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Assignment: Instructional Practices for Emergent Literacy Learners

Complete Part II: Write a reflection paper on your instructional lesson plan and address the following: Using APA style 2 pages. Copy of instructional lesson is paste below.

· Explain how you promoted literacy learners' strategic processing and metacognition in the reading and writing processes.

· Evaluate the effectiveness of the lesson based on specific data you collected during this lesson.

· Explain how you could have differentiated the lesson to meet the needs of literacy learners requiring additional support.

· Analyze the data to determine next steps for the student and reflect on what you might do differently next time.

Helpful Reference

Rog, L. J. (2007). Marvelous minilessons for teaching beginning writing, K–3. Newark, DE: International Reading Association.

· Chapter 1, “Developmental Stages of Writing” (pp. 1–18)

Use this chapter to guide your understanding of the developmental stages of writing instruction and how to support them in the classroom.

Ciampa, K. (2012). Reading in the digital age: Using electronic books as a teaching tool for beginning readers. Retrieved from http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ981797.pdf

Davidson, C. (2009). Young children’s engagement with digital texts and literacies in the home: Pressing matters for the teaching of English in early years of schooling. Retrieved from http://education.waikato.ac.nz/research/files/etpc/files/2009v8n3art3.pdf

This Copy of instructional lesson plan

Setting/Grade Level: Kindergarten      

Subject(s):   Reading    School: California Elementary School   

Date:       Theme/Title:      

1. PLANNING

Standards Addressed

List the standards by including the state, number of the standard(s), and a description of the standard(s).

In this study, the California Common Core State Standards which; describes the standards for all grades; are utilized. The grade level that is being addressed and referred to; is the kindergarten level, and the subject to be addressed is reading.      

 As explained, these standards are associated with the California state. The standards are as follows;

A). understanding print content. The students should be able to understand the organization of printed word and thus manage to follow sentences from right to left, page from top to bottom and pages from page one to the next. The students should also understand that spoken word could be; presented; through writing and that, words are separated by spaces when printed or even handwritten.

b). Phonological awareness. The students should attain an understanding of spoken word, sounds and syllables. They should thus understand aspects like rhyming of words and segmentation of syllables in words.

c). Phonics and recognition of words. Students should be able to apply grade level phonics and decode words both in isolation and in texts.

d). reading any form of reading texts with a lot of understanding the text and with a purpose (California Department of Education, 2017).

1. PLANNING

Learning Outcomes/SMART Goals

What will students learn?

The learning goals for this plan is mainly to ensure that the students manage to reach their targets completely.

The main goals include:

1. Enabling all students to understand the organization, of printed, work and how to read it.

2. Enabling the students to learn about phonics and begin understanding aspects of syllables and sounds.

3. Enabling the students to obtain a purpose of reading all texts and have the need to understand its content.

1. PLANNING

Learning Objectives (at least two)

What will students do? All objectives must be measurable.

1. Students will be; grouped into small groups; and instructed by the tutors on how literal work is organized, and then they are, taught how to read, and understanding literal content.

2. Students will be; taught how to listen to spoken word and utilize it to explain different important concepts of communicating effectively and the means through which they can retain their effectiveness.

1. PLANNING

Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy

Which level(s) of Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy are targeted? Make sure that you reach the higher levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy (Evaluating and Creating).

☐ Remembering

The remembering level of the taxonomy is important and thus it is one of the targeted levels.

☐ Understanding

Understanding helps the students learn what is taught to them and manage to remember about the teachings later and thus it is among the targeted.

☐ Applying

☐ Analyzing

☐ Evaluating

The students should be able to evaluate what is; taught to them and thus this group is; targeted.

☐ Creating

Students should be able to create their own literal work.

1. PLANNING

Real World Contexts

What real-world contexts are included in the lesson? Link the topic of the lesson to the relevance for the student. Include opportunities for students to demonstrate career and college readiness skills.

     The lesson of reading and understanding is of significant importance to the students. Through this lesson, they will be able to communicate effectively and; understand all forms of communications directed to them. The main real-world context that is associated to the study of this lesson by the students in the Kindergarten level is helping them manage to communicate effectively in the real world. Through its content, the students will understand language use and the reason why certain language contents are; utilized in the ways that they are; utilized in.

With these skills, the students will proceed on with studies understanding more of language usage to an extent where they will eventually manage to become fluent English speakers when they attain the college level of education.

