Violet is seven years old and is in the second grade. Her teacher said that although she is close to grade level in reading fluency and word recognition, Violet is significantly below grade level expectations in reading and listening comprehension skills. Because she does not fall below the cut score for our reading intervention programs, the teacher is very concerned that Violet may “fall between the cracks” as she progresses in school. She is trying to equip Violet with strategies to build inference and comprehension skills.
The class has begun learning about the three branches of government in Social Studies, and the teacher invited me to present a lesson to the class.
TEKS:
(12) Government. The student understands the role of public …show more content…
The students then use technology based resources to see how their knowledge of the president fits with the newly learned material. This allows any misconceptions regarding the topic to be discussed. This process gives an organized foundation of understanding for future studies when they will compare the role of the president to the other branches of government and finally to a comparison with other public officials. Without tools to organize the information, this part of social studies often confuses second grade students who have very little experience with government entities. The schema-based graphic organizer is a good tool for students who struggle with listening and comprehension skills. Instead of overwhelming students with facts about the role of the president, it allows students to learn new facts and determine misconceptions through a procedural comprehension process. I have found that this procedure has been highly effective for struggling learners. …show more content…
She is selected by her teacher as my target student due to her lack of organizational skills and deficits in comprehension and listening skills. Violet has also been recently diagnosed as having ADHD. The teacher stresses that Violet is not a distraction to other students, but she often has problems paying attention or organizing and retaining information in a logical manner. These problems have only added to her struggles in social studies and other content area subjects. The students had already completed a short composition in which they wrote using the sentence starter prompt “If I were President of the USA, I __”. I read Violet’s and notice that her interpretation of the role of a president centers around the idea of giving money to people and making school have recess for two hours. I specifically choose the schematic graphic organizer as a tool that gives Violet a procedure for learning and retaining information. I use this type of organizer frequently in my fourth grade reading classes and have had success with them. Graphic organizers are visual representations that have been shown to improve student performance by allowing students to organize big picture information that can otherwise seem overwhelming (North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, 2012). The first section of the graphic organizer assesses the student’s background knowledge. After I start the lesson and give time for the
The class has begun learning about the three branches of government in Social Studies, and the teacher invited me to present a lesson to the class.
TEKS:
(12) Government. The student understands the role of public …show more content…
The students then use technology based resources to see how their knowledge of the president fits with the newly learned material. This allows any misconceptions regarding the topic to be discussed. This process gives an organized foundation of understanding for future studies when they will compare the role of the president to the other branches of government and finally to a comparison with other public officials. Without tools to organize the information, this part of social studies often confuses second grade students who have very little experience with government entities. The schema-based graphic organizer is a good tool for students who struggle with listening and comprehension skills. Instead of overwhelming students with facts about the role of the president, it allows students to learn new facts and determine misconceptions through a procedural comprehension process. I have found that this procedure has been highly effective for struggling learners. …show more content…
She is selected by her teacher as my target student due to her lack of organizational skills and deficits in comprehension and listening skills. Violet has also been recently diagnosed as having ADHD. The teacher stresses that Violet is not a distraction to other students, but she often has problems paying attention or organizing and retaining information in a logical manner. These problems have only added to her struggles in social studies and other content area subjects. The students had already completed a short composition in which they wrote using the sentence starter prompt “If I were President of the USA, I __”. I read Violet’s and notice that her interpretation of the role of a president centers around the idea of giving money to people and making school have recess for two hours. I specifically choose the schematic graphic organizer as a tool that gives Violet a procedure for learning and retaining information. I use this type of organizer frequently in my fourth grade reading classes and have had success with them. Graphic organizers are visual representations that have been shown to improve student performance by allowing students to organize big picture information that can otherwise seem overwhelming (North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, 2012). The first section of the graphic organizer assesses the student’s background knowledge. After I start the lesson and give time for the