Learning standards can sometimes seem confusing. State authorities' created common core standards to make sure all students prosper and receive necessary skills for each grade level and life. However, teachers must have tools in place to help students learn specific skills for your education and pursuit in life. Teachers whom have accurate lesson planning and strategies put in place will be able to teach these skills and guide student excellence. This Unit help me have a better understanding of standards, why they were put in place, and ways to assist my students will positive outcomes.
Activity 1, Unpacking a Standard gave me a better perception of the standards. The school I teach at is a Professional Learning Community so collaborating on lesson planning is common. Learning from my colleagues, I assumed lesson planning derived from standards. Unpacking the two Pre-Kindergarten standards helped me apprehend what is being said and how to break the standards down. It is an effective tool from which we can use to support helpful understandings and actuality.
Example: SED.2.2 Children develop increasing capacity for self-control.
The key word in this measurable standard is develop. Students will consistently work on this skill . Until the level of self-control will increase. I must ask what do students brains have to do in order to respond to this prompt? How can I help increase my students level of self-control? Breaking this standard down gave me better ideas and activities to use to assist my students with meeting this goal. Self control is a skill that must be taught with lot of explicit direction, consistency and repetition from the teacher.
Activity 2, Standards and Backwards Mapping: I am aware that, Pre-K students need certain skills now for student success in Kindergarten, but I did not know how to explain to my students why these standards are worth accomplishing. Student's social emotional capacity and attitude towards school effects their overall performance in school. The Big Idea helps teachers assist students with making sense of a lot of confusing experiences and facts. Students need support with breaking down and identifying skills needed to meet the standards. Backward Design helps students achieve specific learning goals and objectives. For my classroom, it seems designing backwards will be most effective when my students are understanding and then applying that information to prior knowledge. Activity 2 taught me that students need several strategies ready for problem solving and other wise teachers should put understanding first.
Activity 3, Objectives for Standards, gave me the necessary tools needed to focus on student outcome. What have you learned, is the question raised when creating SMART objectives. Monitoring and assessing student learning will help teachers' measure student progress. Most schools are data driven and both formative and summative assessments are necessary. I will monitor, observe, and record students understanding. This Unit has showed me the importance of raising questions and generating learning in your lesson planning. Successful lesson planning consists of building your unit around an idea of power. An idea that helps learners sees useful connections and not just a piece of knowledge. Allowing students to role play and reading literature that supports real world connections are ways to understand and apply standards. Constant modeling and praise will support positive student outcome
I will keep all three units in mind while lesson planning and implementing standards. I know that doing so gives me ideas, tools, and strategies that will support me in the classroom and support my students with achieving learning goals.
Sources:
http://osse.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/osse/publication/attachments/OSSE_PreKindergarten_v4_0.pdf
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