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TEACHING PLACEMENT

Taft Middle School – Serra Mesa

Suburban Middle Class

7th Grade Life Science

Students

~25-28 students/class period

Diverse population

At grade level to GATE

2 ELD students (Spanish): Intermediate-Early Advanced

3 IEP students

Use exit quizzes to monitor learning progression and determine if misconceptions need to be addressed or content needs to be retaught

TPE 2: MONITORING STUDENT LEARNING

DURING INSTRUCTION

“use progress monitoring at key points during instruction to determine wither students are progressing adequately toward achieving the state-adopted academic content standards.”

~ Multiple ways to teach and reinforce how the eye works

~ Use models to teach

~ Students draw diagrams, write charts, and create a layered paper eye model

TPE 4: MAKING CONTENT ACCESSIBLE

“meet student academic learning needs, candidates explain content clearly and reinforce content in multiple ways, such as the use of written and oral presentation, manipulatives, physical models, visual and performing arts, diagrams, non-verbal communication, and computer technology.”

TPE

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ENGAGEMENT

~ objectives are written on board every day and read to the students

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Students fill out a Venn diagram as a learning strategy to help them make sense of new content

TPE 6B: DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE PRACTICES IN GRADES

4-8

“help students develop learning strategies to cope with increasingly challenging academic curriculum.”

TPE 7

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LEARNERS

“ K N O W A N D A P P LY P E D A G O G I C A L T H E O R I E S , P R I N C I P L E S A N D P R A C T I C E S F O R T H E D E V E L O P M E N T O F A C A D E M I C L A N G U A G E , C O M P R E H E N S I O N , A N D K N O W L E D G E I N T H E S U B J E C T S O F T H E C O R E C U R R I C U L U M . ”

New vocabulary words and definitions are added to the Word Wall every unit

I refer to the Word Wall as I teach and review vocabulary

Seat jobs are assigned to lab groups of 4 and make lab procedures and transitions go smoothly

TPE 10: INSTRUCTIONAL

TIME

“establish procedures for routine tasks and manage transitions to maximize instructional time.”

TPE 11: SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT“ D E V E L O P A N D M A I N TA I N C L E A R E X P E C TAT I O N S F O R A C A D E M I C A N D S O C I A L B E H AV I O R . ”

Class rules are presented at the beginning of the year and enforced throughout the year.

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TPE 4: Making Content Accessible

“teach students strategies to read and comprehend a variety of text and a variety of information sources, in the subject(s) taught.”

Teach the students how to read their textbook instead of just telling them to read and do homework out of the textbook

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T P E 5 : S T U D E N T E N G AG E M E N T

“ E N S U R E T H E AC T I V E A N D E Q U I TA B L E PA RT I C I PAT I O N O F A L L S T U D E N T S . ”

Develop a method to get participation from all students instead of only calling on students that raise their hands

TPE 11: Social Environment“know how to establish rapport with all students and their families for supporting academic and personal success through caring, respect, and fairness.”

Make more parent phone calls to ~establish relations with parents ~get to know the students’ backgrounds ~improve student-teacher relations~improve students’ academics

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