Create an introductory posting and attach your lesson plan.
Review the postings of at least two other learners and provide constructive feedback with suggestions. Use the Final Project rubric and peer review guidelines to guide your feedback.
Learner provides a comprehensive description of the student's learning development, including five or more learning goals supported by references to course readings.
Learner provides a detailed description of the student's learning development, including four learning goals supported by references to course readings.
Learner does not provide a detailed description of the student's learning development and/or includes three or fewer learning goals supported by references to course readings.
Learner uses the specified chart to do a comprehensive analysis of the student's spelling and writing. Comments in each of the cells describe in detail what the learner observes the student is doing correctly, is confused by, and needs. The cells contain sufficient detail to understand the implications of the observations.
Learner uses the specified chart to analyze the student's spelling and writing. Comments in each of the cells adequately describe what the learner observes the student is doing correctly, is confused by, and needs.
Learner does not adequately use the specified chart to analyze the student's spelling and writing. Not all of the cells are filled, and/or the cells do not contain sufficient detail.
Learner describes a detailed one-week instructional plan that includes comprehensive coverage of spelling skills directly linked to the analysis of student's writing samples. The lesson plan is submitted using the lesson plan template, and contains detailed comments for each cell. The lesson plan incorporates creative applications of reading, writing, ongoing assessment, and research-based instructional practices that incorporate modeling, guided practice, and independent practice. The lesson plan includes a rationale for the selection of specific learning activities drawn from course readings.
Learner describes a detailed one-week instructional plan that includes comprehensive coverage of spelling skills directly linked to the analysis of student's writing samples. The lesson plan is submitted using the lesson plan template, and contains detailed comments for each cell. The lesson plan incorporates reading, writing, ongoing assessment, and research-based instructional practices that incorporate modeling, guided practice, and independent practice.
Learner describes a one-week instructional plan that may or may not link spelling skills to the analysis of student's writing samples. The lesson plan may or may not use the lesson plan template and may not contain detailed comments for each cell. The lesson plan does not incorporate all of the following: reading, writing, ongoing assessment, and research-based instructional practices that incorporate modeling, guided practice, and independent practice.
Learner provides a clear description of instructional changes and supports the changes with relevant references to course readings and a clear statement about his/her pedagogical beliefs. Learner links the changes to specific learning needs of students and to specific curriculum standards by providing examples of how the changes will meet the learning needs of a variety of students
Learner describes instructional changes and supports them with specific references to course readings and pedagogical beliefs. The learner links the changes to student's needs and to curriculum standards.
Learner does not mention instructional changes with sufficient description to understand the scope or direction of the change. Minimal support is provided from the course readings and/or a statement about the learner's pedagogical beliefs. Little connection is made to student's learning needs or curriculum standards.
In order to create video or audio recordings your computer needs to be
webcam-enabled. If you don't have a webcam on your computer, you can still
record audio-only messages by first installing the Google Video Chat
plugin.