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Technology Integration

               During a 3 day unit, we are learning about main idea. In the first lesson, students are only learning to identify what main idea is. The next day, students are learning that we need to support our main idea with evidence and determine what evidence can help support our main idea. In the final lesson, students are finding the main idea of a passage with evidence, independently. There are many ways to incorporate technology within all lessons.  In the first day of this unit, students will create a Flipgrid as an exit ticket to express their understanding of main idea. They will explain what it is and how much of a grasp they have on the concept. This will be a quick formative assessment for me to determine what they are understanding in the first place. Flipgrid will allow students to express what they know in an engaging manner. Students will share their thoughts through video, rather than having to worry about writing th...
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Designing a Differentiated Lesson Plan

  When creating lessons, it is important to ensure that are engaging and provide differentiation for learning styles, abilities, and needs.   “ As educators, we need to create classrooms that will maximize the success of all students, and will accommodate a diverse range of skills, needs, and interests” (O’Donnell 2017). There are students with ADHD, Autism, who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing, and ELL.   To ensure all students are gaining access to information and assessments, I needed to make sure I appealed in ways to all students. For example, providing the base 10 blocks provides a visual and is also a hands-on manipulative that students can use and physically see the process of regrouping. Using the white boards and discussion during Numbered Heads Together allows for student discourse and auditory learners to discuss their process for solving the problems, as well as listening to what other people did to solve.   “The idea of teaching every concept in every conte...
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Learning Styles Analysis

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  As students develop, they have genetic and environmental factors that play a role in their development and learning styles.  These play a large role in determining the most effective ways in which they can learn academic content. “ The best academic outcomes for children, according to a seminal article by Diamond (2010), can be achieved most efficiently and cost-effectively through addressing children’s social, emotional, and physical development, as well as academic skills” ( Davies et. al, 2016).   With the three students I had complete the learning inventory, I have one EL student who had a very high score in visual learning. This is an example of their learning styles being connected to their non-cognitive skills. “ These visual tools help ELLs grasp new ideas, access previous knowledge and gain confidence in using the new language (English)” (Why are visual tools important…, 2023).   EL students benefit greatly from visual support to build vocabulary, and as a...
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Technology to Support Differentiation

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Freckle Education       Freckle education is a digital program that allows students to access reading, math, social studies, and science information.  Teachers can purchase the program for twelve dollars a month. Freckle Education is a Common Core-aligned program with resources for math, ELA, science, and social studies for K-8 that adapts to individual student skills” (Kakkar).  For their reading library, students take pre-assessments that determine what their independent reading levels are. Then, it provides articles and texts at the independent and instructional levels, along with questions.  When students answer questions, they earn coins, and can go to the "store" to purchase things for their avatar. Teachers create rosters and can assign grade level standard work; however, the program will also provide the standards-based information at a reading level if the teacher desires.  For the math portion, it works similarly with pre-assessments and...
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