Name
M.A. Curriculum and Instruction '19
Preliminary Multiple Subject Teaching Credential '19
B.A. Integrated Educational Studies '18
Chapman University
English Language Arts
Curriculum Experience
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Benchmark Advance
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McGraw Hill Wonders
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Accelerated Reader
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Achieve 3000 (Lexile)
Whole Group Lessons
With a large population of English Learners and students with special needs in my classroom, whole group lessons focused on mini-lessons with direct instruction of skills, vocabulary and language development, group collaboration and close readings of texts. I used GLAD and SDAIE strategies along with thinking maps as part of a UDL approach. I also created an Accelerated Reader incentive program in my classroom and have an extensive classroom library which helped grow student's love of reading.
This presentation shows a technology integrated whole group lesson I taught to my 3rd grade class using gradual release.
The two images in the gallery to the left depict weekly GLAD pictorials I would fill out with the 5th and 6th-grade students. Since the majority of the students at this school are English Learners, this was a strategy I utilized to teach new vocabulary and scaffold the weekly short story from the ELA Wonders curriculum.
These photos show my class library, Accelerated Reader incentive wall, and my ELA focus wall.
Small Group Lessons
In my classes, there have been a diverse range of levels and student needs. After doing running record and Basic Phonics Skills Test, I addressed students' specific needs in small groups. I focused on making meaning of concepts through picture sorts and words students know. I also utilized the three cueing systems (semantic, syntactic, and graphophonic) through the use of three metacognitive questions depicted in the photo at right. I also created my own small group data tracking sheet and schedule when I would meet with small groups.
Semantic, Syntactic, and graphophonic reading cues.
Picture sort for small intervention group.
Semantic, Syntactic, and graphophonic reading cues.
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