April Update

Only a couple of months left in the school year (last day June 5th!) but there's a lot still left to do. For the month of April, I vigorously worked with Alexis Crisanto to complete our independent component 2. Our IC2 consisted of a teaching blog titled The Alexis & Ingrid Show and the creation of a Pinterest profile.

This past month I also attended mentorship regularly at one of THINK Together's sites in Covina. I worked alongside my Mentor, who I choose to interview for the interview component, and was given responsibilities of attendance and also granted my own wake talkie (very fun!). Below are pictures of my fun wakie, attendance clipboards and name badges, and of the Science Fair held last week. The students were divided into four clubs and each club focused on a specific nature series. So the students spent time learning about earthquakes, tornados, volcanoes, or tsunamis. During this Science Fair, the students in each club presented what they learned the past month and I had the opportunity to a part of it all. 

"You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think." -Christopher Robin (Winnie the Pooh)

Blog 19: Independent Component 2

LITERAL

I, Ingrid Mata, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 31 hours and 20 minutes of work.

For this component, the person who helped me complete this ambitious project was my partner Alexis Crisanto. Together we envisioned a blog that included book reviews, crafts, and much more. We bounced around ideas, planned our schedules accordingly, and ultimately executed an exemplary IC 2. 

Independent component 2 Log has been updated. 

For my independent component 2, I completed an elementary school teaching and early childhood development blog, The Alexis & Ingrid Show, made possible by collaborating with my partner Alexis Crisanto. For this component, I also created a Pinterest  with a vast collection of classroom organization ideas and supplies listings. 

INTERPRETATIVE

Alexis and I developed a blog that not only represented who we are but allowed for us to further our research on our topics. Through collaborative work, I discovered how my topic, Elementary School Teaching, goes hand in hand with early childhood development. In this blog we reviewed books, referred to editorials, and created our own crafts. Below are visuals of what was done for this independent component and the links to the work can be found in the "Literal" section of this blog post.

APPLIED 

This component helped me answer my essential question with a more creative approach. By developing a teaching blog, I had to visit the blogs of actual professionals in the field in order to draw out inspiration for my own. When I did this, I found articles on my topic and was able to have more research to support my essential question answers. Since I worked with Alexis, we bounced around ideas for the blog and shared our experiences with our mentorship. It was extremely insightful to both parties to learn about the different age groups we work with and the environment they're in.