ARTIFACT REFLECTION SHEET

NAME: Rose Wagner

DATE: 12/13/2012

MAJOR: Elementary Education (K-8)

ARTIFACT TITLE: Phonics Activity
RELATED COURSE & INSTRUCTOR: EDU 334, Lee Ruud
RELATED COURSE OBJECTIVE(S):
Teacher candidates will recognize cultural, ethnic, developmental, and special
needs of all learners and effective ways of teaching language arts to all
students.
Teacher Candidates will have an understanding of the knowledge and theories
of early intervention.
Teacher Candidates will have an understanding of prerequisite readiness skills
at all levels and the ability to assess and teach them.
Teacher candidates will demonstrate criteria to evaluate and select appropriate
materials and strategies for teaching thinking, viewing, listening, speaking,
reading, and writing in all content areas.
Teacher candidates will demonstrate the ability to develop data collection
processes and observation techniques, display and communicate data and use
data for decision-making.
Teacher candidates will become familiar with the nature and influence of family,
community, society, and culture on children and how these topics may be
integrated to enhance student development.
Teacher candidates will demonstrate an awareness of and ability to use
technological advances to facilitate assessing information, record keeping, and
instruction.
Teacher candidates will demonstrate an awareness of the impact environment,
culture (Indian Education for All), linguistics, and socio-economic (concentrated
intergeneration
RELATED INTASC STANDARD(S):
Principle 2 Teacher candidates understand how children learn and develop, and can
provide learning opportunities that support their intellectual, social, and personal
development
Principle 3 Teacher candidates understand how students diff in their approaches to
learning and create instructional opportunities that are adapted to diverse learners.
Principle 4 Teacher candidates understand and use a variety of instructional
strategies to encourage students development of critical thinking, problem solving, and
performance skills.
IN THE SPACE BELOW, DESCRIBE THE ARTIFACT AND HOW IT RELATES TO
THE CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK OF THE EDUCATION PROGRAM: The artifact is
a phonics activity for kindergarten language arts. To form the activity and rubric all three

factors in the conceptual framework were used. Content knowledge was important to
create the information shared in the activity. Pedagogy was important to create the
procedures of learning in the activity, and diversity was addressed when addressing the
diversified learner in the activity.
IN THE SPACE BELOW, DESCRIBE AND EXPLAIN IN WHAT WAY(S) THIS
ARTIFACT RELATES TO THE COURSE OBJECTIVE(S) YOU ALIGNED IT WITH
AND HOW IT CONTRIBUTED TO YOUR GROWING COMPETENCE IN THE
EDUCATION PROGRAM: The course objectives were important to the construction of
the phonics activity. I had to use my understanding of early intervention theories to
create an appropriate activity. The activity allows the observer to gather data on what
the student knows and can be adapted for current phonics lessons. This information can
be measured and used to make decisions on instruction. The activity is diversified for
students with developmental or special needs. While creating this activity it helped
develop my understanding of readiness skills for this level and helped me understand
how to assess and teach them.