PHASE II

Instructional Decisions/Teaching

We stated the objectives and the vocabulary, had students to repeat the objectives and the vocabulary and record the vocabulary on their note sheets for better comprehension. This is a great instructional strategy for ELL students to hear and see the expectations and key words used throughout the lesson.  We also had the students fill out the key parts of the graph. This is a great visual tool for students to learn and retain the information. The teacher modeled and went through the whole activity first with the students before students were assigned to create a graph with a partner.

We modified for individual students by having students work in pairs. Working in pairs allows for students to help one another with the assignment and technology. We walked around from group to group to provide any individual help to those who needed it. We also meet individual needs by using the thumbs up/thumbs down strategy to check for understanding and progress. We also modified our grading scale for one student who was previously absent for another lesson, so she had the opportunity to earn all her possible points. Her absence was medical and excused.

PowerPoint Slide of Objectives

PowerPoint Slide of Vocabulary





Assessment of Learning

The students emailed their completed graphs to us and handed in their graph analysis worksheets. We graded the graphs using our rubric. Rubric categories are graph title, data table, x-axis label, and y-axis label. We knew they were successful on meeting Objective 1 (I can collect, record, organize and display data using a computer generated bar graph) when we graded each graph using the rubric. We knew they are successful on meeting Objective 2 (I can answer questions by interpreting and analyzing data) when we graded the graph analysis worksheet. Students were also graded on participation, they received full points if they followed directions, were on task, and worked well with their partners. All students were successful at meeting both objectives as shown by the grade book.

A Completed Graph

Grade Book