Assessment Description:
After completing your selected activities from the "ESL-540 SEI-Specific Practicum/Field Experience:
- Co-plan a phonics lesson for a K-3 setting.
• Teach a small group phonics lesson for a K-3 setting.
• Teach a small group lesson using the state ELA standards.
Write a reflection about your learning and teaching experiences within all three categories (Introductory Activities, Collaborative Practice, and Independent Practice) to include a connection to the teaching preparation standards and SEI course framework. Your reflection should address the content learned throughout this course. Describe experiences you had throughout your ESL practicum/field experience that reflect effective instruction of English learners. In a minimum of 500 words, address the following:
- Discuss strategies you or your mentor used to celebrate cultural diversity.
- Explain how you or your mentor utilized engagement practices to highlight the assets of home language and/or involve families.
- Discuss how RTI strategies were utilized to support ELs and the accommodations available to help students, particularly with assessments. Need Professional Help?
- Describe how you or your mentor supported English learners in the classroom through a research-based SEI model.
- Discuss an experience you participated in and how this aligns with at least one of the principles of Arizona's Language Development Approach: (1) asset-based behaviors and expectations, (2) integrated instruction in disciplinary language and content, (2) targeted and explicit language instruction, and (4) assessment, monitoring, and feedback.
- Describe an experience you participated in where you helped design or implement an integrated or targeted lesson plan and discuss how this plan aligned with the ELA and ELP standards.