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Rebecca DeLeon
Professor Suk
EDUC 230-01 Education Field Experience
Fall 2017
Rationale Statement-Standard # 8

Standard #8 Instructional Strategies

The teacher understands and uses a variety of instructional strategies to encourage learners to
develop deep understanding of content areas and their connections, and to build skills to apply
knowledge in meaningful ways. (Professional Development in New Jersey, 2014, p. 10).

Artifact: Lesson demo/ assessment

Date of Completion: Fall Semester 2017

Course Completed in: EDUC 230-01 Education Field Experience

Rationale Statement:

This artifact was a lesson demonstration of a Kindergarten Special Education

English Language Arts lesson designed to teach the print concepts of the letters A, B and

C. This specifically correlates to standard 8.i.5, The teacher provides multiple models

and representations of concepts and skills with opportunities for learners to

demonstrate their knowledge through a variety of products and performances,

(Professional Development in New Jersey, 2014, p.11). My lesson consisted of varying

teaching strategies and sources all geared towards teaching how to print capital and

lower case letters A, B and C. A YouTube video of the alphabet song and videos of how

to properly print each letter were incorporated as a technology components to the

lesson. Stations were set up around the room for students to demonstrate what they

had learned from the videos and practice printing letter on their own. By having three
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stations for students to experiment printing the letters, it showed students that the

concepts they were learning could be applied to more than just pen and paper as

demonstrated in the finger paint sensory bag station. As the teacher I moved freely

around the room from station to station, assisting students in any area they needed. I

felt confident conducting my lesson and received very positive feedback from

students at the conclusion of the lesson. I plan to use this model lesson in my future

classroom and will make the appropriate modifications needed to address students

abilities.
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Reference

Professional Development in New Jersey. (2014, August 4). Retrieved from New Jersey State
Department of Education:
http://www.state.nj.us/education/profdev/profstand/teacherstandardscrosswalk.pdf