Self Study

Self Study

1. Knowledge of Content

   • How do you apply instructional accommodations, modifications, and adaptations to meet the needs of each individual learner to whole group time/ lessons?
     • Rephrase/ simplify tricky wording or instruction
       • "'Sum' just means what this number and this number put together is" -- could be frontloading
     • Defining words that students may not know yet, or words that sound the same/ are spelled the same but that have different meanings.
       • Bug - an insect, or tiny animal, like crickets; annoy -- could make a chart for tricky words
     • Frontloading
       • Activating the child's background knowledge and relating it to the lesson
       • Predicting what a story might be about before reading

2. Knowledge of Teaching and Learning

   • How do you engage EVERY student? (Most students) What about the students that are more challenging to engage?
     • Keep lesson interactive
       • Sharing pen/ dry erase marker when writing in front of class
         • Not fully teacher directed, but encouraging children to write the story.
       • Asking questions -- could relate to chart
       • Maintaining conversational environment
         • Allowing children to share thoughts/ opinions -- connected to journal entries.
     • After-lesson activities
       • Small group projects
         • Manipulatives, poster boards, games -- could also be a chart
       • Charts
         • KWL charts, questioning chart
       • Journals
         • Journal writing about the lesson
         • Math journals - problem solving word problems

3. Knowledge of Diversity

   • How can I best accelerate language acquisition for an ELL without rushing the student?
     • Repeating what they say back to them, with grammar/ syntax corrections
       • "Me and my mom goed yesterday to store." "Oh, you and your mom went to the store yesterday? What did you buy?" -- rephrasing to modify for child's needs
     • Practicing known sight words before a lesson and introducing new sight word after lesson
     • Frontloading

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