Week Four EDOL533

http://www.superteacherworksheets.com/spelling/lista13.pdf (I am not yet teaching so this is where I found a first grade spelling list)
***I have emailed my power point to the class***
Amanda Bryant
Week 4 Blog
January 31, 2011
***I am not yet teaching so I created a hypothetical presentation***
1. What was the presentation about and to whom did you present it?
The presentation I created was for a first grade classroom. I created a power point presentation for a week spelling list. The spelling list theme is colors and the list consists of eight words. The words are red, green, blue, pink, purple, black, yellow, and brown. I found this list of words on the above website and they appeared to be appropriate for first grade and are similar to an actual spelling list that was given in a first grade class that I observed recently.
2. Of which item in your presentation are you the most proud?
I really like the power point presentation that I made. I feel like it is simple enough for a first grade class while still being creative enough to keep their interest and attention. From what I have observed, spelling tests are now given via worksheets that have sentences with misspelled words (the spelling list words) and the job of the student is to correct the misspelled words and rewrite the sentence using correct sentence formation, punctuation, and grammar along with correcting the misspelled word. The presentation I made has each word on a separate slide. Each slide has the word in its color (for example the word “pink” is in pink lettering) as the title of the slide, then the word is used in a sentence where the list word is in all capitals as well as in its correct color. The bottom of each slide has a picture of something that is the color of the word (for example a red stop sign). The sentence example also correlates with the picture.

3. What might you do differently if you could create the presentation again?
If I were to do this presentation again, I would like to find out how to add video and sound to the presentation. I think it would be very helpful if the students could hear and see the words being said out loud, spelled out loud, and somehow being used in a visual manner.

4. How did your students respond to the presentation?
I was not able to show my presentation to any children, however I was able to observe a first grade classroom going over their spelling words and they were very engaged in the lesson. The lesson did not include a power point but the smart board was used to show worksheets that helped students review the words before their spelling test.