Standard+7

** Teachers are able to plan different kinds of lessons. **  The teacher organizes and plans systematic instruction based upon knowledge of subject matter, pupils, the community, and curriculum goals.
 * Standard 7 **

Evidence 1: iPod Unit Plan Rationale 1: This evidence was created as a unit plan for 4-year-old kindergarten students to teach a variety of social skills lessons. The unit plan consisted of multiple activities including a variety of subject areas like art, literacy, math, social studies, etc. This unit was developed to teach a variety of lesson plans to teach children social skills, primarily being kind. The unit was focused on a book entitled “How to Fill a Bucket “by Tom Rath, Mary Reckmeyer, and Maurie J. Manning. This unit plan was created for the course EDT 676 Using iPods in the Classroom. This unit plan was taught the two groups of 4 year-old kindergarten students for a period of three weeks, one time a week.

This evidence taught me how to include technology as well as a variety of other activities into one unit. The technology was a big component of the end of the unit. The technology focused on a group photo book of the students working on the unit. The students gained a greater understanding and conclusion to the unit topic in an interesting and personal way.

KSD 7.K.2 The teacher knows how to take contextual considerations (instructional materials; individual student interests, needs, and aptitudes; and community resources) into account when planning instruction that creates an effective bridge between curriculum goals and students’ experiences. // In this unit plan I created a variety of lessons to meet a variety of student interests, needs, and abilities in a variety of subject areas. //

7.S.2 The teacher plans for learning opportunities that recognize and address variation in learning styles, learning differences, and performance modes. // The lessons I created for this unit include a variety of different learning opportunity for students with a variety of learning styles including art, video, visual, and music. Most of the activities are open-ended to allow for a varying abilities and differences. //

7.D.1 The teacher values both long-term and short-term planning. // The unit plan I created involves looking at a long-term goal of what I wanted the students to understand, but broke the topic down into small short-term lessons and activities. //