Student Portfolio Analysis

Illinois Professional Educator Liecnsure Lesson Plan Portfolio Assessment
Creating lesson plans has been a learning curve, at best, in my journey to becoming a teacher. The plans chosen show a transition from my learning experiences and my expectations of the students based on development or exceptionality. My instructors and fellow colleagues I worked with were very helpful in guiding the design of these plans and also assisted in my implementation. I feel I have grown tremendously in the last year, particularly in my preparations and actions in the classroom.
Lesson Plan 1 My first lesson to analyze was a very early piece from the Spring quarter in 2016. In the course for Methods of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment, my fieldwork was
My host teacher familiarized the students with the basics of the science curriculum concepts intended for the grade level in Spanish being sure to cover the points I was intending in my own lessons. In meeting the needs of English Language Learners (ELL), I believe this lesson was too abstract. I wanted the lesson to be able to stand alone in case weather was not permitted to an actual outdoor walk, but with ELL students, a hands-on experience to incorporate language and sensory stimulation is a key to building the learning experience in a meaningful pattern. (Henry, Murry, and Cabral, 2013) If the weather was a factor when implementing this type of lesson, I would consider bringing in samples of nature pieces and have exploration stations for students to observe and discover a variety of characteristics of nature. The stations would include items from around the school- tree nuts, flowers, pine cones, etc.; furs, bones, feathers, or turtle shells from a personal collection; various leaves from the neighborhood; a listening center of nature sounds of the county or state; and in season flowers, fruits, or plants from the local farmers market. This lesson was intended for an end of the year or spring season where these items would be more available. With the impending spring break or summer, this would be a lesson to create connections to items they may see in their area while out with friends and family, enriching the
I had chosen a wide, shallow bucket for my snowman to sit in, but we had balls bouncing out and many would just not make it. This created a moment of scrambling to try and collect the balls. For some of the more physically challenged students, instead of throwing the balls, we had them place the balls into the bucket, but also focused on the counting. Where some students I was able to focus on the number count and recognition at the beginning of the activity, for others the focus came towards the end. Knowing which students this activity would have worked better within the math portion would have been more intentional as their turn came up. Really knowing my students’ strengths would have been a great help in tailoring the lesson to each of their needs accordingly. I do believe we were able to apply immediate accommodations as we saw the