Welcome to Ms. Reslan's Professional Portfolio!
Why Teaching!?
People always ask, "Why are you going into education?" I always answer with the simple statement.."Because I would like to help change the world." I truly believe there is no better way to improve our world and help the people in it! Education is the key to success. I want nothing more than to provide the students I teach with an opportunity to become better or potentially be a better version of themselves. As an educator, there is no better feeling than teaching something new to a student or to anyone in general. Seeing a student become better at something than they were yesterday, is all the reward that I could possibly ask for. Most importantly, I aspire to teach children to love one another and to respect every human they come across. To be able to help students of all ages and all diverse backgrounds achieve these skills would be nothing short of a dream come true.
To the left are recommendation letters. The first is from the principal of Saline Elementary school where I taught and upheld a position for five months. I was able to not only teach a Pre-Kindergarten class but to also learn things from the students myself. My experience there was unforgettable and I will never be able to repay what the students and staff have done for me. They gave me the opportunity to become a better educator than I thought I could ever be.
The following recommendation letter is from the principal and head coordinator of Cotter Early Childhood Center. I was able to have a great experience working with both the Salina staff and students along with the Cotter staff.
To the left, Picture of my brother and I after I won two competetive scholarships at the Henry Ford Village Foundation Scholar Ceremony.
I co-led professional dialogue on collaborative placements as a context for growing beginning educators’ teaching practice, reflection, and culturally competent teaching.
Along with my fellow five student teachers, I was an invited Panelist for “Learning With and From One Another in Urban Schools: A Paired Placement Model for Student Teachers.”
"It has been a privilege to observe this skilled educator develop as a teacher. MS. Resaln has a passion for this work that will enhance not only students but school systems."
Colette Cullin
Created a poem for Kindergarten students to present to Superintendent Whiston. Sending sweet Kindergarten congrats his way for his promotion to State Superintendent.
Innovative Practitioner
Standard #7: Planning for Instruction
The teacher plans instruction that supports every student in meeting rigorous learning goals by drawing upon knowledge of content areas, curriculum, cross-disciplinary skills, and pedagogy, as well as knowledge of learners and the community context.
Strategies in solving word problems!
For a Math Unit Plan, I was abe to create many engaging activties that had students learning the many strategies in solving word problems! One of the activities included a walk-on number line that students used as a class in solving word problems!
Living Things Have Basic Needs!
The steps needed to grow grass
The picture above shows my kindergarten students solving word problems on the number line and the picture to the right shows the work of my student using four different strategies in solving a word problem.
Living and Non-Living
After learning about living things and their basic needs we planted grass in our classroom. Every student was able to plant their own seed and write about the steps needed to grow grass. After we planted and placed all our seeds by the window, we watched our plants grow tremendously. The students were very excited about the final outcome. We continue to water the plants every morning!
For a living and non-living unit, I brought in gummy worms and living worms (night crawlers) for students to compare! I had students work in groups and hold both to see the difference between the two. I wanted students to see although they both are worms they have their differences and that the major difference is that one is alive and one is not! Students began to see how living things move just like us humans and were able to connect this to other lessons and activities we have done.
Field Trip Time!
"March 3, 1887, the day I met my teacher Annie Sullivan, was the day of my soul's birthday."
-Helen Keller
For March is Reading Month, I was able to bring in the infamous Collete Cullen to speak as Anne Sullivan. Prior to the presentation, I explained to my Kindergarten class who Helen Keller was and how difficult it was for her to learn! She told them that they would meet the one person that could teach her that day, and they were so glad that they did!
Our Kindergarten class had a field trip to the Ann Arbor Hands on Museum. I was able to plan this trip right in time for the spring so that the most of our science units would connect with all the ufn stuff there was to do at the museum. Students were able to partake in a lab that taught us all how to make slime! Below you can see me assisting students with the slime and to the left playing with it! (The funnest part) From learning to the world around them to the how things work and come to be, students were engaged and excited to be there.
Students' Work!
For a science unit, a student was able to come up with four different uses of water. Learning the importance of water!
Students worked on opinion writing! They were able to state whether or not they believe that icecream should be eaten in the winter!
A unit on 3-D Shapes. Students first completed the top sheet by adding the shapes to it then created their own with marshmellows and toothpicks!
