...poems using various comprehension strategies * Use creative writing tools to draft their class poem * Explore and evaluate the different railway systems across the world * Use technology to research about new topics and enhance learning * Use connections from real life to add and subtract numbers * Appreciate rhythm in poems by exploring the nuances of the same * Co-create tune for the class poem * Interview and learn from peers, family, relatives and community members * Design an independent project and co-create the same based on interviews, readings and research. Integration of Other Functional/Academic Skills: Problem Solving, Critical thinking/ Analysis are required throughout all the lessons. Each one of these fundamental academic skills can be integrated with the other to produce a project-based outcome. With respect to integration of subjects, it would be Mathematics, History and Geography along with Reading fluency, Comprehension, Speaking and listening, and Writing. There will be use of technology, music and dance throughout the project. Estimated time and brief outline of the project: The estimated time of the project would be around 12-15 days. This completely depends on how students master each skill and how ready are they to learn at a particular pace. Each lesson would be around 45 mins and there would be different phases in the project. Phase 1: Literacy (New Vocabulary, Reading fluency, Comprehension, Speaking and listening...
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...can support a dream system. We are to create a system which can be possible to achieve and runnable by any teacher without having any hard time. a. The company setting i. HISTORY ii. NATURE OF BUSINESS iii. PROCEDURE IN HANDLING BUSINESS (System Flowcharting) 1. Functional Decomposition 2. ER Diagram a. The problem setting iv. The problem * The computing of students’ grade itself is consuming the teachers’ time instead of using it with creating new lesson plans or strategic plans to enhance the students’ ability. * Grades are not computed as accurate as it has to be. v. Effects of problems * To lessen the time consumed on each factor of the class standing computed by the teacher for each student * All the grades of the student can edit and stored in database. II. The proposed DBMS solution a.) Introduction b.) Background of the study c.) Objectives of the system To offer a more convenient way of computing and a user friendly program and to simplifies the task and reduce the paper work. d.) Significance of the study e.) Definition of terms III. Enterprise Modeling a.) Functional Decomposition b.) ER Diagram MANUAL OPERATION c.) Recitation Fourth Grading First Grading Second Grading Third Grading Grades Totalize Record Dance Troupe Attendance Seatwork Exam Project Quiz Behavior Debate Championship Boy Scout Girl Scout...
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...Importance of Movement in the Classroom “Stop fidgeting! Hold still! Sit down! Stay in your seat!” Can you imagine children trying to learn while their teacher is constantly scolding the students for moving too much at their desks??? Children need to move! Not just for the sake of their physical selves, but also for social, emotional and cognitive development. Movement benefits the whole child. In this essay, I will explain why movement in the classroom is important for the physical, the social, and the academic well-being of students, and also how the teachers’ role can help determine the wellness of their classrooms. Given the alarming facts surrounding the childhood obesity crisis, the state of children’s fitness is clearly the responsibility of all who are involved with children. As early childhood professionals we have a duty to educate the whole child and do our part to help keep our students as healthy as possible. According to The National Association for Sport and Physical Education, it is recommended that young children should not be sedentary for more than 60 minutes at a time, except when sleeping. While 60 minutes a day is the suggested minimum, it is further recommended that children accumulate “up to several hours” of physical activity daily (American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, 2011). For early childhood professionals, the notion of “accumulation” is reassuring. It means you don’t have to worry about setting aside massive blocks...
