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
CLINICAL FIELD EXPERIENCE C: LITERACY ACTIVITY IMPLEMENTATION 3
Clinical Field Experience C: Literacy Activity Implementation
Darius Washington
Grand Canyon SEC: 540
July 16, 2019
Clinical Field Experience C: Literacy Activity Implementation This was a very fun and exciting activity for me and most importantly one that helped me learn a lot. I would confidently say that a lot of what I expected to deliver with excellence went well and my mentor can also agree with this. I would greatly agree with one major observation that my mentor made and that is the fact that I was able to apply good differentiation strategies and meet the diverse needs of the students. I was able to achieve this by making sure that I had as much information as possible about the students beforehand. Understanding the students and their needs is the basis of effective differentiation and this proved to be true in this case. From this experience, I learned the importance of proper planning. This planning beforehand by setting goals and objectives for the lesson helped me in one main way. Having clear objectives served as a measuring instrument. It helped me to evaluate very well and easily my teaching methods and how effective they are in meeting the objectives of the lesson. True to what the mentor said however alongside my observation there is a need for improvement in enhancing classroom engagement and also integrating literacy. On this, I believe that I tried my best to do well but achieving the desired results proved to be difficult. The challenge with classroom engagement was creating a safe environment where students would feel freer to engage and open up (Semeraro, Coppola, Cassibba & Lucangeli, 2019). The challenge with integrating literacy was time based on the fact that there is limited time to deliver a certain portion of content and the fact that proper integration requires constant and consistent practice. Both of these challenges are challenges are issues that cannot be overcome in one single session and therefore in the future, I will be more keep on consistently applying strategies that promote literacy development and engagement over time. For example, offering more exercises that involve reading and writing to promote more literacy. References Semeraro, C., Coppola, G., Cassibba, R., & Lucangeli, D. (2019). Teaching of cursive writing in the first year of primary school: Effect on reading and writing skills. PloS one, 14(2), e0209978.
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