Imagine you are a resource ELA teacher for fifth graders. Your resource class consists of nine students who are reading 2-3 grade levels below their peers.
Review Appendix B of the Common Core Standards and select a fifth grade exemplar informational text.
Create a lesson plan using the COE lesson plan template that incorporates assistive technology, the fifth grade exemplar informational text, and a Common Core Standard on Reading: Informational Text.
Along with your completed lesson plan, submit a 250-500-word rationale supporting your instructional choices.
Here are the reading resources….
1. Assistive Technology: An Overview
Read “Assistive Technology: An Overview,” from The IRIS Center.
http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/at/chalcycle.htm
2. Common Core English Language Arts Standards
Review the Common Core English Language Arts Standards.
3. Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects- Appendix B: Text Exemplars and Sample Performance Tasks
Review “Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects-Appendix B: Text Exemplars and Sample Performance Tasks,” located on the Common Core State Standards Initiative website.
http://www.corestandards.org/assets/Appendix_B.pdf
e-Library Resource
1. Integrating Content Area Literacy and Assistive Technology: A Teacher Development Institute
Read pages 27-38 of “Integrating Content Area Literacy and Assistive Technology: A Teacher Development Institute,” by Puckett, Judge, and Brozo, from Southeastern Teacher Education Journal (2009).
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