working with another LIFE class over Veterans Day.
Other upcoming adventures:
-headed to an elementary school (my role as a flexible floater has me supporting all campuses) -working with ELA 4 over science fiction
-THANKSGIVING BREAK!!
I also have some other programming projects up my sleeve- but will save those for another blog.
