Context: I completed this assignment for student teaching . I completed this assignment under the instruction of Mandy Bledsoe, cooperating teacher. I constructed a morning meeting time called calendar time. I taught the lesson in a kindergarten grade class at Mills Road School in the spring of 2008.

Impact: I created this science lesson with the help and advisement of my cooperating teacher, Mrs. Bledsoe. Every morning I started off the school day with morning meeting or calendar time. During calendar time we learn about the days of the week, months of the year, date of the month, how many days we have been in school by counting that many pennies, place value. During calendar time we also sing and dance to educational songs. I end the morning message by writing a morning message. During the morning message I model how to write correctly by using captilazation, correct spacing, and correct punctuation. We also go over many social aspects.

Aliment: During my student teaching I met the following standards.

Standard 4: Elementary teachers have a broad knowledge and understanding of the major concepts in social studies.

Indicator 5: Teachers have a basic knowledge of local and national traditions.

During calendar time when we go over the day of the month we look at the month and speak about the different types of traditions we have in this country like the holidays.