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Wisconsin Standard for Teacher Development and Licensure #4 Title of Experience/Artifact: Espa�ola en la clase Date Experience Completed: Summer 2005 Describe your educational experience/artifact: During the course of a summer, I taught a group of five, six, and seven year old children some basic Spanish. I taught these children general greeting expressions such as how to ask someone their name and how to say hello in Spanish. I also introduced the students to identify such items located in the classroom in Spanish, like a desk or chalkboard. I spent 10 weeks during the summer teaching the children different lessons in Spanish. I used a variety of instructional strategies in teaching these children. For example, to teach the days of the week and months of the year, I used music. Furthermore, I made a fishing game with magnets in order to teach the children their colors in Spanish. The paper fishes had a paper clip located near their mouths in order to attract them to the magnet. Then on the back of the paper fishes would be a color written in Spanish. The children would have to translate the word in order to tell me what color fish they caught. Lastly, I taught the children how to count to twelve in Spanish. Once again, I made my own game up. The children would have to walk around a circle of numbers written in Spanish. When the music stopped they had to stop in front of a number. If I drew their number from a hat, they would have to go and sit down until all numbers were picked from the hat. ALIGNMENT: Wisconsin Teacher Standard Alignment This experience best aligns with the Wisconsin Teacher Licensure Standard #4: Teachers know how to teach. Throughout the summer I developed Spanish activities and lessons for the children to participate in. This was especially helpful for some of the students because they were familiar with other students who spoke Spanish. These lessons also gave the students the ability to enhance their diversity and cultural awareness. I feel that this experience applies to standard four, because as a teacher I taught students by using different teaching techniques and strategies. I used visual, verbal, and tactile strategies to teach because I understand that students process information in various ways. I wanted to appeal to multiple learning styles. Also, I incorporated technology in my instruction by having the children listen to audio CDs I got from the library, in order to teach the children the days of the week and months of the year. Also aligns with Wisconsin Standard for Teacher Development and Licensure WSTDL #1 Teachers know the subjects they are teaching. WSTDL #3 Teachers understand that children learn differently. WSTDL #7 Teachers are able to plan different kinds of lessons. UW-Platteville School of Education Knowledge, Skill, & Disposition Statement Alignment I think that this artifact aligns best with KSD3.b. Uses Questioning and Discussion Techniques. I think this experience is applicable because I used questioning strategies to provoke students to think. I also allowed adequate time for student responses and my questioning led to group discussions and exchanging of words in Spanish. Furthermore, I would purposely ask questions in an effort to teach them Spanish. For example, I would point out crayons or markers and asked students how they would say the color in Spanish. This would provoke thought and begin a discussion on how to say things in Spanish. I also would greet the children in Spanish every morning upon arrival and they would have to respond back to me in Spanish. The same for when they left to go home. By doing this, it allowed me to involve the students in the instructional process. Also aligns with Knowledge, Skill, & Disposition Standards KS1.d. Demonstrates Knowledge of Resources KS1.e. Designs Coherent Instruction KS3.c. Engages Students in Learning REFLECTION What I learned about teaching from this experience is that I have to make every learning opportunity an experience, or it will be hard to engage the students in something new such as a foreign language. I also learned that each child learns differently and I have to use different teaching strategies to reach each child. Integrating technology into my lessons furthermore enhances each lesson As a prospective educator, I found that doing lessons straight from the book is not always the best route to go. If the students start to lose interest, I know it is time to enhance the lesson in order to encourage critical thinking. I have to gauge my students� interests and abilities and come up with new instructional strategies to expand each lesson. |
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