FEAP DRAFTS

FEAP 1

A) Aligns instruction with state-adopted standards at the appropriate level of rigor.

The lessons that I do each day in the classroom are always aligned with state-standards. When planning with the team on Mondays, we use the GCG (General Cirriculum Guide) to plan out what lessons we are doing each day for each subject. The lessons explain what standards align with them. One lesson that I have done recently that has ligned with state standards was about the slow changes that occur to the Earth's land. In the lesson, I had the students watch a video about erosion and weathering and demonstrated the difference between the two through a demonstration with chalk. I had the students observe and record what they saw happening to the chalk during the different slow changes in their science notebook.

B) Sequences lessons and concepts to ensure coherance and required proir knowledge.

For science, there are a lot of vocabulary words. To ensure that they students are understand the vocabulary, I have the students make up their own kinesthetic vocabulary to match the definition of the vocabulary words. In the beginning of lessons that happen the next day, I ask the students what they have learned prior and what movements go with the words that they have learned.

D) Selects appropriate formative assessments to monitor learning

Formative assessments can be very fun and simple for students during lessons. I use my formative assessments to ensure that students are understanding the concepts that I am teaching. For one of my science lessons on the Earth's landforms, I had the students create kinesthetic movements for each landform. Then I had the students make a foldable and draw 4 of the landforms that they have learned about that day. This was two different types of formative assessments. I could see some of the students doing the movements to help them remember how to draw the landforms.