...Student Learning’ states that before a teacher can construct an appropriate lesson a “blue print” needs to be created. This ‘blue print’ is meant to be a design to show what a student should have learned once they have finished the lesson. When constructing a lesson plan many things must be taken into account, mainly the grade level and subject this lesson is directed to. Florida has The Sunshine State Standards, also referred to as “content standards”, they are used to describe what a student should be able to achieve, in regards to that subject by the time the teacher has finished the lesson. The Sunshine State Standards are broad statements that describe what a child should know and be able to do at every grade level. These standards cover seven content areas: social studies, science, language arts, health/physical education, the arts, foreign language, and mathematics. The lesson might be two days or two weeks long, the time frame is indicated by the curriculum, which is followed by all the teachers in that same grade level. Careful planning is used when preparing these lesson plans. All the lessons must help the students achieve the goals set forth in the lesson to insure that the student is successful. The standards used in lesson plans can be adjusted to accommodate the needs of gifted students as well as ESE students. Beginning of Instruction (Placement Assessment) When a student enters a new grade, placement tests are administered to determine how much knowledge the student...
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...2nd grade English performance Standard This standard sets the foundation for the educator to follow throughout the school year. The standard is only six pages long, but is very detailed and clear in its approach towards education. The document starts out by detailing the learning objectives for the students. It puts forward emphasis on reviewing material learned from previous school year. The document highlights key components for the educator to focus on such as; vocabulary, phonics, and comprehension. The document gives brief description on what to focus on in each category along with suggestions on how the assess the students’ progress in each category. Feedback is a very important tool to bring the students along. The document reads easy and leaves flexibility for the teacher implement his/her own style. 8th Grade Science Performance Standard This standard is much more detailed in terms of what is expected from the teacher and student. Even though it is only seven pages, it is compact and concise. The progression of the learning goals is very evident. The document starts by giving general suggestions on how to approach teaching science in order to bringing all students on the same page. Towards the end of the document it is much more emphasis on the student transitioning out of middle school into high School. According to this document the student should be expected to read to learn, putting emphasis on comprehending the text, working independently and...
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...Running head: Prevention Plan Problem Prevention Plan 2/25/14 Problem Prevention Plan A classroom problem prevention plan is an indispensible part of every classroom. Schoolchildren need to be in a setting that encourages respect for each individual student so that all students in the class can feel comfortable when they make missteps or mistakes. A good prevention plan sets the expectations for the school year. The emphasis of my prevention plan is on preventing problems by keeping the children actively occupied in the lessons being offered. Having a good classroom prevention plan is the cornerstone for learning, without it the students would not be able to learn. This paper is a summary of what I do in my 3rd grade classroom. Rules I begin each first day of school by directing the 3rd graders to come up with classroom rules as a team. Nevertheless, I’ve already made up the rules I want; however, I think that the students should have a sense of ownership in the workings of the classroom. It amazes me that each year the kids come up with the same rules as the previous class before them. Repeating rules are using an ‘inside voice’, raising your hand and waiting to be called on, keeping your hands and feet to yourself and using nice words. These rules are important for this grade level because it teaches respect at the most critical year for school kids. Each kid is responsible for his/her own behavior, but by help making the rules they feel obligated...
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...Third Grade Writing Development at Sugar Grove Elementary School I. Introduction and Philosophy Sugar Grove Elementary School has a current enrollment of 766 students, with 76 of those qualifying for free or reduced lunch. Currently, 6% of the student population has been identified as eligible for special education services (K-6), and 19% receive Title One reading assistance (K-3). There are 529 Sugar Grove families living in single-family homes, 27 of which live in mobile homes. Of the 766 students, 48 of them live outside of the Sugar Grove district having been given the option of attending Sugar Grove, if parents provide transportation. This school community believes that learning is a lifetime quest for academic excellence, personal achievement, and responsibility to the community and the world. They value the unique learning style of every child and the unique path each will pursue to become successful learners and responsible citizens. The staff and parents work to build a safe and caring environment for all members of our school community to engage in meaningful learning. To create the feeling of smaller communities within a large school, six teams have been organized, three teams of five to six classrooms at the 1st – 3rd grade levels and three teams at the 4th – 6th grade levels. All teams are in close physical proximity to each other. This structure offers several advantages. It allows common planning time for teachers across grade levels...
