Carina Alcantara Looping Sketchbook

After reading this article I went ahead and searched up the definition of an activist. The dictionary definition is a person who campaigns to bring about political or social change. I agree with this definition but I don't necessarily feel like it should just be political. To me, an activist is anyone who stands up for what they believe in with that being said it can be beyond politics. Some traits of an activist are confident, open-minded, communication skills, outspoken, leader, brave, etc. Just by listing these traits I have several family members and friends that come to mind that fit into these traits. It's important for children to understand and learn about different activist. In the article, the students are exposed to voting and their rights as citizens. This article shows how children at a young age can be exposed to things like that. Building students schema at a young age is important. We can do this by giving students experiences while learning that they will re...

I have seen the me on the map activity done in one of the classes that I observed during my developing teaching semester. The projects that the students were working on turned out so good. Before the teacher let the students get started on this project, she spent a lot of time talking to the students about the location of places and the names of the places. The teacher created her own me on the map with her students and she modeled how to create it. I remember her using specific vocabulary to guide the students in communicating their location. She used words such as near, next to, besides, etc. I liked this activity because it gets students thinking about their current location as a whole. They know that they live in their home but where is there house located? Me on the map is also a great hands on visual for students.