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Elementary Education: Literacy with Mathematics Task 4 Task 2: Instruction Commentary

TASK 2: INSTRUCTION COMMENTARY

Respond to the prompts below ( no more than 6 single-spaced pages, including prompts ) by typing your responses within the brackets following each prompt. Do not delete or alter the prompts. Commentary pages exceeding the maximum will not be scored. You may insert no more than 2 additional pages of supporting documentation at the end of this file. These pages may include graphics, texts, or images that are not clearly visible in the video or a transcript for occasionally inaudible portions. These pages do not count toward your page total.

Which lesson or lessons are shown in the video clips? Identify the lesson(s) by lesson plan number. [ Due to district regulations I am not allowed to record my students, the instruction I can provide commentary on is my lesson #2 decomposing two-digit numbers in addition. This lesson is with two small groups. Each group is taught for 25 mins, which included instruction and independent practice] Promoting a Positive Learning Environment

Refer to scenes in the video clips where you provided a positive learning environment.

a. How did you demonstrate mutual respect for, rapport with, and responsiveness to students with varied needs and backgrounds, and challenge students to engage in learning? [I demonstrate respect for each of my individual students by first demonstrating respect to each individual student. I do this by calling students by their first name and responding to each statement or question in which they may have. By getting to know each student, I was able to identify their strengths and weaknesses when it came to math, and ask myself some question such as if they like math? If so what did they like most about mathematics? This was very useful information especially since the class is virtually this information will help me to engage all students. I am responsive to all students as I called on different students each time by their first name. I would address a student who are not staying on task. I also promote a positive environment by bringing forth humor to the classroom and relating the lessons to real life examples as best as possible. This build rapport because then students will share how something relates to them or will make a joke relating to what we are working on. For examples during the decomposing process a student was having a hard time calculating four plus four and I told a joke I believed would help all student remember four plus four the joke was "why didn't the two four's feel like rating dinner? Because they already eight." Another time that I show rapport for the students is redirecting their behaviors and answers as well as allowing them time to rethink what they just said if they were incorrect. I allowed the student to correctly say and identify their answer confidently. To challenge all students, I asked them to solve the problem individually and model how they got there answer. This encourages them to think deeply into what they have learned. Engaging Students in Learning Refer to examples from the video clips in your responses to the prompts.

a. Explain how your instruction engaged students in developing an essential literacy strategy and related skills. [I ask students to show to write the equation we will need to solve. I call on one student to model for the class how to solve the problem. The students get excited about this portions, because they are confident in their decomposing skills and they feel as if they are instructing the class. I can see students raising their hand in excitement and pump their arms in excitment when they are called on to model the equation. Some students state that decomposing is fun and they want more practice problems to work on. I ensured that each student was given the opportunity to partake in each activity. Each student was engaged in the content of the lesson as each

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Elementary Education: Literacy with Mathematics Task 4 Task 2: Instruction Commentary

student had a job to do within each activity. Students had to be aware of what was going on in case they were called upon to solve a equation.

b. Describe how your instruction linked students’ prior academic learning and personal, cultural, and community assets with new learning.

[While addition a concept that can relate to every student’s everyday life as well as a concept that will carry on with them throughout their adult life, I wanted to encourage students to think beyond just equations when solving a two digit word problem they can apply decomping to help solve any two digit equation in any form. In each activity, students used prior learning to sort to find the sum of the ten and ones place whether they are able to solve it in their heard or use their fingers, as long as they are properly following the steps to decomposing. As we continued to solve equations I encouraged students to think about how they could add number of bigger value by putting the bigger number in the head and adding up by the smaller number, and when they are adding a two digit number that have a zero in it they already know that zero plus zero is always equal to zero. For example when adding the ten place the two numbers were 30+ 20, when a student sees this they become intimated but I remind, but one they realize they just need to know the sum of 3+2 they became more confident in added bigger numbers.

Deepening Student Learning during Instruction

Refer to examples from the video clips in your explanations. a. Explain how you elicited and built on student responses to promote thinking and apply the essential literacy strategy using related skills to comprehend OR compose text.

