Ja'Leah Summers

• Most parents ask me to just keep their kid(s) entertained and safe. I have changed diapers, made light meals, helped with teaching babies different milestones such as sitting up or standing, played games and different activities, helped children learn the alphabet, numbers, colors, and reading.
• Communicated positively with children and guardians.
• Reassured children when upset.
• Bathed, dressed, and helped with brushing teeth when it was bedtime.
• Light housekeeping and laundry and clean/organized the house after activities or games by picking up toys and clearing away trash

I designed a Dental Health lesson for the students at Memminger Elementary. In my lesson I covered the importance of oral hygiene and went over different things that could happen if someone doesn't brush their teeth, floss, and regularly visit a dentist. I also covered making healthy food/drink choices and how that can affect the teeth. The students also did 2 activities one being attempting to brush hard-boiled eggs that were left in either water, vinegar, coffee, or Coca-Cola until it returned to its original color. In this activity students learned about teeth staining and the importance of brushing their teeth everyday so that bacteria can go away. For the second lesson, I placed clay in between the spaces at the bottom of an egg carton to act as plaque and bacteria in between teeth. After learning that bacteria can get in between teeth and lead to cavities and other oral diseases, students went one by one using floss to practice the correct technique of sliding it back and forth to get the bacteria out.

I taught a Move to Learn lesson at Memminger Elementary School. The lesson was designed to help students recognize, spell, and memorize their sight words, through the art of play specifically using hopping skills to get through an obstacle course. The students were put in groups and had to hop through 6 hula hoops, walk on a balance beam, and hop in and out of 2 other balance beams. Their sight words were provided by their teacher which I printed and then cut in between the letters. So, after they completed the obstacle course they ran down to the final hula hoop to grab one of those papers and with their group had to piece them together to create their sight words. To test their understanding, after each group finished I asked them to read me the words and then each student was tasked with using one of the words in a sentence.

I was in the Teacher Cadet Program, placed at Ashley River for my field experience, and had the pleasure of teaching a social studies lesson on goods and services. To put this into simpler terms, I used needs vs wants. I began the lesson by defining a need and want, and then I had two students give examples. Next, I played a video to explain the difference between the two further, and then, after reviewing the video, we moved into my assessment. I gave out whiteboards, expo markers, and erasers. I asked about certain items and whether they were needed or wanted, and the students wrote the answers on their whiteboards. At the end of the lesson, it was clear that they understood and were engaged throughout thelesson. The students demonstrated their understanding by explaining why certain things went into one category or the other, giving additional examples, and even challenging some of my answers, stating that they could go in both categories. Challenging my answers showed they were actively listening and engaging in critical thinking.