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...American Indian Reservation ‘‘The drum is considered the heartbeat of the community’’ Jennifer L. Gilliard1,3 and Rita A. Moore2 This article investigates how culture shapes instruction in three early care and education programs on the Flathead Indian Reservation. Interviews with eight early childhood teachers as well as classroom observations were conducted. The investigation is framed by the following research question: How does the culture of the family and community shape curriculum? Data analysis suggested that ongoing communication with parents and community about teaching within a culturally relevant context, building a sense of belongingness and community through ritual, and respecting children, families, and community were essential to defining the Native American Indian culture within these early learning programs. KEY WORDS: culture; in; tribal; early; education; programs. INTRODUCTION Instruction informed by children’s home and community culture is critical to supporting a sense of belongingness that ultimately impacts academic achievement (Banks, 2002; Osterman, 2000). American school populations are increasingly diversified with immigrants and English language learners; but American teachers are over 90% European American (Nieto, 2000). Educators who are from different cultural perspectives than those present in the families and communities of the children they teach, ‘‘may 1 Department of Education, Early Childhood Division, The University of Montana...
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...91209 – Version 2 22222222 ‘C’ is for Contemporary NCEA Level Two Dance Achievement Standard 91209 Version 2 Perform a repertoire of dance (2.5) Credits: 6 Task Instructions: This achievement standard requires you to learn and perform a repertoire of dances from the same style/genre. You will be assessed on how well your performances demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the stylistic requirements of the dance genre. This assessment activity requires you to perform a repertoire of three dances from the Contemporary Dance genre. Your performances will each be at least 1-2minutes in length. You will receive an indicative grade for each dance based on the overall assessment criteria. However, your final grade will be determined holistically over the three dances. This task will take approximately 9-10 weeks to complete, although this time will be divided up through out your dance course. The material and information covered in this unit will support the development of your knowledge of the Modern Contemporary Dance genre. The dances you will be performing within the contemporary genre are: Contemporary Dance One: “The Shadow People” Term 3, Week 10 A group dance choreographed by multimedia artist and choreographer, Sharyne Lewis. This dance is based on ideas associated with being a ghost in modern society, with the belief of existence outside of society’s acceptable norms. The dance incorporates techniques by Pina Bausch and Michael Palmenter, such as...
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...Interview Project After completing my interviews with local businessmen, Dale Coleman, Owner of CES Coleman Environmental Services, L.L.C. and Jean Light, Owner of Light’s Crafting, I realized that there are many different perceptions in a community concerning schools. While discussing the question for the interview with both business people, it became obvious that they both feel that for the most part the community views the school in a positive manner. Mrs. Light said, she thinks it is because the community is small and has a history of families attending for generations. Where as, Mr. Coleman said that he feels Common Core caused a stir last year due to a lack of people providing educated information on what is was actually encompassing. Both parties agreed that parents are well informed about the school rules and consequences through the “handbook” and parent night meetings at the beginning of the year. Mrs. Light also mentioned that the handbook was available on the school’s website. When asked about how the faculty and staff speak of each other and the school, both people stated that they felt most of the...
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...Starting a charter school is truly a community effort. However, the rewards we may find by creating a new educational option for children are well worth the effort. The first question we want to answer is why do we want to start a charter school? As a charter developer, we need to have a clear answer to this question. Matanuska-Susitna Valley residents desire a school that provides a rich and comprehensive educational program for students with talents and potential in dance, instrumental music, vocal music, theatre, and visual art or media arts. This school will provide students and parents with expanded choices in the types of educational opportunities that are available within the public school system to maximize each student’s special talents. Our graduates will increase the quality of their life, the lives of people who surround them, and the respective communities of the Valley. There are many people interested in helping to start our charter school waiting for recruitment. These founders will include parents, teachers, school principals, lawyers, business entrepreneurs and accountants. Our founding group needs to have expertise in a variety of areas, including: • Curriculum & instruction • Public school financing • Real estate • Human resources • Public relations • Management • Governance • Education law • Drafting charter school applications • Fund raising • Assessment of student achievement Our plan is to set...
