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My word is GROW
The time has come for me to turn in my badge at Kennard - Dale. Over the past 15 weeks I had the opportunity to teach some really amazing...
Anna Sweeten
Apr 21, 20233 min read
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PAAE Fun
This week I attended the Pennsylvania Association of Agriculture Educators (PAAE) regional meeting for the spring. The meeting was help...
Anna Sweeten
Apr 6, 20231 min read
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Happy in Pequea Valley
A few weeks ago I went to visit Ms. Krista Mathias, who is student teaching at Pequea Valley High School. I was so excited for this visit...
Anna Sweeten
Apr 4, 20231 min read
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SLLC
Last month I traveled to Harrisburg with a group of my students to attend the State Legislative Leadership Conference (SLLC). At this...
Anna Sweeten
Apr 4, 20231 min read
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A Legendairy Experience!
Last week I visited another students SAE project. The student I visited is an active member in FFA and one of our chapter officers. She...
Anna Sweeten
Mar 27, 20231 min read
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SAE What??
Last week I was able to visit one of my students Supervised Agriculture Experience (SAE) projects. The student I visited is very involved...
Anna Sweeten
Feb 24, 20231 min read
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Stepping into Science
It has been a crazy couple months since I last wrote here. I began student teaching and got to visit another science teacher. I visited a...
Anna Sweeten
Feb 21, 20231 min read
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First Impressions
I recently had the opportunity to teach a life knowledge lesson at Kennard-Dale. I chose to do this lesson on first impressions. I...
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Nov 30, 20221 min read
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What Cookie is your Favorite?
This is the question I posed to my students last week when I went to Kennard-Dale high school to teach an inquiry based lesson. In this...
Anna Sweeten
Nov 26, 20222 min read
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Be SMART About Your Goals
This past week I had the privilege to teach three days at Greenwood High School under the supervision of Krista Pontius. I chose to teach...
Anna Sweeten
Nov 16, 20221 min read
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What in the Inquiry?
Last week the Penn State ag ed cohort had the opportunity to attend an Inquiry Institute led by the the great Mrs. Krista Pontius....
Anna Sweeten
Nov 10, 20222 min read
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Culturally Responsive Teaching
This week we took a step away from instructing during lab and learned about culturally responsive teaching. I don't know about you, but...
Anna Sweeten
Oct 23, 20222 min read
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What's the Problem?
Recently the PSU Ag Ed crew has been working hard learning how to incorporate problem solving into our lessons. Last week I had the...
Anna Sweeten
Oct 11, 20222 min read
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What Have We Learned?
This week the psu ag ed cohort had the opportunity to teach our own formative assessment. This is a way to gauge if your students are...
Anna Sweeten
Sep 30, 20221 min read
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Shhh! We are Playing Charades
This week we were tasked with creating an interest approach for one of our classes in the spring. We then had to present this lesson to...
Anna Sweeten
Sep 22, 20221 min read
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Lets go on a Field Trip
This week in lab we went on a field trip to the Palmer Museum of Art in State College. During our trip were were educated on different...
Anna Sweeten
Sep 15, 20222 min read
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Diving into the Dairy Unit
Over the past three weeks the PSU AgEd 23' cohort was tasked with creating and peer reviewing our first ever unit plan. I chose to write...
Anna Sweeten
Sep 14, 20222 min read
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Ms. Sweeten's First Day of Class Lab
The past two weeks the PSU AgEd 23 cohort has been learning how to adapt a lesson to reach a broader range of students. We got to...
Anna Sweeten
Sep 8, 20222 min read
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Jumping Back In
The first week of the semester is about to end and I already have a lot to reflect on. This week I was given a random lesson and was told...
Anna Sweeten
Aug 25, 20222 min read
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Summer Time Fun
As the semester is coming to a close, I am thinking more about what activities I can do over the summer to gain more agricultural...
Anna Sweeten
Apr 21, 20221 min read
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