SEED 4101/4102/4103

ASSIGNMENT SUMMARY/CALENDAR

FALL 2006

 

 

Date/Day

 

Readings Due

 

Assignments Due

 

Readings Due

 

Assignments Due

 

Practicum Assignments Due

 

Block I

 

Block II

Practicum Activities and Assignments Due

 

August 29 (Tues)

 

 

The Act of Teaching

Ch. 4, pp.73-89

 

 

Discuss expectations with cooperating teacher

 

Observe first day of school, complete handout

August 31 (Thurs)

 

Practicum schedule

The Act of Teaching, Ch. 6, pp. 146-154

 

 

September 5 (Tues)

 

 

 

 

September 7 (Thurs)

 

Communicating with Students and Parents

The Act of Teaching, Ch. 6, pp. 154-162

 

Portfolio Standard 1 due to practicum supervisor by end of day Friday 9/8

 

September 12 (Tues)

Alternatives to Look It Up in the Dictionary!

The Act of Teaching, Ch. 11, pp. 341-344

Ch. 6, pp. 169-174

 

Begin to identify useful unit and lesson plan resources from INTEL

 

Begin to identify useful unit and lesson plan resources from Curriculum Library

 

September 14 (Thurs)

 

Daniels Ch. 1-2

 

Vocabulary strategies presentations (5)

The Act of Teaching, Ch. 6, pp. 162-181

 

 

 

September 19 (Tues)

Daniels Ch 3-4

 

Vocabulary strategies presentations (4)

 

 

 

September 21 (Thurs)

 

Daniels Ch. 5

 

Cruickshank pp. 54-57

 

Vocabulary strategies presentations (4)

The Act of Teaching, Ch. 7, pp. 184-193

 

Peer Teaching

 

Portfolio Standards 6 and 7 due to practicum supervisor by end of day Friday 9/22

 

 

Date/Day

 

Readings Due

 

Assignments Due

 

Readings Due

 

Assignments Due

 

Practicum Assignments Due

September 26 (Tues)

 

Text set due

The Act of Teaching, Ch. 6, pp. 193-200

 

Peer Teaching

 

Unit template due:  Beginning-standards

 

 

September 28 (Thurs)

 

Strategies Presentations (7)

The Act of Teaching, Ch. 8, pp.238-247

 

Peer Teaching

 

Unit template due:  Learning outcomes-terms and skills covered

 

Student teaching application due Friday 9/29

October 3 (Tues)

 

Strategies Presentations (6)

The Act of Teaching, Ch. 8, pp. 247-255

 

Peer Teaching

 

Unit template due:  Materials and resources-accommodations

 

 

 

 

October 5 (Thurs)

 

 

The Act of Teaching, Ch. 8, pp.258-269

 

Peer Teaching

 

Unit template due:  Focusing activity to begin unit

 

 

 

 

October 10 (Tues)

 

Differentiating Instruction for Academic Diversity

Handout from Instructional Models

 

Peer Teaching

 

Plan for student learning analysis due

 

 

 

 

October 12 (Thurs)

 

Portfolio and Unit Plan Work Day

Portfolio and Unit Plan Work Day

 

Individual Student conferences

 

Two lesson plans from unit due for feedback

 

Two lesson plans from unit due for feedback

 

Date/Day

 

Readings Due

 

Assignments Due

 

Readings Due

 

Assignments Due

 

Practicum Assignments Due

October 17 (Tues)

 

NO CLASS—FALL BREAK

NO CLASS—FALL BREAK

 

Finish lesson planning

October 19 (Thurs)

 

NO CLASS—ATTEND EDUCATION MINNESOTA CONFERENCE

 

NO CLASS—ATTEND EDUCATION MINNESOTA CONFERENCE

 

Finish lesson planning

October 24 (Tues)

 

Cruickshank pp. 57-68

 

Parent Communication due

The Act of Teaching, Ch. 9, pp. 290-300

 

 

October 26 (Thurs)

 

 

The Act of Teaching, Ch. 12, pp. 373-408

 

Portfolio Standard 4 due to practicum supervisor by end of day Friday 10/26

 

October 31 (Tues)

 

NO CLASS—PRACTICUM FULL TIME

NO CLASS—IN PRACTICUM FULL TIME

October 31-November 10:  Teach a minimum of two classes a day

November 2 (Thurs)

 

NO CLASS—PRACTICUM FULL TIME

NO CLASS—IN PRACTICUM FULL TIME

See above

November 7 (Tues)

 

Differentiated Lesson due. 

