As a complex area resource teacher and not having my own classroom, I was not able to teach the mapping strategy to students. In addition, with the pandemic, school visits to classrooms were limited.
I chose to work with children in my neighborhood. They ranged from a 4th grader, 7th grader and a sophomore in high school. Prior to doing the lessons with them, I constructed the word maps and memory tables with feedback from our coach, Diane Gillam. I made revisions based on the recommendations from my coach. I spent 1 week teaching lessons 1-4 via web-ex.
Overall, I feel the lesson went well and the students enjoyed it. They were very confident and engaging. I followed the script in the word mapping book which was very helpful in keeping flow of the lesson. Although it was done virtually, I was able to give them hard copies of the Word Mapping, Memory Table graphic organizer and Common Word Parts handout. Having hard copies minimize the confusion of dropping in the link to the chat and having them split screen.
I submitted my video lesson along with my implementation checklist to my coach, Diane Gillam. She provided me with very helpful feedback. The feedback she gave me was when to stick to the order when introducing the morpheme types (prefix, root, suffix). One of the things that my coach asked was for the students work. The students turned in completion work through google. I uploaded one copy of it as evidence.
Overall, this was a great learning experience and I'm glad I was able to do it with students from different grade levels.
I chose to work with children in my neighborhood. They ranged from a 4th grader, 7th grader and a sophomore in high school. Prior to doing the lessons with them, I constructed the word maps and memory tables with feedback from our coach, Diane Gillam. I made revisions based on the recommendations from my coach. I spent 1 week teaching lessons 1-4 via web-ex.
Overall, I feel the lesson went well and the students enjoyed it. They were very confident and engaging. I followed the script in the word mapping book which was very helpful in keeping flow of the lesson. Although it was done virtually, I was able to give them hard copies of the Word Mapping, Memory Table graphic organizer and Common Word Parts handout. Having hard copies minimize the confusion of dropping in the link to the chat and having them split screen.
I submitted my video lesson along with my implementation checklist to my coach, Diane Gillam. She provided me with very helpful feedback. The feedback she gave me was when to stick to the order when introducing the morpheme types (prefix, root, suffix). One of the things that my coach asked was for the students work. The students turned in completion work through google. I uploaded one copy of it as evidence.
Overall, this was a great learning experience and I'm glad I was able to do it with students from different grade levels.