[ When the equation is shown, I state to students “ this looks like a hard one who thinks they can solve this equation without skipping a step and decomposing?” I also get them excited by letting them know whoever is solving the problem is allowed to share their share so the class can see the steps they are taking to solve the equations, This gets student excited because they are not allowed to share their screen with the class that is a privilege only the teacher is allowed to do.

Explain how you modeled the essential literacy strategy AND supported students as they practiced or applied the strategy to comprehend OR compose text in a meaningful context.

[ This learning segment is typically hands-on learning for the students. Decomposing is something that is difficult for students to grasp solely through direct instruction, but since the class is fully virtual I had to make it as interactive as possible, but having students show their work step by step instead of just watching me solve the problem, and then the complete independent practice. I also use a whiteboard that they can see me write on to show that I was following their instruction when I choose a student to solve the equation.

Analyzing Teaching

Refer to examples from the video clips in your responses to the prompts.

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Elementary Education: Literacy with Mathematics Task 4
Task 2: Instruction Commentary
TASK 2: INSTRUCTION COMMENTARY
Respond to the prompts below (no more than 6 single-spaced pages, including prompts) by typing your responses within the
brackets following each prompt. Do not delete or alter the prompts. Commentary pages exceeding the maximum will not be
scored. You may insert no more than 2 additional pages of supporting documentation at the end of this file. These pages
may include graphics, texts, or images that are not clearly visible in the video or a transcript for occasionally inaudible portions.
These pages do not count toward your page total.
Which lesson or lessons are shown in the video clips? Identify the lesson(s) by lesson plan number.
[ Due to district regulations I am not allowed to record my students, the instruction I can provide
commentary on is my lesson #2 decomposing two-digit numbers in addition. This lesson is with
two small groups. Each group is taught for 25 mins, which included instruction and independent
practice]
Promoting a Positive Learning Environment
Refer to scenes in the video clips where you provided a positive learning environment.
a. How did you demonstrate mutual respect for, rapport with, and responsiveness to
students with varied needs and backgrounds, and challenge students to engage in
learning?
[I demonstrate respect for each of my individual students by first demonstrating respect to each
individual student. I do this by calling students by their first name and responding to each
statement or question in which they may have. By getting to know each
student, I was able to identify their strengths and weaknesses when it came to math, and ask
myself some question such as if they like math? If so what did they like most about
mathematics? This was very useful information especially since the class is virtually this
information will help me to engage all students. I am responsive to all students as I called on
different students each time by their first name. I would address a student who are not staying
on task. I also promote a positive environment by bringing forth humor to the classroom and
relating the lessons to real life examples as best as possible. This build rapport because then
students will share how something relates to them or will make a joke relating to what we are
working on. For examples during the decomposing process a student was having a hard time
calculating four plus four and I told a joke I believed would help all student remember four plus
four the joke was "why didn't the two four's feel like rating dinner? Because they already eight."
Another time that I
show rapport for the students is redirecting their behaviors and answers as well as
allowing them time to rethink what they just said if they were incorrect. I allowed the student to
correctly say and identify their answer confidently. To challenge all students, I asked them to
solve the problem individually and model how they got there answer. This encourages them to
think deeply into what they have learned.
Engaging Students in Learning
Refer to examples from the video clips in your responses to the prompts.
a. Explain how your instruction engaged students in developing an essential literacy
strategy and related skills.
[I ask students to show to write the equation we will need to solve. I call on one student to model
for the class how to solve the problem. The students get excited about this portions, because
they are confident in their decomposing skills and they feel as if they are instructing the class. I
can see students raising their hand in excitement and pump their arms in excitment when they
are called on to model the equation. Some students state that decomposing is fun and they
want more practice problems to work on. I ensured that each student was given the opportunity
to partake in each activity. Each student was engaged in the content of the lesson as each
Copyright © 2018 Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. 1 of 3 | 6 pages maximum
All rights reserved. V07
The edTPA trademarks are owned by The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. Use of the edTPA trademarks is
permitted only pursuant to the terms of a written license agreement.

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