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Quote Act-it-out
Grade Level: 5th grade
The students that I assisted in an Act-it-out activity are in a 5th Students may not be
grade class. Their ages are 10-11 years old. The class is split engaged in the activity
unevenly with 10 boys and 12 girls. Most students come from an due to shyness.
average socioeconomic level. Most students appear to enjoy
school but do arrive late due to an early start time of 7:45 am. Gifted students may
Mrs. Whitford has a good grasp of the classroom and the students become bored and
respond to the transitions well. Collaboration is emphasized in her become a distraction due
classroom, as her students tend to bicker out on the field during to the activity only having
recess. She incorporates activities such as this to have students 2-5 students.
feed off each others actions and ideas.
4.4 Assess their own works of art, using specific criteria, and describe what
changes they would make for improvement.
3.2 Identify and describe various fine, traditional, and folk arts from historical
periods worldwide.
Assessment: What evidence of learning will you collect during this Why did you select this
lesson that will indicate the extent the students have completed evidence of learning and
the lesson goals? how will it show student
competence?
Feedback/evaluation for teacher:
- Students resolution of conflict Student competence is
- Students response to the play/skit exhibited through the
Feedback for Student: resolution of the skit.
- Teacher informal confirmation of completed goals
Students will need to
immerse themselves with
their character and
understand the role their in
in order to find a response.
These types of assessments
will be performed as a
group and have students
demonstrate their ability to
adapt to situations.
EXTENSION
- Students can be given a random conflict to adapt to.
- The amount of students in a skit can be increased in order to
increase the difficulty in coming to a solution for the skit.
Difficulties: List and explain the 2-3 difficulties or problems you Why do you think these
anticipate that all students might have with this content and these might be potential
learning activities. problems?
1) Students will become bored as audience members.
2) Students will become fixated on being funny and miss the These problems can arise
purpose of the lesson. based on the personalities
Explain how you will solve these problems so all students will learn of the students. There are
to full potential. students on both sides of
I will establish rules and expectations in order for all students to the spectrum who are
understand what is expected of them. Also, the students voting either overeager or too shy.
on the best skit and receiving a reward will incentivize students.
Adaptations: List steps that you could take to ensure learning for specific students experiencing
these difficulties in the spaces below.
ELD Learner: Rationale:
Strengths Student is very creative and energetic. Student This student is very
always wants to be involved with his friends and volunteers often. passionate about school
and enjoys playing with his
Weaknesses Student requires assistance when other students friends. Also, this lesson
use generalization and words unfamiliar to him. promotes collaboration
that will assist him in
Your intervention or adaptation: A third student will be added in understand the learning
order to assist in the completion of the task. This will help the flow objectives.
of the activity. However, I will assist the student in developing
background quickly by assigning a scene I know will be familiar
yet challenging.
Special Needs Learner: Rationale:
Strengths This student is very involved in set-up and always This student will be able to
willing to volunteer. He enjoys being active. participate and be out of
his seat when his turn
Weaknesses This student has a difficult time distinguishing comes. However, he will be
between work and play time. He is constantly out of his seat. monitored by me in order
to ensure the other students
Your intervention or adaptation: This student will be sat next to in the skit have little to no
me and help me choose the equity sticks until it is his turn to act. I distractions.
will add another high student to assist in the completion of the skit
if needed.
Reflection: What have you learned about planning instruction for a diverse student population
in this content area?
Its very important to teach with adaptations/ideas ready for the needs of the students. Every
day can come with a new personality or challenge and it is important that we as educators
provide various avenues of learning in order to guide each student to reach his or her max
potential.
What area will you need more knowledge/skill in order to do the task well?
Giving students the proper generalization framework will need to be addressed once the skits
begin to get monotonous or over-exaggerative. I would like to develop a framework in order to
help guide the thinking of the students but still leave the skits development up to their individual
imaginations.
Use form below for finding out about your students prior to planning your lessons/fieldwork
Skill needed for TPA 1 and 2
Getting to know your students - Work Backwards: What questions can you ask to get the
information in this case study? Turn each statement into a question and provide a source or a
person you could ask to get this information.
Buzz is an eleven-year-old boy that attends Monte View Elementary and is in the fifth grade. He lives at home
with his mom, dad, grandma, and little sister. His family is very close. When conversing with Buzzs parents they
mentioned his low performance in his speech. They mentioned that he attends speech therapy classes in order to
help with his pronunciation of words. Also, Buzz struggles with some concepts of English, which surprises his
parents since that is the only language spoken in their home. His parents are hoping to also see an increase in his
reading comprehension since he often forgets information that was just told to him. He has no difficulty grasping
information regarding his interests since he enjoys them and is engaged with the content. Buzz is perhaps in need