Standard 2(a)- Learning Differences: Designs, adapts, and delivers instruction to address each student’s diverse learning strengths and needs and creates opportunities for students to demonstrate their learning in different ways.
Artifact From the Semester: In Class Midterm Essay: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bJEP9hOG_yGVVVMztayrlZB5oms9z2up88hZ8_czwzU/edit?usp=sharing
Description:
For our midterm assignment, instead of having an exam, we had to write an in class essay. We were given a list of different students who had different learning differences. We had to chose two students and answer multiple of 7 different questions. The questions were not included in the linked artifact, so I will include them here: 1) How could you motivate/engage this student to be interested in your unit? 2) What changes to your instruction would you make to accommodate this student’s needs? 3) What changes to assessment would you make to accommodate this student’s needs? 4)What changes to the text would you make to accommodate this student’s needs? How will you make this student feel successful? How can you create/build a positive identity for this student as a reader and writer through this unit? How can you collaborate with others to support this student?
Demonstration of learning:
This assignment was all about knowing how to differentiate for individual students. Not all of our students learn the same way or at the same speed. It may require one student a certain set of tools and strategies to be able to be successful during a lesson while another student has to use a whole different set of tools and strategies. It’s important to be able to go through scenarios of possible student situations and be able to know how you would differentiate anything in your classroom to help them be successful.
Standard 4(g)- Content Knowledge: Uses supplementary resources and technologies effectively to ensure accessibility and relevance to all learners.
Artifact From the Semester: Content Area Book Resource Guide
https://docs.google.com/document/d/16khzRB1Z1uNghgMOL5AyUm4u5SaZ2xDMvvGhH1KmZBQ/edit?usp=sharing
Description:
The purpose of this assignment was to be able to pick a specific topic that is related to the content area you are going to teach, and create a resource guide that has a variety of different kinds of resources so that all learners have a chance to learn in the way they do best. We were required to have 4-6 different resources that ranged between 3-5 different categories. We also had to provide a brief description of the resource and the text readability.
Demonstration of learning:
We also had to do a reflection at the end of the assignment, so this is very similar to that. I found this assignment interesting because it helped me understand how different categories of resources can help different students with different learning needs understand different aspects of the same topic. Doing this type of resource guide would be helpful to me as a teacher when I am creating a unit or lesson, I could create separate resource guides for units and lessons to help keep my resources organized.