1. PLANNING

Collaboration

How was collaboration with other professionals, families, and/or community leaders included for this lesson? Describe the collaborative effort.

     Collaboration with family members and other professionals is essential for the success of this lesson in meeting its goals and objectives. Students at the kindergarten level can easily learn about language by having to listen to people speaking in it effectively and in an appropriate manner. With this regard, therefore, families and other professionals are crucial for the success of this lesson in teaching students the aspects of language and reading.

2. METHODOLOGY

Learning Experience/ Activity

List the activities, including how you activate background knowledge and bring closure to the lesson. Please make sure you can demonstrate student engagement throughout the lesson. Address the diversity of your students by indicating at least one type of diverse student and how you would support this student in the lesson.

Students at the kindergarten level are simply the students that are in the first level of education. Prior: to this level, therefore: there is no other experience in education that they may have. This aspect requires them to be; taught the very basis aspects of education and reading in this case.      

Student engagement in learning is of significant importance to enhance understanding for students in this category. An activity of student engagement that I will carry out is the activity of organizing the students into groups and then ensuring that they manage to remain completely effective in the activities that they involve in. I will also ensure that students participate during lessons by giving them response opportunities during the learning sessions.      

I will ensure that students take and utilize their learning into the real world by giving them certain assignment of real world integration of their learning. The first example of an assignment that I can give is telling the students to give some piece of information to their parents and bring feedback of what their parents respond. This will help the students learn to communicate with others and to listen. Another example is sending the students to their colleagues to communicate some information.

Students are in many occasions’ different in terms of understanding and ability to learn. An example of a diverse student is the kind of student that is extremely slow to learn and understand. I will address the case of such a student by giving them extra lessons intended to make them understand the concepts being; taught and manage to proceed on with studies with the rest of the students.

Diversity in the classroom is a common issue. Individual diversities may be; brought about by aspects of being unable to study effectively or communicate in an appropriate manner. This diversity issue can be, addressed by individual focus to the student and helping them to catchup with the rest of the students. Group diversities on the other hand, can be; categorized by aspects of studies and the means through which they can eliminate operations in an appropriate manner, an aspect that is less effective and capable of operating in an appropriate manner.

An instructional strategy that will help the students completely understand the lesson taught and the means through which they can excel is a general summary of the lesson and a revisiting of the assigned work to carry out later. This strategy will help the students retain their understanding of the lesson contents and bear in mind what assignment they are; expected to complete after the lesson.      

2. METHODOLOGY

Instructional Strategies

What instructional strategies/methods will you use?

Connect each strategy and method back to the standard(s) and objective(s) by listing each number of the standard and objective after each activity.      

Constructions

Standard: organizing and producing rhyming words.

Objective:

Students to be able to construct words that rhyme with other given words.

Nonlinguistic Representations

Standard: effective communication.

Objective:

Students to be able to communicate effectively.

Cooperative Learning

Standard:

Understanding the organization and the basic features of information that is to be printed.

Objective:

The ability to read any literal source and understand its content.

Peer Editing

Standard:

Objective:

Discovery

Standard: understanding the aspects of sound and managing to use them in word reading and formulation.

Objective:

To have the ability of reading effectively through the utilization of sounds.

Practice/Drill

Standard:

Objective:

Discussion/Questioning

Standard:

Objective:

Practicum

Standard:

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Experiment

Standard:

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Problem Solving

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Field Study

Standard:

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Questions, Cues, and Advance Organizers

Standard:

Objective:

Graphic Organizers

Standard:

Objective:

Reflection/Response

Standard:

Objective:

Generating and Testing Hypothesis

Standard:

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Reinforcing Effort and Providing Recognition

Standard:

Objective:

Homework and Practice

Standard:

Objective:

Reporting

Standard:

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Identifying Similarities and Differences

Standard:

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Role-playing

Standard:

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Independent Learning

Standard: reading emergent reader texts with a form of purpose and understanding.

Objective: Being able to read effectively and communicating in an appropriate manner.

Setting Objectives and Providing Feedback

Standard:

Objective:

Journal

Standard:

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Simulation

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Laboratory

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Summarizing and Note Taking

Standard:

Objective:

Lecture

Standard:

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Viewing/Listening/Answering

Standard:

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Library Research

Standard:

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Other (Please specify)

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Standard:

Objective:

     

These instructional strategies are completely guided by the standards set for this grade level and thus they are appropriate for use in the study of this topic.

