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Standard 2 The teacher understands how children with broad ranges of ability learn and provides instruction that supports their intellectual, social, and personal development.
 * Teachers know how children grow. **

Evidence 1:

Rationale 1: This lesson was created for 8th grade literacy students to edit and give feedback to others on their memoir papers. Students will be peer editing group members memoir papers by using Microsoft Word Insert Comment feature. I plan on using this lesson in the future to allow students to learn how to give appropriate feedback while editing other students’ work in a more organized way. The author of the memoir will evaluate the feedback and comments given to them to develop their learning of the writing process. By encouraging discussion on the comments, student will be will be able to demonstrate their ability level of conventions and sentence structure.

The evidence is important to me because it will allow me to reflect on how the writing process was taught, and how the group work expectations were presented while students are using prior knowledge of editing techniques. The usage of Insert Comment gives students an opportunity to give feedback and edit in an organized way. The lesson will impact student learning by allowing each student to work at their own ability level while learning from their peers by the feedback given. This lesson will allow me to know how well the students understand the editing process by the feedback they give. The use of the technology will allow students to give more appropriate and accurate feedback. Students will be able to write a better memoir because the feedback is given in a clear, organized way.

KSD 2.K.1 The teacher understands how learning occurs -- how students construct knowledge, acquire skills, and develop habits of mind – and how to use instructional strategies that promote student learning for a wide range of student abilities. My knowledge of the writing process and the importance of peer editing to improve student writing allowed me to construct a lesson that has students demonstrate their ability level by giving feedback of others writing.

2.S.3 The teacher assesses students’ thinking and experiences as a basis for instructional activities (i.e., encouraging discussion, listening and responding to group interaction, and eliciting samples of student thinking orally and in writing). By working with different ability level group members, discussion of the feedback is important for students to learn from the other students. I will be able to assess each student’s feedback by reading their comments. This will allow me to understand each students thinking and understanding of editing and revision. From this, I was able to conference with students who needed additional help.

2.D.2 The teacher is disposed to use students’ strengths as a basis for growth, and their errors as an opportunity for learning Through the editing process, students will be able to learn from their convention and sentence structure mistakes. Working with students with different ability levels in groups, students will be able to share their strength of writing with other students who may struggle with writing, while learning from others.