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...education, there must be goals and standards in place. This plan is vital in the school for growth. In order to be successful, you must make changes when necessary in student instruction, provide the appropriate instruction and make changes if necessary to ensure that students will be successful. The vision and mission statement of the school go hand in hand with the action plan that is set up for the school. I have included an example of a school improvement plan with information that was collected from my school Peete Elementary school. My administrators, instructional coaches, and a select team of teachers, provided helpful insight which is included. The plan that is implemented from the administrators, instructional coaches, and the select team of teachers can be improved in a positive manner, the plan is continuously improved for the campus and for the betterment of the students. Strategies For each grade level there are TEKS assessments and lessons that are utilized in the classroom for daily instruction. Weekly assessments provided in class should go along with supporting and reading standards that coincide with the district standards and also the state schedule. There should be adequate training provided for instructors that cover methods and strategies that should be used by students on the day of their tests. Goals: (See Figure 1.1) 5th grade math, 4th grade reading and writing, and 3rd grade math and reading are areas of concern that need improvement...
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...Task A-2 Lesson Plan Format Name: Date: 02/0714 Age/Grade Level: 3rd grade # of Students: Program: Physical Education Major Content: 5 components of fitness Lesson Length: 30 minutes Unit Title: The 5 Components of Fitness Lesson Title: Cardio/Body Composition Context • Explain how this lesson relates to the unit of study or your broad goals for teaching about the topic. - This lesson focuses on cardiorespiratory endurance and body composition, which are two of the 5 components of fitness. This lesson will allow students to understand what both components of fitness. • Describe the students’ prior knowledge or the focus of the previous lesson. - Students have briefly been taught the 5 components of fitness in second grade, but have little prior knowledge on the topic. • Describe generally any critical student characteristics or attributes that will affect student learning (other than what you described in the Teaching and Learning Context). - N/a End In Mind - Students will understand what cardiorespiratory endurance and body compostion is, and how it relates to their overall health. - Students will be able to correctly pass and shoot the gator skin ball. Connections Connect your goals and objectives to appropriate Kentucky Core Content, Kentucky Occupational Skill Standards...
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...Accountability (1984) conducted a study comparing the attainment rates and scores of 2nd, 3rd & 4th grade foreign language and non-foreign language students in reading, writing and math. It reported the number and percent of students reaching and not reaching a 75% performance standard on the Louisiana Basic Skills Testing Program during the 1983-84 school year. In each instance, FL students significantly outperformed non-foreign language students by 2-6 percentage points. Rafferty (1986) compared the 1985 basic skills Language Arts and Mathematics test scores of 13,200 randomly selected Louisiana 3rd, 4th, & 5th graders who did vs. did not study a foreign language. Both groups were matched for race, sex, and grade level. Significant differences appeared across all grades in Language Arts, with FL students scoring higher than non-foreign language students. By the fifth grade—this advantage was more than doubled in favor of the foreign language group. For math, however, 4th grade foreign language students showed some disadvantages, but by 5th grade, they performed better than the non-foreign language students. Lang (1990) explored the relationship of foreign language in the elementary school (FLES) study on English language achievement on the norm-referenced California Achievement tests. He compared the performance of approximately 51,000 4th grade, 43,000 6th grade & 27,000 9th grade FLES students to that of similar numbers of non-FLES students to determine whether...
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...Targeted Grade Level | Content Areas | 1. http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/ | National Geographic for kids, there are games, videos, pictures and information on nature. | 3rd-6th | Science and Social Studies | 2. https://www.brainpop.com/ | It has a variety of subjects with videos, games, and even worksheets. | 3rd -12th | Science, Social Studies, Math, English, Engineering and Tech., Art and Music, Health | 3. https://www.khanacademy.org/welcome | There is a variety of subjects and videos on this site. | K-Beyond High School | Math, Science, Economics and Finance, Arts and Humanities, Computing and Test Prep. | 4. http://www.funbrain.com/ | Fun games to learn math and reading skills. | K-8th | Math and Reading | 5. http://www.kidsknowit.com/ | Lots of information on this sight. Movies, posters, worksheets, games, etc. | K-12th | Science, Math and Spelling | Introduction Technology has inundated our home, work place and yes, our schools. With that, one needs to look at the importance of integrating technology in the classroom and why it is so important. “Researchers, educators, administrators, policymakers, and parents are now searching for the best ways to integrate technology into classrooms in order to enhance teaching and learning” (Rafool, Sullivan, and Al-Bataineh, 2012). While incorporating technology in the classroom, one has to look at the classroom as a whole and how the technology will enhance or take away from the classroom and lessons being used...
