InTASC Standard: 

Standard #7: The teacher plans instruction that supports every student in meeting rigorous learning goals by drawing upon knowledge of content areas, curriculum, cross-disciplinary skills, and pedagogy, as well as knowledge of learners and the community context (InTASC, 2013).

 

Brief Description of Evidence:

In the spring of 2023, in my EDUC 233 Literacy Development through Children’s Literature class, we put together a lesson plan in peer groups of 2-3 within the grade level we were given. My group was assigned 5th-6th grade, and we designed our lesson plan over the book Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. Our lesson contained a read-aloud, video, hands-on activity, and a writing prompt. This lesson covered language arts, science, and art standards.

 

Analysis of What I Learned:

I learned how to take appropriate grade-level standards and turn them into an interactive lesson centered around the standards. I created an engaging and educational lesson that allowed students to fall in love with reading. Teaching students how to fall in love with reading is an essential skill for teachers to learn. I learned how to problem-solve to keep the lesson consistent and overcome any teaching obstacles. I learned how to use Piaget’s theory of Cognitive Development which states that “Students can identify concepts attached to concrete situations during the 7-11 years old stages” (Jean Piagets Theory of Cognitive Development, n.d.). This means that students should be able to build a raft and think about the materials needed to survive in the wild. 

 

How This Artifact Demonstrates my Competence on the InTASC Standard:

This artifact demonstrates my competence in Standard #7 by meeting rigorous learning goals through knowledge of content areas and curriculum. The content area that this lesson focused on is language arts. I reviewed many standards to determine what curriculum our students should have already been taught and what they still needed to learn. I used Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development to determine that students should be able to use hypothetical thinking to think about what they would do to survive in the wild and what materials they could use to build a raft (Jean Piagets Theory of Cognitive Development, n.d.). This lesson was cross-disciplinary through language arts, science, and art standards. The pedagogy I used was having a hands-on lesson related to the book and then having the students write at least five sentences to assess their learning. Using community context, I worked with peers to find a youtube video of survival tips if ever stranded in the wild.