Application And Supporting Student Learning - 2455 Words

Standard 1: Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning: Engaging and supporting student learning has developed into an area of strength for me. What I have witnessed first hand is that by moving through the general education curriculum you can embed skills predicated on each student’s current level of instruction. You use the general education curriculum as a backdrop and then adapt and modify the curriculum to suit each student’s needs. It sounds like it’s not possible when you actually hear it in a credential program. It’s not until you actually start becoming familiar with each student and their needs that it becomes clearer as to what to do. For example, we did a series of lessons about integers which is actually a sixth†¦show more content†¦I often rewarded students with tokens for going above and beyond in helping their classmates. I want to inspire them to be not just good students, but even better people! The impetus for this realization came about as the subject of SBAC and Cal. Alt. testing was broached in a staff meeting in the winter. We were given booklets that contained questions that were â€Å"old† or similar questions to those that had appeared before on the test. I used these booklets as a planner for my winter/spring instruction guide. I went through the booklets with the class doing the problems. As we approached each problem, if it was a subject we had not yet covered or discussed, I would break it down and build a lesson around it. It was quite beneficial as we were now working on things that they would ultimately see on their respective tests. They were doing exactly what their general education peers were doing. The difference being that rather than glancing over the material, I was using the material as a base and then adapting and modifying it based on each student’s needs. This was really helpful as when each of the students took their respective tests, they had a fighting chance. I administered the Cal. Alt. to some of my class, and while they didn’t get all the answers correct, they got quite a few right. There was nothing more rewarding than seeing questions arise on a standardized test that you know your students have at least seen before and