STANDARD 5: INSTRUCTIONAL DELIVERY

Standard 5 - Instructional Delivery – The competent teacher differentiates instruction by using a variety of strategies that support critical and creative thinking, problem-solving, and continuous growth and learning. This teacher understands that the classroom is a dynamic environment requiring ongoing modification of instruction to enhance learning for each student.

This artifact demonstrates Illinois Professional Teaching Standard 5- Instructional delivery

In this lesson, I was working with EL kindergarten students teaching about the seasons of the year. I had my objective for the lesson that I shared with the students. We talked about seasons to check students' prior knowledge. Students shared what they know using pictures and visuals that I had in the room. I read a book about seasons with my students as a whole group. We stopped at each season and we shared the characteristics of the season and what we were and what we see in each season. Then we had an activity in which students got to sort cards that belong to each season using the pocket chart. Students got to talk about the card they choose and what do they see on the card. Students also were asked to tell why they think that this card belongs to this specific season. After the activity, students were asked to write in their journals about their favorite season using the sentence frame, "my favorite season is..." by writing one of the seasons and drawing a picture that matches the writing.

I use many strategies and activities to maximize student attentiveness and engagement and this is what applies to this standard of instructional delivery. It is important that teachers use many strategies to meet all students' needs and to help students engage in learning.

One of the most effective strategies that I also use with my students during instructional delivery is using popsicle sticks to call on students. Every student has their name on the popsicle stick. I pick the popsicle sticks out of the cups to randomly pick a student. As I pick them, I will put their stick into the empty cup to make sure all students get a turn.

This artifact demonstrates Illinois Professional Teaching Standard 5- Instructional delivery as a teacher knows how to implement effective differentiated instruction through the use of a wide variety of materials, technologies, and resources.

This lesson was for kindergarten EL students. I was teaching about the sight word "see". I used a wide variety of materials to teach this lesson. I read the "Brown Bear Brown Bear what do you see? "Book with students. Students were asked to practice writing the sight word "see" on their small whiteboard. I also used popsicle sticks of the characters in the story for students to retell the story and pause for the sight word "see". I also used the technology to record the lesson of the sight word "see" and I sent it to my EL parents so they can watch it at home. Parents were asked to watch the video and help their children practice the sight word "see" and complete the worksheet.

In this lesson, I differentiated the instruction to my students and their parents so they are able to grasp the idea of the lesson. Students were able successfully to complete the worksheet on the sight word "see" with help from home.