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...Unit Plan1: Rotation 1 My curriculum map is based on vertical alignment in grades 2, 3, and 4th. My target grade is 3rd grade. TEKS Grade 2nd Target Grade 3rd Grade 4th Psychomotor 2.1(B) demonstrate skills of chasing, fleeing, and dodging to avoid or catch others 3.1 (B) demonstrate proper form and smooth transitions during combinations of fundamental locomotor and body control skills such as running and jumping safely in dynamic situations while chasing, fleeing, and dodging others 4.1 (A) demonstrate changes in speed during straight, curved, and zig sag pathways in dynamic situations such as running and jumping and other various fundamental locomotor and body control skills while chasing, fleeing, and dodging others. Cognitive 2.3 (A) identify how regular physical activity...
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...Inquiry Based-Lesson Plan Getting to Know Your History Author: Lyla Jenings Subject and Grade Level: Social Studies for 3rd grade Time Required: 2 weeks for 2 hours daily Materials and resources needed: Internet Access, Social Studies Book, Library, computers, maps Lesson Overview: This lesson will help students to learn about where they live. There focal point will be set on attractions in their areas such as neighbors, restaurants, amusement parks, gas stations, malls, schools and churches. This lesson will enable them to have a clear understanding of what their environment consist of which will offer them a better view of their history and geographical life. Goal of the Lesson: To understand the history of their neighborhood or district Objectives: After completing this lesson, students will be able to appreciate the lifestyle they possess. They will also be able to understand how the population of people lives such as low, middle and upper class families. They will be able to distinguish this by observing their surroundings when they are out with their parents or other family members. Students will be able to forecast how and where they want to live when they grow up. Students will be able to think ahead and decide on what type of career they want in order to have the things that surround them for example: a nice car, a big house and nice neighborhood. With this lesson, it will enable them to understand the importance of environmental living. Investigative...
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...school is responsible. Definition 4: Curriculum is all the experiences learners have under the guidance of the school. Definition 5: Curriculum is the totality of learning experiences provided to students so that they can attain general skills and knowledge at a variety of learning sites. Definition 6: Curriculum is what the student constructs from working with the computer and its various networks, such as the Internet. Definition 7: Curriculum is the questioning of authority and the searching for complex views of human situations. Definition 8: Curriculum is all the experiences that learners have in the course of living. (From Marsh, C. J. & Willis, G. (2003). Curriculum: Alternative approaches, ongoing issues. (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill Prentice Hall.) Types of Curriculum —from Leslie Wilson’s website and Larry Cuban (Courtesy of Dr. Judith Irvin, Florida State University) Overt, explicit or written curriculum is simply that which is written as part of formal instruction of the schooling experience. It may refer to a curriculum document, texts, and supportive materials that are overtly chosen to support the intentional instructional agenda of a school. Cuban (1992) calls it an intended curriculum (recommended, adopted, official). It serves as a documented map of theories, beliefs, and intentions about schooling, teaching, learning, and knowledge—evidence in the development of teacher proof curriculum....
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...Observation Chart for Specific Disabilities Plan your classroom observations to include all disabilities. Complete the chart below with the information that you learned during your observations. You may also use your Dictionary of Developmental Disabilities Terminology for additional information. Disability Age Placement Specific comments and accommodations Hearing & Visually Impaired Language & Speech Disorder Speech disorder- development delay, phonological disorder, speech defect, difficulty with pro annunciation, the student does not use developmentally expected speech patterns. Language disorder- disabilities of reception, integration, recall and or production of language. This delayment and disability maybe spoken, written, or both. (p 583, Turnbull and Turnbull, shank and Leal) 8 3rd grade -regular Ed Mary was in a regular Ed 3rd grade class. Her modification was that she was aloud extra time to verbally respond in class. She went to see a speech therapist once a week. The therapist worked on her pronunciation of specific sounds. Spanish is her first language but it was determined that her disorder was not due to being second language learner but rather because of developmental delayment. The speech therapist worked on one sound per lesson and then evaluated her progress at the end of the lesson to make sure she has mastered that specific sound, if...
