Phase 2

Instructional Decisions/Teaching:

Our justification for our modifications for individual needs is that we allowed students to work in groups and choose what type of program they want to use and how to present. This is a modification because it is allowing them to choose and be flexible with their work depending on their strengths and needs. We also had an audio recording of the book. This is for students who either have a hearing impairment or have difficulty reading. We read the story aloud but some students need to read the book more than once for assistance with their project.

Justification of alignment to goals and objectives. Our objective was the students would be able to read a story and retell through multiple means. We accomplished this through reading a story to them and then providing them with the books to follow along. We asked comprehension questions after reading to help them review the story. We then brainstormed ideas on how to retell the story. This helps give the students ideas of how to retell the story we have just discussed and they should be familiar with. By giving them different strategies and means to complete the assignment it provides the students with more options and enables them to be more successful. These strategies align with our goal of helping the students to be successful at retelling a story.

Assessment of Learning:

Students were able to cooperatively in a group or individually create a project that met the criteria for the assignment. The students used multiple forms of media and came up with creative ways of displaying their knowledge of the book and their own personal interpretations. They met and exceeded our criteria for the assignment and seemed to enjoy themselves along the way. Attached is an example of one of the group’s projects that they created. They decided to make their own newspaper for a town that is very similar to the one in the book. The met all of the criteria on the rubric.

The lesson went fairly well, but there is always room for improvement. The instruction went well and I believe the students enjoyed the freedom that we gave them to choose their own project for the assignment and come up with their own idea. We also provided ample support to the students as they worked on and completed their assignment, offering suggestions and answering questions. We also met the needs of individual students and provided different aides to help their learning process.

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