Category: Inclusive Teaching

      CourseworkEducational StrategiesInclusive TeachingITL520 Academic Language & LiteracyLiteracy IntegrationNational University

      Content Literacy

      For our Week 1 DIscussion, we were to watch 3 videos from the resources linked below, the “Teaching Content through Literacy,” “High School Reading Strategies,” and one from the Massachusetts Department of Education (our choice). We were to collect and share at least three examples of when we saw the educator in the video teaching their content through one of the four areas of focus of literacy skills: reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Our task was to share what we observed the teacher and the students doing and how we knew if the differentiated literacy activity was effective. Where needed,...
      Frank Jamison
      CourseworkEducational StrategiesInclusive TeachingITL606 Learners and Learning IINational UniversityStudent Development

      Lesson Plan Rationale

      For Assignment 3A, we were to think about the class context information and students’ assets and learning needs for the whole class and focus students, then briefly respond to the following prompts (no more than 7 pages). We were to consider how our lesson plan in Week 4 WILL address the following areas. 1. Prior Academic Knowledge: Explain how the lesson plan will build on students’ prior academic knowledge related to the content-specific learning goal(s) selected for the lesson. The lesson on quadratic equations will naturally extend students’ foundational knowledge from previous math courses. The lesson will build on their...
      Frank Jamison