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ebook: What is a BUDGET?

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UDL Reflection: Through my years of being a teacher, I have seen many different lesson plan templates. I understand the usefulness of the templates, but think that teachers get very bogged down in the paperwork that goes along with completing the template. It seems that every year I am exposed to a new template. I do think proper planning is important for lesson planning, but experienced teachers should be at liberty to use the format that works best for them. I don't think this lesson plan is much different from the others that I have seen. I did like the concept, and use many when doing my own lesson planning. I feel that a lesson that looks good on paper, should work in a classroom; however, for it to actually work in the classroom teachers need to be flexible. Students and classes change from year to year, and flexibility is the key for lesson planning. Teachers need to be able to adapt and change the lesson through the course of the lesson. Do you want an effective teacher or a pretty lesson plan? My lesson plans may not be perfect or even pretty, but I manage to get the job done!

Reflection: Wow! Week three was action packed. I was really dreading this week so of course I procrastinated as much as possible. Once I finally began, I realized that my dread and procrastination were unwarranted. This week was actually quite fun. I began by using the ebook book builder from CAST. After I experimented for a bit, it became effortless to create my book. I chose to create a book to use with my lesson for this week. The lesson portion of the assignment was not at all what I expected. I was afraid that I would be in over my head since it involved high school math. Using the CAST UDL lesson builder it became a rather easy task. I began with the basic idea and then expanded upon it to create the lesson. The lesson I created was Budget Centers. I would like to modify the lesson and use it with my fourth graders. I feel that we are never too young to learn how to be financially fit. I posted my team reflection on the team website and slowly but surely the week has come to an end. This was a very fun and important step in the group scenario our team will begin to finalize. I look forward to winding this course up so that I can see our groups unit come together. My team is awesome. Thanks Becky, Tony, and Shanda for including me!