TOPIC #12

A. I believe that I am a visual/spatial learner. I have to be able to see things in order for me to be able to learn. I use visualization a lot with when I am reading; I have to picture things in my mind at times to understand. I am also a bodily/kinesthetic learner. I have to practice doing things myself in order to learn. I can’t just sit there and listen to someone, and then do it correctly. I am a big on hands on, if I don’t I will not be able to retain!

B.I try to incorporate all of the multiple intelligences when I teach, but I know that sometimes I don’t. I try to use all of the students’ senses when I teach as I have heard that students learn best when more senses are used. I obviously use verbal/linguistic, but I always have my visuals to go with my verbal lesson. I especially have my visuals for many of my ELLs. This really helps me with my vocabulary words that I have to teach, but it gets tougher with abstract vocabulary. I like to incorporate as much kinesthetic as possible like when we do plays for reading. I have also taken a lesson from Social Studies and have had my students act it out. This really helped some of my students that a hard time comprehending with the reading in the book. I like to use music as well. Just this week we had a reading lesson on inferring. I had my students listen to the lyrics of a song, and had to infer on who the song was talking about. My students are all ears as soon I say the word “music”.

VERBAL:Electronic dictionary and Electronic Dictionary, email
LOGICAL/MATHEMATICAL:Search Engine, Spreadsheets, Webquests
VISUAL:Power Point, Camera, Animoto
KINESTHETIC:Assistive Technology, Joystick, Mouse
MUSICAL/RYTHMIC:YouTube, Multimedia Presentation
INTRAPERSONAL:Blogging, Online-Surveys
INTERPERSONAL:Class Discussions Blackboard, Instant Messengers
NATURALIST:Mapping Tools, Database
EXISTENTIAL:Virtual Fieldtrips, Simulations

In my lesson, students will understand what real reading is by making connections. They will use the thinking stems, and will practice by writing letters to teachers and other students through epals. This lesson includes verbal, visual, intrapersonal, and interpersonal multiple intelligences.