1_Self Study Project

How do you build a lesson plan or test for a whole class while also focusing on individual needs?
1. Know your objective
  1. Standards
    1. Common Core
    2. Formative assessments are key
2. Get to know your students
  1. Strengths/ Weaknesses
    1. Some kids take longer than others
    2. Some kids are stronger in certain areas than others
  2. Know their interests
  3. Families and backgrounds
3. Create engaging lessons
  1. Basal
  2. Interventions
  3. Differentiating
  4. Literature circles
  5. Reading and writing workshops
How do I record and apply records of learning performance to communicate progress?
1. Observation
  1. Is student fully engaged?
    1. Does student understand what they are learning during for example reading instruction?
      1. Factual
        Language
        Chants, poems and songs
        Guestures
        "Show me what it looks like"
        Facial Expressions
        Turn and talk
      2. Strong content standards
  2. Appropriate time and place
    1. Get comfortable
2. Documentation
  1. Assessments
    1. Checklists
    2. Narrative
    3. Anecdotal
    4. Pedagogical
    5. Time sampling
    6. Running records
  2. Display
    1. Books
    2. Powerpoints
    3. Panels
    4. Portfolio
  3. Scaffolding
    1. Teacher support
      1. Prompting
      2. Modeling
  4. Front loading
3. Interpretation
  1. Create new lesson plans
    1. What changes am I noticing over time?
      1. Proficient readers decide what is important at word, sentence and text level
    2. What ideas and questions are children exploring?
      1. Do they understand comprehension strategies?
        Before
        Activating background knowledge
        Questioning
        Predicting
        During
        Monitoring
        Repairing
        After
        Applying
        Responding
    3. What developmental skills do my observations and documentation identify?
      1. Proficient readers synthesize learning
  2. Reinforce
How do you respond to a cultural difference in a classroom?
1. Humanize types of people that a student has never had an opportunity to interact with personally
  1. Guest speakers
    1. Invite family members and friends of children
  2. Posters
    1. Represent diverse children on walls in the classroom
  3. Diverse books
2. Classroom activities and lessons toward multicultural appreciation
  1. Paint pictures
  2. Food from other countries
3. Appreciate their own culture and heritage
  1. Write about it!
    1. Journal
    2. Be aware of grammar errors and grow vocabulary
  2. Bring in something to describe their own families
    1. Pictures and Artifacts
  3. All About Me Project
4. Teachers should be life-long learners
  1. Encourage children to speak to develop language skills
  2. Teach children when/ where to use language appropriately
  3. Encourage children to use background knowledge to generate new knowledge
  4. Encourage children in altering schema
  5. Give students assistance in class but also provide extra assistance
  6. Encourage ELL's with low self-esteem
  7. Understand that some institutional structures may disadvantage ELL's
How does a teacher create a safe, orderly and stimulating learning environment that nurtures responsibility, motivation and engagement of learners?
1. Create a love for learning
  1. Play
    1. Games
      1. Dramatic play area
        Readers theatre
    2. Constructivism
      1. Blocks, leggos, puzzles
    3. Technology and Music
  2. Projects
    1. Phase One
      1. What are you interested in?
    2. Phase Two
      1. Research and Discover!
    3. Phase Three
      1. Show off your expertise!
        Make a web!
  3. Sharing Time
2. Children are competent creatures
  1. Pick their own learning centers
  2. Child instructed lesson
  3. Offer varied experiences
  4. Child sized furnishings

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