Imani Wilson 5/4/2023 Today is a bittersweet moment because it is my final day at Mokena Elementary. I have learned so much from my mentor teacher and the students here. Two strengths that I had going into field experience and now are that I was always proactive. I practiced the skills that I was teaching Read More…

Imani Wilson 4/27/2023 On Thursday 4/27/2023 I taught my social studies lesson. Before I taught, I read a book called Just A Dream. The book was about a boy who littered in his community then realized it was wrong and began helping to build up his community. The goal was for students to create their Read More…

Imani Wilson 4/20/2023 On Thursday 4/20/2023 I taught my second literacy lesson. This lesson was about the sequence of events in a story. I used the hand model to help students organize the characters, setting, beginning, middle, and end of the story. As we read the story, we filled out each part of the hand Read More…

Imani Wilson 4/13/2023 On Thursday 4/13/2023 I taught a science lesson. During that lesson the students were melting candy. They melted Hershey Kisses and Peeps. The students drew what the two candies looked like before they were melted, and they drew what they looked like after they melted. The students created sentences to describe what Read More…

Imani Wilson 3/30/2023 On Thursday March 30,2023 I taught my students about cause and effect. This was the second time I have taught my students and been observed. This time i felt like I could have done a lot of things differently in order to be more productive. I feel like this week I had Read More…

Imani Wilson 3/23/2023 On Thursday March 23, 2023, I had the pleasure of being the guest reader. I read a booked called the day the crayons quit. The students were really engaged in the book. I read with expression and let students ask questions as they needed. My students also worked on drawing conclusions. They Read More…

Imani Wilson 3/16/2023 On Thursday 3/16/2023 we focused on the soft “G” sound. The phonics lesson was a bit interesting, and I was able to help students identify words with the soft G sound and the Hard G sound. Since we have been talking about landforms and landscapes, the students were able to create their Read More…

Imani Wilson 3/9/2023 On Thursday 3/9/2023 I taught my first lesson that was observed by my professor. I was a bit nervous, but I talked to my students before my professor came and they did a wonderful job. I was able to get through my entire math lesson and I timed myself on my apple Read More…

Imani Wilson 3/2/2023 On Thursday 3/2/2023 the day was very exciting. I was able to teach the class for most of the day. I introduced adding and subtracting with 3- digit numbers while using the place value strategy. My scholars also used visual representation to show how they solved the problems. This was very helpful Read More…

Imani Wilson 2/19/2023 On Thursday February 16th there was a substitute. I kind of ran the class. I guided students in making predictions about the story based on context clues. I read the children a circus read aloud. They were able to predict what the animals might do next based on how they were treated Read More…