Capstone Presentation of

Candidate Teaching

By: LaReesa L. Ortonorton75346@students.reinhardt.edu

Visit My Website“Why fit in when you were born to stand out?”

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Introductio

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LaReesa Lynn Orton• Bachelor of Science-Early Childhood

Education• Conducted Candidate Teaching at Mission

Road Elementary • 3rd Grade Placement• Paula Doyle was my collaborating teacher,

LaConda Davis is her team teaching partner

• Taught all subject areas:Mathematics

ScienceSocial StudiesLanguage Arts

Also taught and co-taught the following Student Support Groups:

PALS Math (intervention)Six Minute Solution (intervention)

SRA Decodable (small group)

Mission Road Elementary School “The education of the student is most successful when it

involves the school, home and community.” • Located in Cartersville,

GA• Home to 581 students

Grades Pre-K through 5th• Title I Distinguished

School for 8 consecutive years

• Mrs. Sherry Hughes, Principal

• Mrs. Tracy Mulkey, Assistant Principal

My Students• Team composed of 35 students• Combined classrooms classified as

EIP• Diversity: 12 girls 23 boys 5 Hispanic students, 3 receive ESOL

services 27 Caucasian students 3 African-American/Bi-racial

students

Breakdown of RTI/Progress Monitoring:6 Tier 3 Students

20 Tier 2 Students9 Tier 1 Students

My Students

3rd Grade Daily Class Schedule

7:00-7:45 Early Morning Classroom (teachers rotate duty)

7:45-8:00 Six Minute Read/Agendas/Journal Writing

8:00-8:45 Intervention: Mrs. Davis-Read Live, Mrs. Doyle/Ms Orton-PALS Math

8:50-9:35 Special Areas/Planning

9:35-11:35 Instruction: 9:35-11:05 MATH

Computation, Skills Block, Workshop, Closing

11:00-11:30 SCIENCE or SOCIAL STUDIES

11:30 Change classes with Mrs. Davis

11:35-11:47 Math Minute

12:20-12:45 Recess

12:50-2:30 Instruction (students change classes for Reading, ELA with Mrs. Davis)

DOL, Vocabulary, Reading, ELA

2:30 Students return to Homeroom to pack up for dismissal

2:38 Dismissal

Thoughts, Fears, Feelings, Strengths, and Weaknesses as I began Candidate Teaching…

READY!!!!!!!!!!

Apprehensive NervousExcited

Prepared Committed

Using Assessment to Plan for Differentiation

Regions of GeorgiaCut and paste fact

bookletIncludes fill in the

blank questions and riddles to answer

Allows students with focus issues to

complete the same informational booklet

as classmates

Science

ELA

Math

Using Adjectives in Writing

Graphic OrganizerAllows students who

struggle to direct thoughts before

beginning written work

Properties of AdditionFolded Paper Grid

Students fold paper and list properties

They must give different examples of each

property

Planning with my teammates

• Used text and CCGPS Frameworks to guide planning

• Mrs. Doyle and Mrs. Davis gave suggestions, advice and ideas on my plans

• 3rd Grade Team plans together twice weekly

• RTI and Differentiation help from Doyle/Davis

• Used Intervention level to implement Frameworks activities

My Lesson Plans

• Lesson Plan Observation Two• Divide and Ride• Lesson Plan Observation Three• Scribes who Describe• Lesson Plan Observation Four• Is It Attractive?

Differentiation for Georgia Habitats

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Differentiation for Scribes who Describe

Differentiation for Is It Attractive?

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Post Assessment and Continued Teaching

• I used post assessment in the same manner that pre assessment was implemented…to drive the education further into the next class period or into the next lesson.

• In 3rd Grade, the team does not accept post assessment scores lower than 90 as satisfactory.

• Therefore, students who made 90 or above were given extension activities, while the others worked with me to gain further understanding before moving on.

Assessment Data Math

Pre-Assessment

1 Exceeded (90 or higher)Met (80-89)16 Did not meet (79 or below)

Post-Assessment

12 Exceeded (90 or higher)2 Met (80-80)3 Did not meet (79 or below)

Assessment Data ELA

Pre-Assessment

2 Exceeded (90 or above)3 Met (80-89)12 Did not meet (below 79)

Post-Assessment

8 Exceeded (90 or higher)5 Met (80-89)7 Did not meet (79 or below)

Assessment data Science

Pre-assessment

1 MET (80-89)

11 DID NOT MEET (below 79)

Post Assessment

2 EXCEEDED (90-100)

7 MET (80-89)

3 DID NOT MEET (be-low 79)

Extension Activities

Independent Exploration/Creating Temporary Magnets

Teacher Guided Revisited Prior Instruction

Using Technology for Enrichment

Reflection and Analysis

• Division: I would change a few things...

• Adjectives: I wouldn't change ANYTHING!

• Magnets: Transitions were a little crazy...

Professionalism• “As always, Candidate displays a great rapport

with students.”• “Lesson was well-planned and students were

actively engaged in the learning process.”• “Teacher's delivery and presentation of skills

was energizing and engaging. Use of overhead, additional reading material, graphic organizer, and rubric helped students reach a deeper understanding of adjectives.”

Comments from Professor Glaze, taken from DIALS 2, 3, and 4.

Professional Organizations

• Member of PAGE since 2002, the first full year I was employed by Bartow County School System

• Current member of SPAGE since August 2012

My Teaching PhilosophyBefore the Reinhardt

Experience

• Montessori method – Student guides instruction,

learning is almost entirely student-led with teacher intervention when necessary

Classroom is a democracy-we all get a vote regarding what goes on

Lots of student choices

Now

• Bloom’s Taxonomy-Remembering, Understanding, Applying, Analyzing, Evaluating, Creating

• Assessment Driven Instruction• Differentiation• It is my goal to ensure that I am

one teacher who strives not to let one student “fall through the cracks”!

What Do I Do NOW?????• Take a moment, breathe, and CELEBRATE!!!!!• Meet tomorrow (Thursday) with my new team in

preparation for my Certified Sub position at Hamilton Crossing Elementary for the Pre-k teacher’s maternity leave: January-April 2013

• Take and pass the Special Education GACE for General Curriculum on January 5, 2013, so I will be dually Certified in Early Childhood Ed and Special Ed

• Keep up with the current trends in education via journals and research articles

• Consider the pursuit of a Master’s Degree in the near future, before I forget how good being out of the classroom feels!

Special Thanks

To all of my Reinhardt Professors, the financial aid and business office employees, this cohort of fantastic fellow students-

I will forever be grateful for the time I have spent on this campus. Friendships have formed, I have met true professionals who will always be treasured, and one day…

one day a long, long time from now, I will miss being a student at Reinhardt University!