Standard #4: Content Knowledge
The teacher understands the central concepts, tools of inquiry, and structures of the discipline(s) he or she teaches and creates learning experiences that make these aspects of the discipline accessible and meaningful for learners to assure mastery of the content.
Standard #5: Application of Content
The teacher understands how to connect concepts and use differing perspectives to engage learners in critical thinking, creativity, and collaborative problem solving related to authentic local and global issues.
Reading Lesson Plan, which focuses on students mastering concepts, and in this case, reading. I want to encourage students that they can learn and be great learners, no matter their level. This lesson plan shows how they can do that in the realm of reading at the 2nd grade level.
Social Studies Unit Plan, which focuses on the learning of content in order to teach it to students. Creating this unit plan and applying it to 4th grade students pushed me to have a better understanding of what to look for when creating lessons and structuring them around the needs of my students.