IntroductionBelwood

Elementary

Building Exceptional Students

Selena JohnsonCandidate Teaching

Summit PresentationMy website

Education is not the filling of the pail but the lighting of a

fire.William Butler Yeats

Selena Johnson

•Early Childhood Education major•Conducted Candidate Teaching at BES •Placed in Kindergarten•Collaborating Teacher :Mrs. Alicia Williams•Taught ELA/Writing, Math, and Reading

Belwood Elementary•Home to 700 students in grades Pre-K through fifth•Located in Calhoun, Georgia•Population is 75% Caucasian, 21% Hispanic,2%African American,1%Asian, and 2% Multi-Racial.

My Classroom•My Kindergarten class has 19 students•Diversity: 12 boys and 7 girls•12 Caucasian students•5 Hispanic students•2 African American students•6 ESS students•2 ELL students

Thoughts and Feelings, Fears, Strengths, and Weaknesses as I began Candidate Teaching. •Nervous•Unsure•Overwhelmed•Patience•Excited

Class Schedule7:45-8:15 Morning Message/Calendar8:15-9:00 Specials9:00-9:30 Number Corner/Number Talk9:30-10:30 Math10:30-10:50 Writer’s Workshop10:50-11:25 Lunch/Restroom11:25-11:45 Writer’s Workshop (continued)11:45-12:15 Phonological Awareness/Phonics Instruction12:15-1:15 Needs Based Reading Instruction1:15-1:40 Read Aloud/Vocabulary/Comprehension1:40-2:00 Recess2:00-2:05 Dismissal

Planning for Differentiated Instruction

The Planning Process

•Mrs. Johnson’s plans•Review the Assessment•Mrs. Williams Plans –Ideas and advice•Kindergarten Team Plans•Ess Co-teacher plans

My Lesson Plans

Lesson Plan Observation Two•Number Recognition-Math LessonLesson Plan Observation Three•Character & Setting-Reading LessonLesson Plan Observation Four•American Flag-Social Studies Lesson

Number RecognitionStrategies used to Differentiate Instruction

Number RecognitionStrategies used to Differentiate Assessment

Character & Setting Strategies used to Differentiate

Instruction

Character & Setting Strategies used to Differentiate

Assessment

American FlagStrategies used to Differentiate InstructionPromethean Planet Song- USA flag and The American Flag by Lloyd

Douglas

American FlagStrategies used for Differentiate

Assessment

Impact of Student Learning-American Flag

Use of Assessment Results to Adjust Instruction

How many stars on the flag

How many stripes on the flag

How many red stripes

How many white stripes

Pre-Assessment

4 2 0 0

Post Assessment

13 13 12 12

Impact on Student Learning

•Analysis 2•Analysis 3•Analysis 4

Professional Development Activities

•Faculty meetings•Grade level meetings (Math &Reading Coaches)•Co-teaching meetings•PTA meeting•Math workshop•Reading workshop•IEP meetings•Parent conferences•SPAGE-Student Professional Association

My Philosophy Before &After

•Time Management•Behavior Management•Differentiation•Nurturing and Loving Environment•Importance of Pre Assessments

ConclusionPlan to Develop as a Professional

Educator

• I plan to work on my Masters Degree in Education

• I plan on taking the Special Education GACE

• Build my skills – Identify your strengths and weaknesses and help each other out with lesson plans and build ideas off from one another.