Creating High Performance Learning Environments

Secondary General Science For the pre-assessment for my class I decided to quiz the students on material they should have learned previously to grasp if they need more clarification or if they have learned the material. The quiz is going to based on starting points for the rest of the lessons and units. For example, students MUST grasp the concept of what matter is before they can solve any other problems. The pre-assessment quiz that was utilized was a definition quiz and short answer. The students short answer is based on seeing if they know how to apply the definitions to real life. Pre-Assessment: https://quizlet.com/260573945/pre-assessment-for-differentiation-physics-flash-cards/ Note: The students do not have to answer the definitions in exact words. They must show understanding of the terms and explain them in an accurate way: In a scenario where: the 5 students who answered most, including the most difficult, of the pre-assessment questions correctly These stud

In this blog I will be discussing high stakes testing by comparing the requirements in Clark County School District (CCSD) and Hawaii Department of Education. I am comparing these two schools as I am currently in CCSD but am possibly looking to teach in Hawaii sometime in next few years. Clark County School District (CCSD) Required High School Graduation Requirements In the Clark County School District there are high stakes testing in order to graduate and earn a high school diploma. Over the years CCSD has consistently changed their requirements and high stakes testing and are now trying to roll in a new high stakes testing to replace high school proficiencies. There are different requirements for whichever school year you are to graduate. Currently there is a requirement for students to participate in a total of four End of course Exams , which include two in Math and two in English Language Arts (Graduation). According to CCSD, " End of Course Exams will be an operational fi

It’s so important to create a climate of caring and openness in the classroom by developing that positive climate in the classroom. Attention to school climate is a great way to show support to your students well-being socially and emotionally. By observing the school climate and see what you’re working with you’re able to identify how you can best serve the students around you. Every school is going to be different so just learning how to adapt to that school climate will do wonders in your performance. Students, especially high school, are going to go through some difficult and tough situations in their life. Sometimes it may even come from harsh bullying from other students. When we as teachers show the students that we want to help with these issues and tackle the problem in an effective and safe way we show major support that maybe these students are receiving from no where else. When students in the classroom are coming from a different cultural background that is different

How lessons in your subject field can reflect the diversity of your community, region, country, or world. My subject field is physical/general science. In this subject I can incorporate diversity of my community, region and country by addressing the different cultures in projects or material that we are reading. In physical science we talk about different regions of the world such as in the topic of geology. In a lesson that studies rocks I can show the students that the society of the United States is not only founded on it's own but relies on that of other regions of the earth. For example, students will learn that things we use in our everyday lives come from resources that  are created, produced, and molded in  other areas of the world.  A rationale for why it is important to introduce students to multicultural content and multiple perspectives. It is important to introduce students to multicultural content and multiple perspectives in order to prepare students for the

Lesson plan: Newton's Second Law of Motion (Force=Mass x Acceleration) Student Group: High School Physical Science Differentiated instruction: Students Targeted : Being able to teach to a diverse group of students is important to the success of any classroom. This blog is going to be dedicated to the student who is either  disengaged or struggling.  The lesson that I will be teaching needs to have diverse learning and teaching strategies that can aid in engaging students who are not interested, having trouble staying awake, not doing their homework or participating in class, or struggling to understand and grasp the content. For a student who is disengaged they may be dealing with personal issues at home or are just not interested in the topic. It is up to teachers to try and engage and motivate the student as much as possible. For a student who is struggling with the content it is very important to gauge the classroom as a whole. For example if you are noticing that

High School Physical Science Assessment Strategies As a future teacher it's important to understand what your role as an educator is. A teacher plays many roles in student's lives and one of them is to make sure your students are fully "getting" the content that you're teaching. This blog post is going to address both summative and formative assessments that will help me as a teacher evaluate the student's performance to see if students are grasping it. The standard that these are going to be applied to is the --  HS-PS2-1. Analyze data to support the claim that Newton’s second law of motion describes the mathematical relationship among the net force on a macroscopic object, its mass, and its acceleration. Formative Assessment - "Quiz Breaks" One formative assessment strategy that I can apply is by doing "Quiz Breaks." After a lesson has been fully taught, an opportunity for any questions have been answered, and practice questi