Lesson Plan and Reflective Essay

• PracticumObservations/Teaching Lessons

  • InTopics 2-6, devote attention to each of the four areas of literacydevelopment. For each of these categories, observe a classroom(grades 1-3) as the teacher and students focus on one of the fourareas. Keep notes on activities used by the teacher. Suggestedpracticum schedule for observations and teaching the lesson plans:

  • Topic1: Observations only; look for differentiation techniques for ELL’sand special needs students.

  • Topic2: Phonemic Awareness and Phonics

  • Topic3: Word Study and Fluency

  • Topic4: Vocabulary Development

  • Topic5: Comprehension

• LessonPlans and Teaching Lessons

  • Ineach of the four areas and using literacy assessments available inthe classroom, administer a pre-test to one student in yourpracticum classroom.

  • Afteryou have administered the pre-test, confer with the mentor teacherand prepare lesson plans to address the four areas of literacydevelopment. These lessons should be based on the directinstruction model. The lessons should reflect the areas of needidentified through the data analysis collected from the pre-test.

  • Teachthe lessons to the one student you assessed previously.

  • Administerassessments as a post-test to the same student. Analyze the data tosee if learning has improved from the pre-test to the post-test.

Assessment:Student Prompts/Teacher Directions

(Benchmark Assignment)Practicum Teacher Work Sample

• Writea 850 - 1,000 word reflection essay summarizing:

  • Yourlearning experience during the practicum.

  • Assessmentadministration- the pre and post assessment data, challenges andstrengths.

  • Dataanalysis. Include a chart or graphic organizer.

  • Specificactivities with the student during instruction.

  • Progressmade to be notated in the chart.

  • Collaborationwith the classroom teacher.

  • Yourreflection on how assessment guides instruction. Explain how datawas used to target the needs of the student and to planinstruction.

Preparethis assignment according to the APA guidelines. An abstract is notrequired.

Youare required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Original Work Only

Combineall of your assessment data, copies of your lesson plans for each ofthe literacy areas, and the reflection paper under one APA-styletitle page.