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Task 2: Instruction Commentary
1. Which lesson or lessons are shown in the video clip(s)? Identify the lesson(s) by
lesson plan number. (if you videotaped your lesson)
[ ]Wonders of Nature, Lets be a Tree.
2. Promoting a Positive Learning Environment
Refer to scenes in the video clip(s) or the lesson you implemented where you
provided a positive learning environment.
a. How did you demonstrate mutual respect for, rapport with, and responsiveness to
students with varied needs and backgrounds, and challenge students to engage
in learning?
I demonstrated mutual respect by listening thoughtfully to each students response
and validating their responses.Also by reminding the other students to listen
respectfully to each other as well. I challenged them in learning (beginning of video)
by asking them to predict what the story was going to be about.
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3. Engaging Students in Learning
Refer to examples from the video clip(s) or the lesson you implemented in your
responses to the prompts.
a. Explain how your instruction engaged students in developing key understandings
and requisite skills.
During the story I asked several interactive questions to deepen understanding.
I gave the students opportunities to build up acting out the movements. First, they
copied me doing simple motions. Then they imitated different animals. Finally we
moved on to the imitating of a trees life cycle.
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b. Describe how your instruction linked students prior academic learning and
personal, cultural, and community assets with new learning.
The students have been involved in a nature unit for almost two weeks. Theyve
been discussing different kinds of plants and what they need to grow. Theyve been
drawing pictures and writing sentences about them, hearing stories about them and
even went on a nature walk.
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4. Deepening Student Learning during Instruction (Subject Specific Pedagogy)
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b. Why do you think these changes would improve student learning? Support your
explanation with evidence of student learning AND principles from theory and/or
research.
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Cornett C.E (2011) Creating Meaning through Literature and the Arts, Arts
Integration for Classroom Teachers. Pearson Education Inc.