Reference no: EM13752977

introduction

You have gained practice in skills related to phonological and phonemic awareness by planning and teaching a lesson to a small group of students on specific skills using a puppet as an anchor for the lesson. You also learned how to assess those students' phonological and phonemic awareness skills.

In addition, you analyzed children's books and stories to determine how appropriate they were for a diverse student body within a specific grade level.

Task:

C. Choose a children's book that is appropriate for a specific grade level NEW YORK STATE (kindergarten, first, second, or third grade), taking into consideration the specific needs, interests, and reading levels of the students in the class.

1. Justify (suggested length of 1-2 pages) why the children's book you selected is appropriate for the lesson being taught.

D. Using the book you selected as an anchor, design three lesson plans (using the attached according to the attached Lesson Plan Format") to teach the following reading/literacy skills for a specific grade level, kindergarten, first, second, or third grade:

1. Word recognition, phonics, or concepts of print (your choice)

2. Phonological or phonemic awareness (your choice)

3. Oral reading fluency

Note: If your state does not have oral reading fluency standards for the grade level you have chosen, you may select to design a lesson plan on vocabulary or comprehension skills.

E. Incorporate a technology component into the lesson plan for the lesson you will teach.

F. After your teaching experience, write responses to the prompts (suggested length of 1-2 paragraphs per prompt) using the Guided Reflection Protocol Form. (there should be 3 of these)

1. Observation and Description

a. Describe your instructional setting, including subject, grade level, the number of students, seating arrangement, and any other criteria necessary to present the instructional setting.

2. Analysis, Exploration, and Reasoning

a. Analyze the level of student engagement with your lesson.

3. Connections to Other Effective Teaching Practices

a. Connect a pedagogical strategy used in your lesson to the theory of multiple intelligences, the theory of social constructivism, or another educational theory appropriate for elementary education.

4. Evaluation

a. Evaluate the effectiveness of your lesson presentation.

b. Explain the thinking process you used to complete this evaluation.

5. Recommendations

a. Describe an alternative pedagogical strategy you could have used to improve student learning.

b. Justify your recommendations.

6. Personal Meaning and Professional Growth

a. Explain the most important thing you learned from this experience.

b. Analyze the strengths in your lesson.

c. Analyze the areas of the lesson that need improvement.

d. Discuss what you would do differently if given the chance to teach this lesson again.

e. Explain what advice you might offer to peers as they prepare to complete this performance assessment.

• Answer the questions in the form. If you need additional space, include an attachment with your response.

G. When you use sources, include all in-text citations and references in APA format.