My Classroom Rules!

Due:  Thursday, September 29

What type of social culture will you establish in your classroom?  How will you help your students be a part of that?  Obviously, you can not do that as an intern, but you can be thinking seriously about the rules, guidelines, and norms that you will want to be visible in the school-day environment.

Create a document that explains your classroom rules.  Follow with a list of consequences that happen if the rules are not upheld.  If you would like to add a list of rewards that students can earn, create that, also.

Screen shot your rules and consequences (and rewards).  Place the screenshots of these documents on your blog post.  Discuss the factors that were the most important for you when establishing your classroom culture.

My First Day as an Intern

For YR II interns only - My first week as an intern this year.

• Include a picture of you on your first day there. (remember I told you to take a selfie?)
• Include the following information:
  • Name of your site school with a hyperlink to the site.
  • Name of your mentor teacher with a link to their webpage.
  • Include a picture of your mentor teacher.
  • What is the grade level and subject?
  • What are you looking forward to this year?
  • What were some of the things that happened this week in your new classroom?

My Learning DNA

 Due:  Friday, September 23, 2016


You have spent a significant amount of time exploring learning theory and how it affects students.  Take a moment to reflect on the components of your learning DNA. Include the following on your blog post.

• Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences and an explanation of how that relates to your learning.

• Dunn and Dunn Learning Styles Factors and how they enhance your learning.

• Learning Styles (Audio, Visual, Tactile) and why you prefer one over the others.

• Hemisphericity - are you right or left brained?  What does that mean about you?

• Gallup Strengths - List your top 5 with a brief definition of each

Insert the word cloud made in class on your blog.   It should contain words identifying all of YOUR learning DNA!  Use Tagxedo.com.  You must open in Safari for this app to work.