6. Reading, Writing and Oral Communication

Artifact: 

• Student Assessment Project

Rationale: 

This is a student assessment project, a reading assessment that I had to administer to a students during one of my observations. It checked the student's reading capabilities, vocabulary knowledge, comprehension skills, and more. Being in PE, it was different giving English assessments. 

This assessment covered quite a few of the components in the standard. Not only did we assess word knowledge/vocabulary, we also assessed fluency/reading ability and comprehension. There were different points when I would make notes as well, which happened before, during, and after the readings took place. 

I learned how to assess in the discipline of English/language arts. It's completely different than physical education, obviously, and it was a whole new experience for me overall. I think that me being in an english classroom and giving one assessment will help aid me in the future in education. 

Artifact: 

• POWER PE Video Workouts

Rationale: 

This is a list of video workouts used during my time in POWER PE (special education and general education mix). It was nice because it gave students a choice in what they did with a lot of different options available. 

There were just dance videos, yoga videos, simple workout tutorials, and even some trivia based exercises as well. All of these were offered in a way that either helped with a video and/or audio cues, which absolutely helped more of the student understand the activity. Of course, these were all online, which also helps students with using technology. 

I learned that there can never be enough resources for the students. When I first saw the video choices, so many of them were pretty similar to each other so I didn't really understand why there were so many. I quickly learned that almost every one was used every time we did this lesson: the students enjoy the wide range of activity and the choice involved.