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I was able to get a great deal of insight through use of unpacking the standards. I view it as the big picture for your class and as educators it is our role to help bring this down to manageable proportions in the classroom. The use of the standards helped to appreciated the expectation we should have in our lessons with students. It is similar with the idea of; 'Failing to plan is planning to fail'. It helped me to understand the need to set out realistic goals for each component and to better use activities that would help the students in my class. The idea of backwards mapping was something new for me to look at in my planning. We start out looking at where we want to be from the very beginning. That we can look at the outcome from the outset is something that can only better prepare a teacher to see the goal through. I believe that we can list the goal with the students and of the steps that are to be taken to get there. This process helped me to look at the perspective ...

I am teaching English in Grade 2 of a primary school. I am going to choose Common Core State Standards. Here is the one I will use to develop the unit lesson plan:           Tell a story or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking audibly in coherent sentences. As non-native speakers, my students are starters of English learning. Speaking and listening skills are the priority at this stage. Once they find they can use what they have learned to communicate with others, their confidence and interest can be built up easily.  The topic of this unit 5 is about holidays. Students will learn how to use the past tense to talk about their holidays. Every student experienced holidays in the past whether abroad or around the Country. It’s easy for them to find something in their daily life to connect with the topic of this unit. As well as this, it’s easy for them to understand the meaning and how...

Introduction: Teachers always expect students to follow the rules and procedures in the classrooms. When students do a good job at following the rules, they should be given positive reinforcement; when they do not follow the rules and procedures, they should acknowledge their behavior with negative and positive consequences.   (a) Positive reinforcement to students who are following the rules and   procedures  Students always need positive reinforcement from teachers and parents when they are following the rules and procedures. I always give immediate positive reinforcement when they are following the rules and procedures, especially when other kids are not. I am teaching Grade Two in a primary school at the moment. Students are really crazy about having competitions with each other; even getting the compliments from teachers is one of their competitions. Here are the steps that I will do: (1) Use verbal and non-verbal acknowledgement immediately When stu...

This is my assignment of Module 4, Unit 3, Activity 2 Roller Coaster Physics : The teacher in this video definitely holds high performance expectations for students. She gives each student a role in the assignment. She lets each team have their own team building and have a decision together. She doesn’t tell students what to do when they have disagreements in their discussion.  All students participate in this actively.  As for behavior expectation, it is definitely high for students in this video. Because students are assigned into different roles, each one of them knows what they need to do in this project. None of them need to be reminded to do their job. Most importantly, it seems everyone enjoyed it. This is the dream class style for me. Project Based Learning is the best way for students to learn. They won’t feel bored. They will get a target to work individually or in pairs or groups. Once you let students have a practical target, they will work hard on it. 3...