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The ELA standard I feel most prepared to teach is SL.2, "Integrate and Evaluate." For K-2 students are required to recognize key details in text read aloud or presented through media. I know how important it is to have students read passages out loud to understand their knowledge, mistakes, or comprehension. As I observed a second grade classroom last semester, the teacher had her students read aloud to gain better reading skills for interpreting and analyzing visually the text. The standard that I need more learning on is W/WHST.8, "Use Multiple Sources." I need to learn how to paraphrase and provide a list of sources correctly regarding information about the credibility, while avoiding plagiarism effectively. I learned some techniques in high school about crediting my sources but sometimes it will still be incorrect.

 Since I want to teach at an elementary 2nd or 3rd grade level, the blog application is what I would like to use with my students. I want to teach them at a young age how to post things on the internet, while staying safe at the same time. Lots of kids grow up not knowing the dangers of posting certain material for everyone to see. I want my students on their blog weekly to discuss what they've learned for the week and what their favorite part was etc. I think this is a great way to teach students about technology in a fun way and express themselves at a young age, while staying safe. Digital citizen concept is an important guideline to follow while beginning to use technology at a young age. I want to make sure to teach my students how to browse the internet safely and explain to them what you put on there stays forever. Since the students I wish to teach are young, I don't think teaching them about correctly citing their sources in depth is appropriate, however I think briefly explaining to them not to use other people's work and the consequences is important!

From working on the Newsletter Design assignment, I learned how to create a two-column design layout and I also learned more about how to move and adjust clipart from google and place them appropriately and the use of hyperlinks. I really enjoyed making this newsletter because I got to show my creativity and pretend to be a teacher by creating a colorful handout. For next time, I need to improve on how to correctly hyperlink my email and mastering the two column layout. From this assignment, I will take these skills I acquired and use them for future classroom assignments, handouts, or projects. Assignments like these make me excited to be in a classroom and the skills to be creative.