Assignment:
As you have experienced through working with your mentor during your program, collaboration is a key concept among educators. It allows for the sharing of ideas, resources, and strategies. It promotes growth and allows teachers to reach outside of their personal "toolbox" and build upon one another's ideas. In Professional Learning Communities (PLCs), teachers discuss student needs, share instructional ideas, and analyze assessment data. As a contributor, you need to be able to prepare and present standards-aligned, effective strategies to your team.
Part 1: Resource Handout
Choose a grade level in the K-3 range. Create a resource handout for fellow teachers to be presented at your grade-level PLC. The handout should include the following information:
Select three components of literacy (i.e., phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension) and provide at least two activities or instructional strategies for teaching each component. Need Assignment Help?
Tennessee State standards that align with each activity or strategy.
Academic language that supports the implementation of each activity.
At least two opportunities for collaborative practice of academic language and literacy among students and how each opportunity can be used across another subject area.
At least one suggestion for each area on how to extend learning for students who demonstrate mastery of that literacy skill.
At least one suggestion for how technology can be used to support academic language and literacy in the classroom.
Part 2: Presentation
Imagine you are presenting your resource at your team's PLC. Write at least 200 word presentation explaining your resource handout. Include the following information:
Explain how sharing resources and collaborating with other educators when designing instruction supports specific learner needs and promotes student engagement in meaningful tasks.
Briefly explain each activity/strategy and how it supports student learning.
Support this assignment with a minimum of two scholarly resources.
Submit your resource handout, and resources in one document.