Student-Teachers Prayer

Dear God, I want to teach my students how to live this life on earth, to face its struggles and its strife and to improve their worth. Not just the lesson in a book or how the rivers flow, but to choose the proper path wherever they may go. To understand eternal truth, know right from wrong and gather all the beauty of a flower and a song. For if I help the world to grow in wisdom and grace, then I feel that I have won and I have filled my place. And so I ask your guidance, God, that I may do my part for character, confidence and happiness of heart. AMEN

A Teacher's Creed

1. Commit fully your time, effort and thoughts.

2. Be prepared at all times. Refrain from making excuses. 3. Respect the students, consider the rights of others. 4. Listen, everyone has the right to be heard. 5. Smile, maintain a healthy sense of humor. 6. Be fair, just and treat everyone equally. 7. Be careful with your words and how you say it. 8. Do it today. This is the best time to do it. 9. Be humble and sincere. Avoid pretenses. 10. Walk an extra mile. 11. Grow personally, socially and professionally. 12. Thank the Lord for what you are and what you can do. Thank all others around you.

Personal Educational Philosophy

As a teacher, I have certain ideas which guide my actions towards students. I believe that students have many outstanding qualities. These qualities include inquisitiveness and interpersonal skills. Developing and

extending these qualities are the duties of a teacher. The beliefs which guide as a teacher are student centered learning and adapting to students.

Student centered learning is my guiding principle. The student needs to have an active part in his/her learning. Students need guidance to develop the tools for student centered learning. As a teacher, I help them to develop questions to ask history and help to make them see the value of education and social studies. The student needs to find the "meat" of the information. By finding the information, students can transfer these skills to places beyond social studies.

Teachers need to adapt to students. It is not my goal to change the way students learn but rather to change the way I teach. To make learning accessible, teachers need to give the students every opportunity to learn in different learning styles. Teachers should develop ways to engage students. By using the different types of learning styles, teachers are able to reach many students. Each topic should use a variety of learning styles. As a teacher, I will use many different techniques to reach the students.

Teachers need to incorporate different strategies for student work and have student centered learning. During my student teaching experiences I have

striven to include my beliefs about education. I believe students have the right and the ability to know.

Philosophy of Teaching

Education has always been very important to me, and this has been embedded into me since I was young. I have always loved to learn new knowledge and for me being able to teach others would be both rewarding and satisfying. I believe that teaching is the career that I want to pursue. I believe I would successfully fulfill the requirements and responsibilities that come along with teaching.

Teachers have a very important role in the community and they should therefore fulfill it to the best of their abilities. They plant the foundations, I believe, of what society is and will be based on because teachers are educating the children of tomorrow. Teachers take on many and varied roles, and have many responsibilities which I believe I could fulfill.

In order to be a successful and effective teacher, I believe it is important that we have a philosophy so that our teaching is purposeful and gives us a clear direction to improve on our teaching. For me, I believe that it is important to establish an environment and a relationship with children where they can feel safe, comfortable and are able to be encouraged to push themselves to the best of their abilities in all learning areas. Teachers need to continuously update and revise their teaching philosophy and teaching methods as to give children the best opportunities for education as possible.

A Detailed Lesson Plan in English (First YearSecondary)

Objectives At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to: Identify statements that show cause and effect relationship. Read a poem correctly and clearly with expressions. Appreciate reading poems. Decode words with augh (o) sounds

Subject Matter Cause and Effect Relationship Reference/s: Fun in English Reading Textbook pages 94-101

Materials: Visual Aids, Charts, Flash Cards, Pictures, Name Tags Values: Develop a genuine love for reading, love for family Procedure Learning Activities Teachers Activity Good Morning Class... Let us pray first... (Checking of Attendance) ...say present... Please pick up the pieces of paper under your chair So how was your weekend? Thats good! Have you enjoyed your weekend bonding with your family? Thats good to know. For this morning, our discussion will be in relation to a family. Are you familiar with Barneys I Love You Song? Okay thats good, so are you ready to sing and have fun today? Warm Up Let us sing Barneys I Love You Song. (Students Sing) Students Activity Good Morning Sir! (One Student will lead the Prayer) (Students raise their hand and say present as the teacher calls in their name) (Students pick up the pieces of paper) It was great sir! Of course sir! It was a lot of fun! Yes sir! We love purple-colored dinosaur!

