Silent Communication: The Use of Sign Language and Gestures as Alternative or Supplementary Communication for Hearing Students
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Silent_Communication.docx Details
Download Silent_Communication.docx [296.3KB]}This research was conducted through many forms of data collection in my student teaching experience. The paper explores the benfits of sign language and gestures as alternative or supplementary communication for hearing students.
Example of a Differentiated Individual/Group Assignment
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Shape-Up Activity Sheet.docx Details
Download Shape-Up Activity Sheet.docx [193.4KB]}For this assignment, students are expected to select one of the "square" activities to complete individually, and one "circle" activity to work on as a group. Each of the activities is meant to accomplish the same goal and meet the same standards in different ways. It allows students to use their strengths (ie. artistic ability, use of technology, creative writing) to complete the assignment. In addition, the activities are leveled so that lower students are able to access the same material as higher students.
Differentiated Unit
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Differentiated Unit/Lesson Plan Details
Download Differentiated Unit/Lesson Plan [149KB]}This unit plan was created using Backwards Design to meet the specific learning needs of two focus-students.
Informal Assessment Report for Kindergarden Special Education Student
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Informal Assessment Report.docx Details
Download Informal Assessment Report.docx [154.8KB]}This informal assessment report was written after creating and administering an informal assessments to a kindergarden special education student. Testing behaviors were noted and the data was compiled to create informative and diagnostic graphs that could be used to modify instruction for the student.
Formal Assessment Report for Kindergarden Special Education Student
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Formal Assessment Report.docx Details
Download Formal Assessment Report.docx [100.1KB]}This formal assessment report was written after administering formal assessments to a kindergarden special education student. Testing behaviors were noted and the data was compiled to create informative and diagnostic graphs that could be used to modify instruction for the student.
Behavior Observation Report
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Behavior Observation Report Details
Download Behavior Observation Report [164.2KB]}This behavior observation report was created as an assignment in graduate school. For this assignment, I observed the behaviors of a kindergarden student in a self-contained setting over an extended period of time in order to collect data to write a behavior intervention plan.
Social Studies Capstone- The Great Compromise
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SS Capstone in Full.docx Details
Download SS Capstone in Full.docx [179.5KB]}This Social Studies Capstone was written for a seminar in my senior year of my undergraduate experience. this in-depth reflection is based off of a lesson on the Great Compromise taught to a fifth grade inclusion class. In this lesson, students were encouraged to compare the strengths and weaknesses of the New Jersey and Virginia Plan through a rigorous debate. Students were instructed to take on the role of their state and fight for what would be fair for them. A class discussion on the results of the compromise followed.
All My Sons: A Modern Tragedy
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All My Sons.docx Details
Download All My Sons.docx [30.6KB]}This paper discusses the elements of modern tragedy that are included in Arthur Miller's All My Sons in comparison with Aristotle's definition for tragedy laid out in his work, Poetics.