After taking the lessons and managing to implement effectiveness of operation, the students managed to reach the advanced levels of evaluation and creation of texts.

A number of important activities help to ensure that students manage to remain completely effective in the activities that they involve in effectively (Common Core, 2017).      

For proper instructions, I will group students into small groups of operation. This grouping is appropriate for this level of study to help them avoid involving in too much play when they are in a large group and concentrate in the task at hand.

     

3. MATERIALS

Materials Used

T = FOR TEACHER

S = FOR STUDENT

Include at least one digital material.

T

S

Materials used

T

S

Technology utilized

     

Cassettes/CDs

     

Graphing or Scientific Calculator

     

Slides

     

Tape Recorder

     

VCR/TV/DVD/Laser disc

     

Assistive Technology

     

Cell Phone/Mobile Device

     

Digital/Video Camera

     

Concept Mapping Software

     

Social Networking

     

Virtual World (e.g., Second Life)

     

Interactive Gaming

     

Interactive White Board (e.g., SMART Board)

     

Distance Learning/Webcast

     

Computer Software

     

Weblog (Blog)

     

Wiki

     

Internet Research/Website

     

Podcast/Vodcast

     

E-mail

     

Presentation Software (e.g., PowerPoint)

     

Virtual Field Trip

     

Interactive Gaming

     

Other (Please specify):      

These materials will help make it extremely easy for the students and teachers learning experience to be much easy and effective for both. The use of these materials will thus help the objectives of the lesson plan to be met easily.

4. ASSESSMENT/EVALUATION

Assessment Options

Application Exam

Standard: Knowing and applying the phonics of grade level and analysis.

Objective: to be able to apply all the knowledge regarding grade levels and being able to communicate this application.

Objective Test

Standard:

Objective:

Concept Mapping

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Observation

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Parent Evaluation

Standard: demonstrating understanding of spoken word, sounds and phonemes.

Objective: evaluating whether the individuals will manage to operate in an appropriate manner.

Contract

Standard:

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Peer Evaluation

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Checklist

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Self-Evaluation

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Performance Task

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Inventory

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Portfolio

Standard:

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Quantitative Scale

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Rating Scales

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Rubric

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Scored Discussion

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Journal

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Problem-Solving Assessment

Standard:

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Other (Please specify):

Standard:

Objective:      

I chose these, assessment because they have the ability to help me understand whether the students are meeting the goals and targets that I have set for them. The assessments will also help me in understanding whether the lesson plan is meeting the objects set.

The formative assessments provides sufficient information regarding the importance of the standards and objectives utilized in teaching the students.

     

     

5. LEARNERS

Differentiation

Address multiple intelligences and/or learning styles when writing your response.

I ensured that the curriculum was, differentiated in order to meet the diverse needs of the students. The first way that I utilized is to provide sessions when the teachers will address the needs of special students that may need more attention in the teaching and instruction sessions. The second way is the provision of groups where students are, grouped in order to receive help from both the teacher and fellow students. This will increase the help that diversified students receive from both the teacher and their fellow students.

     

I will different instructions by utilizing two main diverse ways. The first way is ensuring that I give different groups of people the instructions that best fits the group to advance their learning effectively. The other strategy is ensuring there are specific groups that different students according to their ability to learn and understand the content taught.

   

I will different assessment through the strategy of dividing students according to their ability to respond to assessment and the other strategy being the strategy of seeking to understand the level of understanding of each student in class.

   

5. LEARNERS

Diversity

I will address the diversity issue of students by focusing on their issues individually. The group of the students that take long to understand concepts, for example will have their issue addressed by spending more time in providing instructions and guidance during the learning process (Literacy Coaching, 2009).      

References

California Department of Education, (2017). What are the Common Core Standards: California Department of Education. Retrieved from http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/cc/tl/whatareccss.asp

Common Core, (2017). English Language Arts Standards » Reading: Foundational Skills » Kindergarten: common Core. Retrieved from http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy/RF/K/

Literacy Coaching, (2009). Self-Assessment for Elementary Literacy Coaches: Literacy Coaching Clearinghouse. Retrieved from http://www.literacycoachingonline.org/briefs/tools/self_assessment_for_elem_lit_coaches.pdf