Latin Root Words Four Square
The scanned student work below came from my Literacy in the Content Area placement at Parma High School. While I was placed at Parma High School it was determined that student vocabulary scores on the Idaho Standard Achievement Test (ISAT) were falling below expectations. I partnered with Ms. McMillin, the art teacher, and Mrs. Wirth, the resource room teacher, to design a lesson plan aimed at improving students' vocabulary. Ms. Wirth had been working with her students on a matching game using Latin root words and illustrations of their meanings, hoping to improve student comprehension. Recognizing an opportunity for collaboration, I took the same terms and integrated them into a four-square lesson with my art students. The idea was that the students' finished artwork would be posted around the school so that their peers could benefit from their efforts. The goal was realized on October 12th, 2011, when I taught the lesson to Ms. McMillin's 8th period art students.
I have provided these student work samples as artifacts of my collaboration with other professionals in the field, a subset of Danielson's Professional Responsibilities -- Participating in a Professional Community (4d). These artifacts also apply to the Idaho Core Teacher Standard 10: Partnerships. This four-square lesson was a collaborative effort. I worked with my fellow educators to name a problem and develop a plan to address it. By cooperating together, we were able to bridge a vocabulary unit across two classrooms, later sharing the results with the rest of the school.
I have provided these student work samples as artifacts of my collaboration with other professionals in the field, a subset of Danielson's Professional Responsibilities -- Participating in a Professional Community (4d). These artifacts also apply to the Idaho Core Teacher Standard 10: Partnerships. This four-square lesson was a collaborative effort. I worked with my fellow educators to name a problem and develop a plan to address it. By cooperating together, we were able to bridge a vocabulary unit across two classrooms, later sharing the results with the rest of the school.