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...NAME: JUWEIRIYA SENGA COURSE: PRE AND PRIMARY TEACHER TRAINING DIPLOMA COURSE WITH SPECIALIZATION IN TEACHING ENGLISH ASSIGNMENT: THIRD PHASE: SEVEN AND EIGHT Assignment 1. Plan an activity in project form with specific instructions using appropriate material(s). 2. The Project should specify: A) The materials used B) The utility of the materials used (i.e. why such materials are being used) C) The project in detail ( i) the level the project is suitable for. (ii) The length of time required for the project. (iii) The subject(s) being taught through that project. A VOLCANO PROJECT- (SCIENCE PROJECT) The topic area is rich enough to support projects at all grade levels, but this experiment is listed as a 3rd grade science project since I believe it is the first age group that can perform the steps needed with very little supervision. Under the right circumstances, it could also be used as a 4th grade science project, or possibly even as late as 5th grade. OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT This project is designed to help young students learn more about earth science by looking specifically at volcanoes. We'll also learn how common household items can be used to build useful models, with an element of creativity required to make the model realistic. Hopefully we'll discover a few new science terms along the way as well. The experiment is done in two steps. First, we figure out how to make a volcano, and then we look at fun ways to make it erupt. LENGTH OF TIME REQUIRED ...
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...within the time frame of the career plan Introduction For M1 I will be assessing methods that I will be achieving during the time period of my career plan. These methods will be based on my weaknesses and how I will be able to overcome them so my future plans can become more successful. I will also be comparing my career plan with my skills audit to see how they both perform in my future. Gaps in my skills For me to become a solicitor in the future I need to get into University with 300 ucas points. In order for me to get 300 ucas points I need to work very hard in college and try to achieve a distinction for this year to get into university quicker. The skills gaps that need to be obtained to help me are the ones which I am currently studying which are Business Level 3 B-Tec and also GCSE English level 2. I need these skills to enter University because they are required for the course I will be doing. GCSE English level 2 is a gap for me because I had previously gotten a grade lower in this subject and this can affect my future career plans if I do not change it. The way I will change this is by taking the English GCSE level 2 classes provided by college. I will have to retake the exams and work very hard to achieve the grade I want to get into university. It is important for me to identify my skills gap because if I do not then this can lead to a bad effect in my future career. For example if I do not move my GCSE English result to a grade c then the university may not accept...
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...Hall 209-F Phone: (509) 359-2857 Teaching schedule: Monday-Friday 11:00am-11:50am Classroom #: Williamson Hall 222 Office hours: M -Th From 12:00pm-1:00pm Spanish 101-04: 5-units course CRN: 11555 Department: Modern Languages, Literatures & Phil. Term: Fall 2010 DISCLAIMER: The syllabus and calendar are a work in progress. Keep in close contact, by attending class regularly and checking Blackboard on a daily basis. Required texts: -- Donley, Benavides, Márquez. Aventuras Primer curso de lengua española, 3rd edition, Vista Higher Learning -- Aventuras Lab Manual/ Workbook/Video Manual. Vista Higher Learning, 3rd edition -- Supersite, Aventuras 3a edition, Vista Higher Learning (pass code comes with new textbook) Also recommended: www.wordreference.com (on line bilingual dictionary & thesaurus); www.studyspanish.com (extra practice) Course Description: This course offers a beginning level of Spanish and forms a part of the SPAN 101, 102, and 103. SPAN 101 introduces Spanish language grammar, vocabulary, cultural information, oral practice, and writing. The weekly requirements include class meetings (Monday—Friday, or Monday/Wednesday/Friday), a visit to the language lab, daily homework and workbook and lab book assignments. You are allowed to bring food and beverages to class. Attendance...
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