Instructional+Design+-+Emily

=Overview=


 * Grade Level:** 6
 * Subject Area:** all subjects
 * Number of Students (average):** 30
 * Years of Teaching:** 6 years

=Description= Answer the following questions as if you were giving advice to a student teacher. discussion of my approach to instructional design?** ||  ||   || Usually if I am starting to discuss how I design a lesson, it is because they have asked questions or have expressed difficulties about their own lesson design. || for designing units and lessons?** ||  ||   ||< Our school has a lot of resources. One of my main resources I use is my colleagues. I always ask them if they have ever taught a specific topic and if it worked or not. I also like to go to other teachers who are currently going through a masters program to see if that have learned about anything new. The library has a huge room full of read to books, unit kits and reader’s theater kits. At our school we also have a resource room full of practice books and read to books. Lastly I always use the internet. I feel it’s really important to never recreate “the wheel”. || do first?** ||  ||   ||< When I begin a lesson I refer to my standards map. I need to be aligned with it. I then start thinking about what I can do to 1. what I need to do so the students have to knowledge in their hands. 2. what activities the students will do to use the knowledge to teach others. and 3.how will the students show me what they have learned. || the standards?** ||  ||   ||< I always look at my standards. When I first began teaching, I think I only looked at them a few times through the year. I know that I taught a lot of topics that the students did not need. Oopps! Now I am much more familiar and aware of them as I teach. In each lesson, I identify the main standard and focus on that one. || and how do I respond to them?** ||  ||   ||< Each teacher has constraints. One of my constraints is resources. I cannot afford to buy all the items that are always needed to accomplish a project. My biggest constraint is time. I could spend a lot of time at school preparing items/projects/resources, but I am limited to how much time I can spend at school and how much school I can bring home. || student assessment?** ||  ||   ||< I always am looking at assessments. It is a great tool for me to evaluate what the student’s needs are. Within a typical lesson, I constantly visit groups and students to check for knowledge. I use whiteboards in math and reading a lot. I have students work I small groups to produce a product of some sort to share their knowledge. I assign problems. I have conferences. Lastly the last type of assessment I use is the good old TEST. =) || post-assessment?** ||  ||   ||  For post assessment I usually ask one question to guide what type of assessment I’m going to use… “What were the students supposed to learn?” || self-assessment?** ||   ||   ||<  To assess myself, I usually look at the post assessment and ask myself a few questions. like to learn more about and/or become better at?** ||   ||   ||  I am always game for learning new things. I am weakest in organizing all the students and organizing projects. || give about my approach to instructional design?** ||   ||   || doubleClickHereAndType ||
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 * 1) Did most of the students answer with knowledge?
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