During my student teaching in a second-grade classroom, each student wrote a nonfiction text about an animal.  After the students completed their texts, they created "awesome author" crowns to wear and celebrate their accomplishment.  As a part of the celebration, the students read a few of their classmates' texts and provided compliments to their classmates.

During my student teaching in a special education classroom, I utilized math games during math center time to allow students to review and practice with concepts that they had learned.

During my student teaching in a special education classroom, I created and utilized phonics games that aligned with the concepts being taught through the phonics curriculum.