NO CLASS—IN PRACTICUM FULL TIME

See above

 

 

November 9 (Thurs)

 

NO CLASS—PRACTICUM FULL TIME

NO CLASS—IN PRACTICUM FULL TIME

See above

November 14 (Tues)

 

Daniels Ch. 6-7, 11-12

The Act of Teaching, Ch. 9, pp. 278-290

 

November 13-17:  Return to practicum to complete assessments and/or unit, if necessary

 

November 16 (Thurs)

 

Weinstein Ch. 6

The Act of Teaching, Ch. 9, pp. 300-312

 

Practicum Student Learning Analysis due

 

Student Learning Analysis due (Block II)

 

Portfolio Standards 2 and 8 due to practicum supervisor by end of day Friday 11/17

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date/Day

 

Readings Due

 

Assignments Due

 

Readings Due

 

Assignments Due

 

Practicum Assignments Due

November 21 (Tues)

 

Jonathan Kozol:  Excerpts from Savage Inequalities and The Shame of the Nation

 

Enid Lee:  Taking Multicultural, Antiracist Education Seriously

 

Handouts:  The Is and Isn’t of Multicultural Education; Facets of Being a Multicultural Educator

 

Paul Kivel:  The Culture of Power

 

“The Face of the American Teacher…”

Weinstein, Ch. 3,pp.29-51; Ch. 4, pp. 53-75

 

Peer Teaching

 

 

November 23 (Thurs)

 

NO CLASS—THANKSGIVING BREAK

NO CLASS—THANKSGIVING BREAK

 

November 28 (Tues)

 

“Black Teen is Only Three Cents Short”

 

“Put It in Blacks Backyard”

 

“Color Blind or Just Plain Blind”

 

“The Full Blown ‘Oprah Effect’:  Reflections on Color, Class, and New Age Racism”

 

“Math, SAT’s, and Racial Profiling”

 

“Teachers’ Race Linked to Students’ Scores”

 

“The Only One:  Being Black in the White Working World”

 

“Finding the Words to Talk about Race”

 

Paul Kivel:  Guidelines for Being Strong White Allies

 

Know Your Rights Comix

 

Weinstein, Ch. 5, pp. 76-108; Ch. 7., pp. 142-169

 

Peer Teaching

 

UNIT PLAN DUE

 

UNIT PLAN DUE

 

 

 

Date/Day

 

Readings Due

 

Assignments Due

 

Readings Due

 

Assignments Due

 

Practicum Assignments Due

November 30 (Thurs)

 

Cruickshank pp. 47-49

Weinstein, Ch. 9, pp. 200-218; Ch. 10, pp. 220-254

 

Peer Teaching

 

 

December 5 (Tues)

 

Cruickshank pp. 49-52

 

“What do We Say When We Hear ‘Faggot’?”

 

“Male Bashing on TV”

 

“Study Casts Doubt on the ‘Boy Crisis’”

 

Weinstein, Ch. 8, pp. 172-198; Ch.11, pp. 257-288

 

Peer Teaching

 

 

December 7 (Thurs)

 

Cruickshank pp. 45-47

 

“Not All Inequality Bothers Bush”

 

“Test Scores, Poverty are Entwined”

 

“Needy Kids, Novice Teachers”

 

“Genes’ Sway over IQ may Vary with Class”

 

Native American essay due

 

Weinstein Ch 12, pp. 292-333; Weinstein Ch. 13, pp. 334-358

 

Peer Teaching

 

Portfolio Standards 3 and 5 due to practicum supervisor by end of day Friday 12/8

December 12 (Tues)

 

 

Weinstein, Ch. 14, pp. 359-384

 

 

 

December 14 (Thurs)

Legal Issues

The Act of Teaching, Ch. 13, pp.415-430

 

Portfolio Standards 9 and 10 due to practicum supervisor by end of day Friday 12/15

 

December 18-21

Finals Week

FINAL EXAM/BOOK PRESENTATIONS:   DECEMBER 21 (THURSDAY), 8:30-10:30 AM

 

Final Oral Exam