Sarah+Parker

= Action Portfolio = By Sarah Parker

**//Placement:// Salem Middle School- 8th Grade- Social Studies - Kim House**

Twitter Username: PARKERSA89

MSL Senior Electronic Portfolio Website: **[]**
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 * -"Getting Started" Reading for First Homework Assignment:**

I really enjoy the idea of a literacy attitude scale on one of the first days in my classroom. I enjoy the idea of creating an understanding and comfortable atmosphere in my classroom. The best way to do that is by understanding you students and their learning abilities. I love the idea of soon thereafter, creating an activity where students practice a sharing project. My one hesitation is that my students should be comfortable and rushing a sharing project could jeopardize that atmosphere. By creating a learning attitude, I would then be able to dig into the reasons //why// some of my students are low on the attitude. For example, if a student says they just flat out, don’t enjoy reading then I could meet with them. Perhaps I find out that the reason he/she does not like reading is because they read too slow to keep up with the rest of the class. I could work with that student to improve their speed, or possibly tell the student what the reading articles will be for that class period, the night before so they can read before class. After I’ve created this bond, then the students can create a bond with each other. Possibly starting with a partner writing activity that they share together. This way there are personal bonds and classroom wide relations.

**- Educational Life Map/ Timeline:**
[|School Events Timeline]


 * Google Search/ Online Identity:**

the best thing about my name is that it can also be used for educational reasons. Thanks to Supremem Court Judge, Sarah Parker, then my students will have an opportunity to learn about the government system if they try to search my name. I tried making my search more specific by adding NCSU. The first thing that popped up was my LinkedIn. This mentioned NC State, but focused on my former political involvement through event planning and volunteering, as well as being President of NC State College Dems and Financial Director for the College Democrats of North Carolina. I have not logged on to edit in a while, so I made sure to update by profile by deleting any political connections and adding my involvement in College of Ed as an Ambassador, Literacy Club Founder, and DARC ,member. Once I searched my name again, several Sarah Parker's appeared. I believe there are at least two other Sarah Parker's that attend NCSU, so it is hard to find me. This is a good thing. I believe that the appropriate information is available and the other information, like facebook, is hard to find. =

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-**Classroom Philosophy**
The philosophy behind my teaching style is just as important as the pedagogical content for many reasons. The main reason being that my style of teaching will influence how my student’s process the information in my lesson. The aspects of teaching that are most important to me in teaching are active learning which incorporates student based learning where the teacher merely plays the part of the guide. Giving students the opportunity to develop their own ideas, imaginations, and theories while helping support intellectual development. Through group projects, activities, and public speaking; students will develop their own opinions not only at a basic level, but to the point where they continue exploring topics even when class has ended. Students must be engaged in their learning and the classroom environment. It is not just my classroom, but the student’s room as well’ so we must treat it that way.


 * -Ideal Classroom Setup**

-Name Project:
-//Where My Name Came From:// = = The Parker last name has been decently prevelent throughout history. The roots date back all the way to the Kingsmen in England. The story behind the family crest involves the family career. If you think back to the tail of Robinhood, unfortunately we are the bad people. If you remember, in the tale of Robinhood, Robinhood originally gets in trouble with the King because he is killing the King's deer. The Parkers were the deerkeepers of the Kings land. Hence, the four deer shown on the family crest (three in the center and one on top). There is a knight's helmet because the deer watchmen were considered a lower form of a knight for the king. My first name, Sarah comes from my mother. My mom was the first Sarah in our immediate family. I am the second girl in our family. My sister received my mother's middle name, Elizabeth. I was born five years later and was given her first name. The naming of the name is Princess. I've always been teased about that because both my mother and I are the babies of our families, so the initial reaction is that we get what we want and are spoiled. My middle name, Augusta, comes from both sides of the family. If you search through both the Rives (my mother) and Parker (my father) family tree, you will find Augusta down the line. Both of my parents love family herritage and wanted to find a unique, but family name for me.







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 * Integrated Thematic Unit 11/2/2013**==
 * Class:** 8th Grade -Social Studies; NC and American History
 * Unit Topic:** Industrial Revolution
 * Theme:** Building America
 * Rationale:** Students will learn the importance of technology (Factories, Cotton Gin, Railroad, etc.) and how it has impacted the changes in America (transportation, need for materials, infrastructure, etc.). All of these details add up to the impact that our history has had on our future development of our country and state (expansion of factory system, transportation systems, accessibility to products, overproduction, etc.).

[|Industrial Revolution Draft - Sarah Parker]
 * Link for Draft Changes to Unit Plan:**
 * Notes: the entire unit plan would not copy to this document, so the drafted sections have been selected.


 * Link to Unit Plan:**
 * [|Industrial Revolution- Sarah Parker - Unit Plan]**
 * Disclaimer: The following link leads to a Google Doc where changes are in progress.

November 7, 2013

Where Have You Gone Poem

Catch me when you can, troubles. Catch me if you may. Troubles for tomorrow Troubles from yesterday Where have you gone trouble With doubt and heart and light Where you can't help but feel for everything And can't help but put up the fight Fight for what you know is true fight for where the passion lies Now holding onto anything Or just to something on the fly Where have you gone trouble for the present, future, or past To yearn for something not yet found Not just for something that comes fast.

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