LESSONS & ASSESSMENTS
Reading
Lucy Calkins Reading Instruction
Kindergarten
As a kindergarten teacher at OLMCA, I was proficient in and implemented the Lucy Calkins reading curriculum. I tried to create the best lessons for my students by finding Lucy Calkin’s “teaching point” and then adapting the lesson to best fit my students needs. In the second half the year, I implemented guided reading groups to support students at different reading levels.
Using the word wall to help us finding sight words in our books.
Teaching how we can insert ourselves in books...in a fun way!
Lucy Calkins reading superpowers anchor chart.
We use reading "superpowers" to help us read!
Guided reading!
Learning about the beginning, middle, and end of a story using "The Three Billy Goats Gruff" by Paul Galdone.
Exploring our library for the first time at the beginning of the year.
Learning how to partner read.
Retelling events helps us start to think deeper about our reading.
Reading with our 3rd grade reading buddies.
Modeling how readers ask questions to think deeper about a book.
Reading emergent readers as a class while I model how to use our reading superpowers.
Finding sight words in books!
Exploring "All About the World Books" - nonfiction books.
Using ABC books to help predict what will happen next and use pictures to help us find sounds.
Exploring leveled readers.
Reading Day forts with the 8th graders.
The library space in my classroom.
Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA)
Kindergarten
Twice a year, I conduced the Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA) on my students to determine their reading level, help me crete reading groups for guided reading, and to differentiate my teaching.
Student Teaching Reading Lesson Plan
Kindergarten
During my student teaching placement at Hawthorne Scholastic Academy in Mrs. Lisy’s kindergarten classroom , I was asked to create two lesson plans using the edTPA template. I wrote and taught the reading lesson on the right to my students. Below, you can look through slideshow of the the brainstorm poster we created together, the checklist the students used while looking at the book of their choice, and final worksheet that they used to determine whether the book was fiction or non-fiction.
