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Signature Assignment Lesson Plan

Gabriel Contreras

ITL 608 Design and Process of Teaching

May 6, 2018

Professor Nadezhda Kulikova.

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Signature Assignment Lesson Plan

Reflection

After reading the feedback that I received from the teacher I interviewed, my professor

and my peers, I have made a few changes to my lesson. These changes are in red on my final

lesson plan to make them easy to see. A majority of these changes have to do with addressing

UDL in my lesson plan. From the comments left by my peers it was clear that I need to clearly

state how my lesson plan provides students with multiple means of engagement, representation

and expression. By clearly addressing these topics it is now clear to me the importance of having

them clearly addressed in a lesson plan. When adding them I found that it forced me to more

closely consider how my lesson address each of them and I made changes where I felt that I had

not adequately address each. I have also gone through and clarified some things that were not

addressed in detail.

After reading the teachers feedback I was really happy that she liked my idea of having

the student create questions on the topic that they are struggling on and then have them present

solutions to the class. She even went as far as to say that she looked forward to trying this in her

class in the future. The last change I made to my lesson plan was to try to link the six elements of

the learning map more directly to my actual lesson plan by adding more detail to the lesson plan

and more clearly stating the goals of the various parts of the lesson. Overall I am happy with how

my lesson plan turned out and I am very thankful for all the great feedback I received.

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6 Elements of learning Map

Tk12 learner

The class is an AP class so most of the students are very high achieving and hard working. Most

of them have exceptional math skills and can do mental math fairly easily. There are several

English language learners in the class with varying degrees of English proficiency. The most

common language other than English is Mandarin. Going over vocabulary words they might

encounter on the AP exam would really benefit them. Overall the students are very well behaved

there is one student that can get off topic during class so making sure that he is on task will help.

Moving him closer to the front of the class might help to stay on task.

Teacher

The guiding tenet is to teach the material in a way that students understand the underlying

concepts. My goal is to have the student’s understand the concepts on a deeper level; I believe

that if students understand why equations work they will be more likely to perform better. Also,

align class and material covered to AP curriculum. Need to work on social emotional learning,

currently more focused on the material. Need to take more time to reflect on the social emotional

needs of students, this will strengthen teaching ability.

Target

The target of this lesson is to help students prepare for their upcoming national exam. The

students have learned this material before and the goal of this lesson is too sure up any topics that

they are still unsure about. Not all students are struggling with the topics covered for these

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students it is just extra practice. Helping students get used to the format of the test and how the

questions will be asked is vital as it will save them valuable time on the exam.

Assessment

The warm-up quiz is designed to check how well the students have learned the material from the

previous day. This assessment will provide the teacher with valuable feedback about student

knowledge. If the class does well the teacher can move on from that topic. If however, the

students are still struggling the teacher can decide whether it is necessary to cover the topic

again. If just one or two students still need help the teacher can provide them with additional help

and resources.

Instruction

The lesson will have elements from various teaching strategies. Parts of the lesson will use

cooperative learning and encourage students to take a very active role in the lesson. At other

parts the lesson will be teacher centered with the teacher lecturing. The lesson will follow UDL

guidelines for lessons. This lesson plan will ensure that there are multiple means of engagement

for students by utilizing various teaching strategies, activities, and encouraging students to play

an active role in the lesson. These same techniques in addition to providing visual and

mathematical representation of topics will ensure that students see various means of

representation and expression. By following these pillars of UDL this lesson seeks to keep

students engaged and challenge them to view information from various perspectives. The

individual needs of students will also be addressed throughout the instruction. English language

learners will be encouraged to use vocabulary that they are likely to encounter on the test when

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participating to ensure that they are practicing. Students will also be asked to create questions on

the topics they are struggling with and teach the class how to do these problems forcing them to

learn the material.

Management/ Environmental Models

The classroom management model for this lesson will use behavioral monitoring and positive

reinforcement. These students are AP students meaning that they are taking a college level

course. They are expected to self-monitor their own behavior. During the lesson the teacher will

encourage and acknowledge participation. This late in the year many aspects of class room

management come from having had clear classroom expectations and enforcement of those

expectations throughout the year. Staying consistent will help maintain a positive classroom

environment.

Lesson Plan

Warm-up (10 min)

Begin by having students do two problems that relate to the material reviewed during the

previous lesson and incorporating material related to the topic from earlier in the year will help

to have to make connections between various topics. This part of the lesson is geared towards the

assessment element of the learning map since it tests student comprehension of the material. The

two problems will cover volume by rotation around axis. After about 6 minutes collect the warm-

up quiz and discuss the problems as a class. When going over the problems the value of drawing

the visual representation of the questions will be stressed. The idea being that seeing the

mathematical and the visual representation will make it easier to solve the problem.

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Peer teaching (5 min)

Student that asked yesterday’s review topic will go to the front of the class and do two problems

on the topic teaching them to the rest of the class. This strategy of instruction through the use of

cooperative learning will increase student engagement by having students take an active role in

the learning process. It also ensures that the lesson provides multiple means of engagement and

will challenge students.

New review topic (10 min)

Select another link from the review chain and cover it as a class. The student who wrote the

question has the job to bring in two questions on the subject and teach the class how to do the

problems. By having students chose review topics it ensures that this lesson address the areas

that students need the most help with.

Practice test (remaining time)

Continue to go through the practice test by having students answer the next 5 questions on the

test. After the students have gone through the test do the problems as a class encouraging

students to voice their ideas and ask any questions. The teacher should answer any questions that

the students have provide extra help and review with topics the students struggled with using

vocabulary that might appear on the exam. Having students keep a list of vocabulary terms that

they struggle with will be a great recourse for them.

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Original Lesson Plan with Teacher Notes

Summary of Teacher Feedback

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I am very gratefull for all the feedback I was given on this assignement. I know that

teachers are busy but Mrs. Mitchell welcomed me into her classroom and meet with me for the

interview and to disccus my lesson plan for with I am very grateful. She had very vuable

teaching advice and was honest on whatareas I needed to work more on. It was great to to hear

such a great teacher consider adding one of the elements of my lesson plan into her classroom. I

am curious to hear how it goes and incoorparate it into my class. In addition to her feedback on

my lesson Mrs. Mitchell also provided me valubale advice on managing a clasroom. She stressed

the importance on estabilshing good relationships with your students and having clear classroom

expectations that are equally and consistatnly enforced. This was a very valuble learining

experience.