Arts, Environment and the Child: Walking the Wheel of the Seasons

Project Log

Date Hours Activity Total Hours
Week One, Sept.29 .25 Met with potential classroom observation teachers, Les Holliday and James Bowers. .25
Week 1, 9-30 .25 Met with James Bowers regarding student reading list and syllabus. .50
Week 1, 10-1 1.5 Harvest festival participation - assisting with setup, cleanup, and most importantly supervising pumpkin carving activities. 2.25
Week 1, 10-3 .75 Online library work - reserving books from observation class and research for future lesson plan. 3.00
Week 1, 10-5 .25 Lesson plan brainstorming. Many ideas. Must narrow. 3.25
Week 2, 10-8 .50 Visit library to pick up reserved texts and read. 3.75
Week 2, 10-9 3.00 Reading survival and edible plant texts for observation research. 6.75
Week 2, 10-10 .50 Write personal greeting for webpage 7.25
Week 2, 10-11 2.00 Email Les Holliday, observation mentor, to confirm Wednesday lunch meeting. Worked on project reflections and goal setting. Organized draft of project timeline. 9.25
Week 2, 10-12 .50 Meeting with Les Holliday to discuss timeline and attend to required paperwork. 9.75
Week 2, 10-12 .25 Met with Allyson regarding primary project of Library/Archive. Exchanged contact information. 10.00
Week 3, 10-14 1.00 First classroom observation. Met with students regarding their survival/nature curriculum. 11.00
Week 3, 10-16 4.50 Read observation curriculum text of Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. 15.50
Week 3, 10-17 1.00 Downloaded Dreamweaver program on home computer and worked to catch up on log entries. 16.50
Week 3, 10-18 .75 Classroom observation/participation. 17.25
Week 3, 10-18 2.00 Work on Dreamweaver program to catch up on reflection entries. 19.25
Week 3, 10-19 .50 Classroom observation/participation. 19.75
Week 3, 10-19 1.50 Curriculum outline and activity agenda 21.25
Week 4, 10-20 .50 Classroom observation/participation. Review of curriculum and activity discussion with Les Holliday. 21.75
Week 4, 10-23 1.00 Watched observation curriculum film, Alone in the Wilderness by Bob Swerer Productions. 22.75
Week 4, 10-25 .50 Classroom observation/participation. 23.25
Week 4, 10-25 1.25 Reflection/log entries on Dreamweaver. 24.50
Week 4, 10-26 .25 Meeting with Marja regarding project assignments. 24.75
Week 5, 10-27 .50 Classroom observation/participation. 25.25
Week 5, 10-28 .50 Reflection/log entries on Dreamweaver. 25.75
Week 5, 10-30 1.00 Shopping for materials for observation lesson/activity plans. 26.75
Week 5, 11-1 4.00 Final research for edibles lesson plan. Creation of plan documentation, Autumn Edibles Handout, and Latin Match activity worksheet. 30.75
Week 6, 11-2 .50 Classroom lesson/activity execution. 31.25
Week 6, 11-2 1.25 Longhouse observations and project group meeting. 32.50
Week 6, 11-3 .50 Classroom lesson/activity execution. 33.00
Week 6, 11-3 1.50 Adjusted log entry dating system. Reflection/log entries on Dreamweaver. 34.50
Week 6, 11-6 1.00 Reviewed student papers from free write lesson and made corrections and comments on each student's work. 35.50
Week 6, 11-6 5.00 Prepared this week's lessons and created materials for student activity. 40.50
Week 6, 11-8 4.00 Completed lecture and handout materials for this week's lessons and activity. 44.50
Week 6, 11-9 .50 Classroom lesson execution. 45.00
Week 7, 11-10 .75 Classroom activity preparation and execution. 45.75
Week 7, 11-13 .25 Log entries on Dreamweaver 46.00
Week 7, 11-15 .25 Meeting with Mr. Holliday. 46.25
Week 8, 11-17 1.50 Curriculum and plant study entries 47.75
Week 8, 11-23 1.00 Reflection entries on Dreamweaver. 48.75
Week 9, 12-2 6.25 Completed presentation power point and summary paper. 55.00
Week 9, 12-5 1.00 Completed Dreamweaver for Fall Quarter. 56.00
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
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