Lift: A Read-Aloud and Drawing Session
In this one-time class, students will discuss excerpts from the book Lift and complete a related drawing activity.
Miss Brittany, M.S.Ed
Average rating:
5.0
Number of reviews:(127)
What's included
1 live meeting
45 mins in-class hoursClass Experience
US Grade Pre-Kindergarten - 2
Beginner - Advanced Level
In this one-time class, students will listen to excerpts from the book Lift by Minh Le and complete a related drawing activity. We will begin our class with a quick hello song to greet each learner by name before moving into our interactive read-aloud. We will share our thoughts about the characters, setting, and plot of the story--how do we think the characters feel? What are they exploring? Where did they go? And perhaps the most intriguing question of all: If YOU found a magic elevator button, where do you hope it would take you?
Students will be invited to complete an easy folding and drawing activity to harness their imaginations before sharing their ideas with their new friends. We will wrap up class with a quick check-in, then sing a final song to say thank you and goodbye.
I value an emergent teaching style, in which I respond to student interests and preferences as much as possible during the course of each session. As such, the order and content of each activity may be modified to ensure that each young learner is as developmentally supported and intrinsically motivated as possible.Learning Goals
-Students will listen and respond to a story read aloud.
-Students will use the information from pictures and text to make inferences.
-Students will share their ideas both verbally and via drawing.
Other Details
Learning Needs
I hold professional licensure in Moderate Disabilities from PreK-8th grade, and have extensive experience implementing instructional supports for a wide variety of neurotypes. Feel free to reach out with any specific concerns or requests!
Supply List
-blank paper -drawing implements (markers, crayons, colored pencils, etc.)
Language of Instruction
English
Joined August, 2021
5.0
127reviews
Teacher expertise and credentials
Massachusetts Teaching Certificate
Master's Degree in Education from Wheelock College
I hold my MS in Early Childhood Education from Wheelock College at Boston University, and I am professionally certified in Early Childhood, Moderate Disabilities, English as a Second Language, and Sheltered English Immersion in the state of Massachusetts. I have ten years of teaching experience at the early childhood level in a wide variety of racially, ethnically, linguistically, and neurologically diverse settings--lab, private, public, home-based, non-profit, co-op, and virtual--throughout the Greater Boston area.
As co-founder of the National SEED Project Emily Style so adeptly summarized in her 1988 essay "Curriculum as Window and Mirror", curriculum should function "both as window and as mirror, in order to reflect and reveal most accurately both a multicultural world and the student herself or himself". This means that it is intrinsically important for ALL educators--including those who may not be members of a marginalized group themselves--to expose every student, regardless of their personal identity markers, to a multiplicity of cultures and ways of being in the world. To ensure that I am up for this crucial task, I have continuously pursued and successfully completed the following graduate-level coursework related to multicultural, multilingual, inclusive, and antiracist instruction over the past seven years:
* Racial and Cultural Identities-Wheelock College at Boston University
* Introduction to Inclusive Early Childhood Education Settings-Wheelock College at Boston University
* Effective Sheltered English Instruction: Second Language Acquisition-Wheelock College at Boston University
* Impact of Special Needs: Early Childhood-Wheelock College at Boston University
* Mathematical Learning for Diverse Learners-Wheelock College at Boston University
* Becoming a More Equitable Educator: Mindsets and Practices-Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Reviews
Live One-Time Class
$16
per classMeets once
45 min
Live video meetings
Ages: 4-9
1-5 learners per class