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...save the society we live in today as well. But what would the world be without the entertainers we see and admire on television? In the present day the people in media are influencing us more than the teachers and elders in our neighborhoods. One entertainer that I look up to is Zoe Saldana. Although, her career in entertainment has just recently begun she has impacted film and society in a positive manner through her ability to play strong female lead roles that challenge how we view female sexuality and which helps transcend Hollywood’s perspective of race and ethnicity. Her career started quite spontaneously. She was born in New Jersey but moved to the Dominican Republic at the age of nine after the death of her father. There she took interest in dance and was enrolled in a prestigious dance academy. She came back to the United States at the age of seventeen, where she was discovered by a talent agency after performing around town with Faces Theater Troupe, a theater troupe which focused on keeping teens out of the streets and trouble. Her dance ability and acting experience expedited her to land her first role in the movie Center Stage. Since Center Stage her career has taken off. In a 2003 interview Saldana was asked why she passed over the topic of race in her past interviews. She replied, “Because ethnic is a word that doesn’t exists in my vocabulary. In Hollywood you hear thing like, Oh, they loved you but they want to go more traditional.” She also went on to say that...
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...ability to use language to build trust and rapport; the Understanding style, the ability to develop logical arguments and use rhetoric; and the Self-expressive style, the ability to use metaphoric and expressive language. Figure 1. Sample "Kinesthetic" Vocations by Style MasteryThe ability to use the body and tools to take effective action or to construct or repair.Mechanic, Trainer, Contractor, Craftsperson, Tool and Dye Maker | InterpersonalThe ability to use the body to build rapport, to console or persuade, and to support others.Coach, Counselor, Salesperson, Trainer | Kinesthetic | UnderstandingThe ability to plan strategically or to critique the actions of the body.Physical Educator, Sports Analyst, Professional Athlete, Dance Critic | Self-ExpressiveThe ability to appreciate the aesthetics of the body and to use those values to create new forms of expression.Sculptor, Choreographer, Actor, Dancer, Mime, Puppeteer | Next, we listed samples of vocations that people are likely to choose, given particular intelligence and learning-style profiles. Working in this way, we devised a model that linked the process-centered approach of learning styles and the content and product-driven multiple intelligence theory. Figure 2 shows how you might construct a classroom display of information about intelligences, styles, and possible vocations. Consider kinesthetic intelligence and the difference...
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...Technology Changing How Students Learn, Teachers Say There is a widespread belief among teachers that students’ constant use of digital technology is hampering their attention spans and ability to persevere in the face of challenging tasks, according to two surveys of teachers being released on Thursday. Monica Almeida/The New York Times Hope Molina-Porter, an English teacher in Fullerton, Calif., worries that technology is deeply altering how students learn. The researchers note that their findings represent the subjective views of teachers and should not be seen as definitive proof that widespread use of computers, phones and video games affects students’ capability to focus. Even so, the researchers who performed the studies, as well as scholars who study technology’s impact on behavior and the brain, say the studies are significant because of the vantage points of teachers, who spend hours a day observing students. The timing of the studies, from two well-regarded research organizations, appears to be coincidental. One was conducted by the Pew Internet Project, a division of the Pew Research Center that focuses on technology-related research. The other comes from Common Sense Media, a nonprofit organization in San Francisco that advises parents on media use by children. It was conducted by Vicky Rideout, a researcher who has previously shown that media use among children and teenagers ages 8 to 18 has grown so fast that they on average spend twice as much time with...
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...media players Interactive whiteboards Voice projections systems Developing FUNctional skills through physical education Games consoles Nintendo Wii Fit Dance mat systems Pedometers Pupil response systems Archos The use of iPods Podcasting The Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) Video conferencing Youtube Cameras There are a range of hardware applications that can be used with physical education departments. Video cameras can provide footage of experienced performers in action and can be used to inspire, to demonstrate correct techniques and to develop pupils’ understanding and knowledge of the subject. By reviewing their own actions, for example, pupils can evaluate and improve their own games strategies, gymnastics sequences, trampolining routines or dance compositions, particularly if they are able to look at their performances in slow motion or from a different viewing angle. Within practical situations the use of still and video cameras can highlight personal achievement within lessons. Video footage and photographic images can be cropped and edited and used either a slideshow or highlight DVD. Cameras can also be used as an assessment for learning tool and as a form of classroom management. Furthermore, they can help to create activity cards, worksheets, presentations as well as enable a teacher to break a particular skill or technique down to reinforce learning and demonstrate and show good practice. One example of a useful camera is the Sanyo Xacti video...
