Lesson plan and paper

Lesson Plans and Teaching Lessons

0. In each of the four areas and using literacy assessments available in the classroom, administer a pre-test to one student in your practicum classroom.

0. After you have administered the pre-test, confer with the mentor teacher and prepare lesson plans to address the four areas of literacy development. These lessons should be based on the direct instruction model. The lessons should reflect the areas of need identified through the data analysis collected from the pre-test.

0. Teach the lessons to the one student you assessed previously.

Administer assessments as a post-test to the same student. Analyze the data to see if learning has improved from the pre-test to the post-test.

Reflection Paper

0. Write a 1000-1250 word essay summarizing:

3. Your learning experience during the practicum

3. Assessment administration- the pre and post assessment data, challenges and strengths.

3. Data analysis. Include a chart or graphic organizer.

3. Specific activities with the student during instruction

3. Progress made to be notated in the chart

3. Collaboration with the classroom teacher

3. Your reflection on how assessment guides instruction. Explain how data was used to target the needs of the student and to plan instruction.

0. Use standard essay format in APA style, including an introduction, conclusion, and title page. An abstract is not required. Cite in-text and in the References section.