Yes

I love you, you love me and were a happy family, With a great big hug and a kiss from me to you, Hope you say you love me too.

Okay now class, What can you say about the song? Does it tell us something important that we have already forgotten to do nowadays? How could you say so John?

Sir, eventhough the song is very short, but I guess its full of emotions. Because sir I noticed that the song has a lot to do with our love for our family, that the real meaning of family is all about loving each other, and nowadays kissing and hugging our parents or family members are not being practiced anymore.

That was a very good explanation John, you know what class the song simply tells us something that we should always consider for us to keep our family or relationship with others intact, sometimes showing affection/love towards a person makes him feel that he is appreciated and there will be feeling of belonginess and love. What else have you noticed which made you conclude that the song is all about love? Everybody had just sung very well, its now time to improve your pronunciation more... Because sir, there are so many descriptive words in the song, the most obvious one is I LOVE YOU.

Pronunciation Drill ...read the following words: Words with augh= // Caught Naught Taught Naughty Daughter Lesson Proper

Presentation Show pictures of a Mother (a) and a Cake (b) Motivation What do you see in pictures A and B? When was the last time you gave a gift to your mother? It is mothers birthday. Why do you think there is a cake? What do you think is the celebration? By kissing and hugging her. Aside from giving material gifts, how else do you show your love for your mother? Discussion Let us read a poem and let us find out how the children showed their love for their mother. Who Loves Mother Best? Oh happy birthday, Mama dear. Sang Ben, Liz and Bess with cheer We love you much, we love you true. They kissed their mother, hugged her too. Then quickly Ben skipped out to play And went with playmates all the day. Then rushed home in time to see His sister Liz aglow with glee. For Liz held up an ice cream cone, Enjoying it, she sat alone. Ben grabbed the cone, and slipped away, So Liz cried out, For that youll pay! Like cats and dogs the two did struggle Each making sure to win the battle. They tried to push and then to pull, Sir, Picture A is a picture of a Mother and Picture B is a picture of a Cake. On her last birthday.

While Mama almost lost her cool. But little Bess with Mom she stayed, She set the table, drinks she laid. And helped to serve Moms friends and guests Now tell me, who loves Mother best? Because it is their Mothers Birthday. After reading the poem, let us now answer these questions: Why did Bess, Ben, and Liz kiss and hug their Mother? Why was Liz aglow with glee? What made Liz cry out, For that youll pay? Liz was aglow a glee because she was eating a cone of ice cream. Liz cried out because Ben grabbed the cone then slipped away. Because Ben and Liz struggled. Bess, because she helped mother to serve the guests. Why did Mother almost lost her cool? Who among the three children loved their Mother best? How did he/she show it? What is the best way to show your love for your parents? Explain. A girl is eating a cone of ice cream. Analysis Liz was happy (aglow with glee) (Show picture of a girl eating an ice cream) What do you see on the picture? What happened to Liz when she was eating a cone of ice cream? Liz was happy (aglow with glee) Liz was aglow with glee, answers what happens to Liz when she eats a cone of ice cream. This is called the effect. Look again at the picture, Because she was eating a cone of ice cream. The best way to show my love for my parents is by...

