Assessment is key to learning where a child is in his or her development, learning what the child knows, and learning where you need to go next with your lessons. It does not serve students well to have a lesson without assessment and not using assessment to guide your next steps. Based on your previous research on intervention assessments and strategies, you will now create an assessment scenario for your peers to attempt to answer. Base this on your research, …

What does it mean to be systematic? What does this look like in a learning environment? How does systematic assessment tie into setting instructional goals? Why should teachers engage in systematic assessment? How do they set instructional goals? Often educators are aware of the need for systematic assessment and consistently setting instructional goals for their learning environment but have no idea of where to begin. How does one start? As a part of your teacher-leader role, you will develop a …

Please answer ANY ONE question in a Powerpoint presentation designed to share with your School Improvement Team with the goal of convincing them that change in this identified area is needed.  Would you want to learn in the same classrooms and spaces as well as under the same conditions as all your learners? Why or why not? How might you change the structure and function of your buildings to better support learning? Where are the areas of opportunity? Shifting spaces …

For this benchmark, write a 750-1,000 word narrative about a cross-disciplinary unit you would implement in your classroom. Choose a minimum of two standards, at least one for the content area of your field experience classroom and at least one supportive literacy standard to focus on for the unit narrative. You may use your Topic 3 “Instructional Strategies for Literacy Integration Matrix as a guide to inform this assignment.”  …

Scenario: You are a physical education teacher of third grade students at an urban public school. Aware of the lack of physical activity among many American children, you have decided to plan a physical education regimen for your students that maximizes their opportunities for exercise. You also want to plan physical activities for students in your class that will help them learn age-appropriate physical skills that will develop motor skills.  Health and Physical Development (HPD) Physical Health and Growth Goal …

Using feminist theory, critical race theory, or a social constructivist theory, evaluate social policies affecting Hispanic children and families in your agency and community contexts. If you identify gaps or barriers, suggest recommendations that may have a more positive impact in serving Hispanic populations. Using critical thinking skills, identify and describe how a proposed change in current social policies (local, state, federal) impact or could impact Hispanic children or families. Identify and analyze the community resources and forces within your …

Using what you have learned about various co-teaching models, think about how each of those models could be applied to a small group of students and how use of each co-teaching technique could benefit the students in the group. In a 500-750 word narrative, discuss the following: Summarize      three co-teaching models you could use to deliver the lesson. (Kindergarten      Sight words is the lesson plan) Explain how      the use of each co-teaching model applies elements of effective      collaboration to support …

Unit III Scholarly Activity  In this unit, you have gleaned multiple aspects related to effective lesson planning. However, proper planning is not limited to the classroom alone. Even some coaches utilize the foundational techniques encompassed within linear-rational planning to help win ballgames. Read the following scenario, and answer the questions that follow:  Coach Smith is the head high school football coach. He states that the team will use rushing offense and strong defense strategies to win the first game of …

Watch “Sex and Social Dance” After watching the video, answer the following questions in e.s.s.a.y.. format. E. s .s .a.. y .  must be 2 5 0-  3 0 0 words. What is a courtship or ‘coupling’ dance?  Give an example from the film and describe the dance.   In which culture is the larger group more important than the nuclear family? How is this value demonstrated through their dance? In which culture do men and women traditionally dance separately?  Why …

Part 6 To Love. To be loved. 1. What parts of the chapter did you relate to your own experiences most and why? 2.  Tell me about the three videos. How do they relate to the chapter, to love to be loved. 3. Lastly, tie all 6 parts of the textbook together. Summarizing the book as a whole- What is the text all about and how are these themes important to education in the United States. …