Module 5 Unit 1 Activity 1
Standards and
Backwards Mapping
Florida
Elementary School
Language Arts Florida Standards
I don’t really have a particular interest, desire,
or intention to ever teach in the United States but for the purpose of this
assignment I chose Florida.
I would like to teach either elementary students or
middle school students in the future and for this activity I chose to focus on
the language arts standards in the state of Florida.
Below are the state’s standards that I chose to
focus on.
Reading Standards for Foundational Skills (K-5):
Standard Code: LAFS.K.RF.2.2
This
standard focuses on phonological awareness.
Standard Code: LAFS.K.RF.3.3
This
standard focuses on phonics and word recognition.
Standard Code: LAFS.K.SL.1.2
This
standard focuses comprehension and collaboration.
Standard Code: LAFS.1.RF.1.1
This
standard focuses on print concepts.
Student performances
indicating that the student has met these standards:
Standard Code: LAFS.K.RF.2.2
This student can demonstrate understanding of spoken
words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes). They can recognize and produce rhyming words and
count, pronounce, blend, and segment
syllables in spoken words. The young learner can blend and segment onsets and rimes of
single
syllable spoken words and
they are able to isolate
and pronounce the initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in three -phoneme (consonant - vowel -consonant, or CVC) words. (This does not include CVCs ending
with /l/, /r/, or /x/.) Also, they can add or substitute individual sounds
(phonemes) in simple, one syllable
words to make new words.
Standard Code: LAFS.K.RF.3.3
The
student knows and applies grade-level phonics and word analysis
skills in decoding words.
They
demonstrate basic knowledge of
one-to-one letter-sound
correspondences by producing the primary or many of the most frequent sound for
each consonant. They will also be able to associate the long and short sounds
with the common spellings (graphemes) for the five major vowels.
These students can read
common high- frequency
words by sight i.e. the,
of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does and will be able to distinguish between similarly spelled
words by identifying the sounds of the letters that are different.
Standard Code: LAFS.K.SL.1.2
The
student will be able to confirm
understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through
other media by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting
clarification if something is not understood.
Standard Code: LAFS.1.RF.1.1
The
student will be able to demonstrate
understanding of the organization and basic features of print.
They will also be able to recognize
the distinguishing features of a sentence for
example first words, capitalization and
ending punctuations.
Teaching
strategies to meet standards:
1. Students will be read a story by the
teacher. Then the teacher will point out key words that the students will learn
to blend and segment. The teacher will demonstrate different letters to the
students and using his/her arm. They will have to segment the first three
letter word i.e. the word cat. The letter C
will be shown in the section of the wrist, A
will be represented by the inner part of the elbow, and T will be at the shoulder. Then the teacher will blend the words
for form the word “cat”.
2. Another strategy the teacher can use is to
assign a section of the story for the students to read. He/she can then make
students read out loud in a snake formation so everyone has a turn. At the end
of the story, the teacher can ask specific question to check for comprehension
and also make students clarify key words that were part of the story. Teachers
can also ask the students about different details to check for understanding.
3. To be able to help students with their
writing, one strategy the teacher could use is the “Do now” at the beginning of
class and write a question for the students related to the topic to review, or
a topic they will do that day and get them to write the answers in a notebook.
The teacher can check these daily and the students can practice their writing
every day.
Assessments to meet the standards:
Assessments to meet the standards:
1. One way teachers can assess if the
students are meeting the standards by having them read out loud every day and checking
for the difficulty deciphering texts, asking specific questions to the students
about their reading. If this is done regularly, the educator can assess if his/her
student is understanding the story and being able to segment and blend the
words that this young learner is reading. This indicates if the student needs
to go back and concentrate more on phonics or if they are easily reading the
text and understanding, then the teacher can give the student longer words or
reading material that could be more challenging.
2. Another
way to assess if the students understand punctuation, capitalization, and
sentence structure is to give a quiz on a paragraph with mistakes in it where
they have to correct these mistakes. If the student is repeating similar
mistakes, they may have to get extra help.
3. Vocabulary tests are another great way to
check if the students understand key words from stories. This also helps the
student in improving their spelling and writing skills as well.
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