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...for the reader to identify the complete reference in the references list. See the examples below for variations of this general rule. Author’s name in text APA Manual 6.11 (p. 174) If you cite the author’s name in your paper, cite only the publication year in parentheses at the end of the sentence: Citing two authors APA Manual 6.12 (p. 175) Cite both authors’ last names and the publication date every time you refer to the work in your paper. In parentheses, use an ampersand (&) to separate the authors’ names: In Silent Spring, Carsen (1962) made an intelligent and passionate case for the immediate cessation of careless and pervasive pesticide use. They believe that a key aspect of the growth of dance on the American cultural scene has been the expansion of dance education in varied forms (Kraus & Hilsendager, 1981). References Carsen, R. (1962). Silent spring. Greenwich, CT: Fawcett. Citing three, four, or five authors APA Manual 6.12 (p. 175) Cite all the authors’ last names and the publication date the first time you refer to the work. If you refer the work...
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...Palmer Cutbacks in Music, Art and Physical Education School is where we all gain basic knowledge. It is where we learn what we need to live and then get interested in what we will excel at later in life. Many students want to grow up to be a lawyer, doctor or a teacher but for some students, it is the dream of being a famous musician, artist or athlete. With education budget cuts and the motion for higher standardized test scores on the raise, many schools have been forced to cut some of their programs. Those hardest hit are music, art and physical education classes. The issue is that cutting these programs may do more harm to students than good. Studies have shown that music, art and physical activity have many positive effects on student development and learning. Physical education has become especially important today. With childhood obesity become an increasing problem, physical health and proper nutrition has become a great concern. Music and art also have also shown to have an impact on physical development. These are the classes and programs that promote creativity, self-expression and individuality, and for many students are the classes that they look the most forward to and are often the highlight of their day. By taking them away are we not robbing our students of the opportunity to learn through different mediums? What about the future musicians, artists and athletes? Are we not robbing...
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...media players Interactive whiteboards Voice projections systems Developing FUNctional skills through physical education Games consoles Nintendo Wii Fit Dance mat systems Pedometers Pupil response systems Archos The use of iPods Podcasting The Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) Video conferencing Youtube Cameras There are a range of hardware applications that can be used with physical education departments. Video cameras can provide footage of experienced performers in action and can be used to inspire, to demonstrate correct techniques and to develop pupils’ understanding and knowledge of the subject. By reviewing their own actions, for example, pupils can evaluate and improve their own games strategies, gymnastics sequences, trampolining routines or dance compositions, particularly if they are able to look at their performances in slow motion or from a different viewing angle. Within practical situations the use of still and video cameras can highlight personal achievement within lessons. Video footage and photographic images can be cropped and edited and used either a slideshow or highlight DVD. Cameras can also be used as an assessment for learning tool and as a form of classroom management. Furthermore, they can help to create activity cards, worksheets, presentations as well as enable a teacher to break a particular skill or technique down to reinforce learning and demonstrate and show good practice. One example of a useful camera is the Sanyo Xacti video...
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...Dance-Related Injury Causes Page Break Abstract In any physical activity, injuries are almost always inevitable. For dance, these injuries could be just as life threatening as those from contact sports, even though no one is constantly running after them. With this being said, there are many precautions in place to prevent these injuries. Why aren't there less people with no dance-related injuries? This study discovered the causes behind dance-related injuries. High school seniors and undergraduate students were participants of a one-on-one interview discussing their dance history, specifically the events that correlated with their past and current injuries. Two dancers have never experienced a dance-related injury and...
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