What do you notice on Lizs face? Why was Liz aglow with glee? Because she was eating a cone of ice cream, answers why Liz was aglow with glee. This is called the cause. And thats what we call the Cause-andeffect relationship. Generalization A cause and effect relationship describes something that happens and why it happens. What happens is called the effect; and why it happens is called the cause. The cause is usually introduced by the connective because. Application (Pantomine) Each group will act out the following situations from the poem. Group1: But little Bess with Mom she stayed, She set the table, drinks she laid. And helped to serve Mothers friends and guests. Now tell me, who loves Mother best? Group2: For Liz held up an ice cream cone, Enjoying it, she sat alone. Ben grabbed the cone and slipped away, So Liz cried out, For that youll pay! Group3:

Oh happy birthday, Mama dear. Sang Ben and Liz and Bess with cheer We love you much, we love you true. They kissed their mother, hugged her too. Group4: Like cats and dogs the two did struggle Each making sure to win the battle. They tried to push and then to pull, While Mama almost her cool. Evaluation Read the following sentences. Write C before the sentence for the cause and write E for the part that is the effect.

_____ because it is her birthday. _____ Ben, Liz and Bess kissed and hugged their mother. _____ Liz cried out. _____ Because Ben grabbed the cone of ice cream and slipped away. _____ Mama almost lost her cool.

Assignment Identifying CAUSE-AND-EFFECT RELATIONSHIP. Read the short fable. Underline the CAUSE and Encircle the EFFECT. A fox said to a crow with a piece of cheese between its beak, If you can sing as prettily as you sit, then you are the prettiest singer. The fox thought that once the crow starts to sing, the cheese would drop from her beak. But the crow carefully removed the cheese from the claws on one foot and said, they say you are sly, but you cannot fool me. Not giving up, the fox continued to praise the crow. I wish I could hear you tell about your talents but I have to go look for food because Im hungry.

Brief Lesson Plan in Music ( Grade - 6- Elementary )

Music and You

Grade 4. B. Staton, M. Staton, M. Davidson, P. Kaplan, & S. Snyder. Macmillan Publishing Company., 1988, pg. 84-85. FA .3 ML M/4 1988 TE.

Concept/Objective: Dynamics/To hear and learn or review dynamic levels and their corresponding symbols.

Song: Deck the Halls Welsh Folk Song.

Activity: Teach the above song and review or introduce the symbols p (piano), f (forte), and < (crescendo). Ask students to read about the symbols in their books and find the symbols in the song. Listen to the recording so that students can determine which symbol means loud and which means soft. Also ask them to listen for what happens under the crescendo. Play the song again and have students spread their hands far apart as the song gets louder.

Additional ideas: Have the students make up their own dynamic directions for Deck the Halls and then sing it with these new dynamic directions.

Semi-Detailed Lesson Plan in Mathematics (Transformations)

Level: First Year High School Subjects: Mathematics, Geometry, Transformations

I. Objectives:

A. To recognize Euclidean transformations. B. To recognize reflections, translations, and rotations. C. To prove theorems related to transformations. D. To solve problems involving transformations. E. To apply transformations to real-world situations. F. To create designs using transformations.

II. Materials:

papers, protractor, ruler tangram puzzle worksheets

III. Procedure:

A. Presentation

Activity - Folding of Paper The teacher will give an activity that involves the folding of paper and tracing of shapes.

B. Discussion

From the activity, the teacher will point out that geometry is not only the study of figures but is also the study of the movement of figures.

Is the original figure congruent to the other figures? How does the second image compare to the original figure?

C. Input

Definitions:

Transformations Reflection Rotation Translation

Dilation Rigid Motion

Theorems:

Theorem 18-1 Theorem 18-2 Theorem 18-3 Theorem 18-4

C. Discussion

The above definitions and theorems will be discussed and proved. The teacher will ask the student to give examples of transformations.

D. Activity

Tangram Puzzle The students will form six groups. Each group is going to make images of animals using tangram puzzle and they will identify the kind of transformation depicted or made after doing the activity.

E. Evaluation

Worksheet

1. Which of the following transformations creates a figure that is similar (but not congruent) to the original figure? 2. How can transformations be applied to real-world situations?

III. Assignment

Drawing The student will use transformations to move figures and create design