Standards

As someone who is pursuing a degree in elementary education, it is hard to narrow my focus for the semester to just one standard. Since I am currently teaching reading and science, I will focus on those two areas for now. The standards are as follows:

For English/ Language Arts, Grades K-4: Reading and Responding, Content Standard 1: Students will read and respond in individual, literal, critical and evaluative ways to literary, informational and persuasive texts.

For Science, Grades K-4: The Earth's Atmosphere, Content Standard 9: Students will understand the composition and structure of the atmosphere, including energy transfers, the nature of weather and climate, and the effect of the atmosphere on human activity.

I can link visual learning with digital imagery and Inspiration to these standards by using simple concept maps to organize ideas in both reading and science. They would be useful in comparing and contrasting, breaking down complex concepts and showing how certain ideas or characters are connected. Images would be especially good to use during my weather unit, and I could find some way to incorporate them into a simple PowerPoint presentation or other multimedia format.