Assignment 1a: Small Group Lesson
Since candidates have a 30-hour field requirement in this class, you must teach a lesson (using your cooperating teacher’s lesson plan) with a small group of students. At least one of the students must have a documented disability and an IEP. Write at least a 1-page summary of
your general observations and explain how the individuals within it function. The following must be included:
• The summary should include:
1. Briefly describe the assigned setting (the classroom – the approximate number of students in the class).
2. Number of individuals/students in the small group.
3. Explain how and why these students required small group instruction.
4. A brief summary of the whole group lesson taught by the general education teacher, including the objective of the lesson.
5. A brief summary of the small group lesson taught by you.
6. Explain how you know the students were or were not learning the information.
7. Discuss how the student communicated to you that they understood the skill you were reteaching.
Assignment 1b: Strategy Observation
It is important to understand how the use of appropriate instructional strategies are beneficial for students with disabilities. Teacher candidates should be able to demonstrate the ability to adapt and modify the general education classroom to provide strategies to assist students with
disabilities to optimize their behavior, academic performance, social skills, and study skills.
Write at least a 1-page summary of your general observations of the various strategies used in the classroom.
• Briefly discuss the instructional strategies/practices observed and how they were applied in the classroom setting by the general education teacher. Include an analysis of the soundness or appropriateness of the strategies.
• Explain how the literacy and language needs of students were met.
• Were there any English language learners in the class? How were their unique needs met?
• Identify 1-2 students (preferably with disabilities). What supplementary aids/supports (accommodations) were used to accommodate their unique needs? What did you find to be the most challenging aspect of accommodating the diverse needs of students with
disabilities?
• Was co-teaching utilized? What model(s) of co-teaching was/were observed?