ECH 340 Topic 8 Assignment GCU

For this benchmark, use your field experience placement hours. You will implement a revised lesson plan for listening, speaking, reading, and writing. After implementing the revised lesson plan, you will assess student learning. You will reflect on the lesson implementation and use of the assessment results to inform future lessons.

Based on one of the lessons created in Topics 4 through 6:

• Revise and implement one of the lesson plans from Topics 4 through 6.
• Assess students’ learning using the “Preschool and Kindergarten Monitoring Assessments” or “Preschool and Kindergarten Monitoring Assessments for Advanced Learners” from the textbook to gather data about the students’ literacy proficiencies. In 500-750-words, summarize your post-test findings and examine the assessment data for future application, include your goals, curriculum, and teaching strategies.

For “Preschool and Kindergarten Monitoring Assessments,” include the following:

• Letter recognition
• Name writing task
• Writing alphabet task
• Concept of print task
• Phonological awareness task: Generating rhyming words
• Phonemic awareness task: Isolating beginning sounds
• Oral comprehension and vocabulary task

OR

For “Preschool and Kindergarten Monitoring Assessments for Advanced Learners,” include the following:

• Letter recognition
• Invented Spelling
• Finger point reading
• Locate words in finger point reading text
• Reading familiar rhyming words
• Writing familiar rhyming words

Write a 500-750-word reflection based on the feedback you received from the classroom teacher and personal observations about the experience, explain the following:

• A brief explanation of the classroom teacher’s suggestions that you used from the previous time the lesson was written.
• Strengths and opportunities for growth. Provide specific evidence from your lesson.
• What would you do differently if you taught this lesson again?  Be sure to provide specific examples.

Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

Submit the revised lesson plan, summary and examination of assessment, and reflection to the instructor by the end of Topic 8.

Document the hours and locations that you spend in the field on your Clinical Field Experience Verification Form.

Submit the Clinical Field Experience Verification Form with the last assignment by the assignment due date. Directions for submitting can be found on the College of Education site in the Student Success Center.