Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3, in case you missed them. Here is my answer to the fourth prompt given as part of my Final Paper for Instructional Practices for Reading Teachers. Write a letter to parents explaining at least 4 ways (2 informal and 2 formal) of how you will assess your students. …
Teaching Reading: Final Paper (Part 1)
My final paper for my Instructional Practices for Reading Teachers was made up of 5 short essays in response to 5 prompts about teaching reading. Here is the first prompt and my essay response. Stay tuned! Parts 2-5 will be posted over the next week or so. Compare and contrast the bottom-up curriculum and the top-down …
Story Setting Assessment
Here is the assessment that goes along with the story-setting writing lesson plan. Each step has questions that are one level higher on Bloom's Taxonomy. The actual design of the assessment looks way nicer than it does on the blog. Follow the instructions carefully to turn this poorly written story setting into a well-written story setting. Martha was …
My Very First Math Lesson! (Part 2)
If you missed Part 1 of this installment, click the link to check it out. It contains my lesson plan and pictures of the materials I used. Below is the list of reflection questions that professor asked me. Again, my grade for this assignment as a whole was 98%. This reflection in particular, though, my …
My Very First Math Lesson! (Part 1)
You will remember that I recently created a mathematics lesson for my Instructional Practices for Math Teachers class. Later on in this course, I received an assignment to not just create a lesson plan, but also teach it and reflect on the experience! I had never taught a formal lesson before in my life! Rather …
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