M5 Assessments
M5: Considerations for Today’s Learners
- Alignments: 2j, 2i
- Description: Reflection. Students will reflect on the considerations discussed in the module and how they may impact their future teaching. This reflection aims to ensure inclusive and supportive classroom environments and to introspect on how these considerations may have already influenced your perceptions of others.
- M5 Considerations for Today’s Learners
M5: Strategy Chart
- Alignments: 1e, 8j
- Description: Compilation of community resources. This assignment aims to engage students in critical thinking and problem-solving by selecting a relevant issue, conducting thorough research, developing strategic solutions, considering state ethics, and compiling a comprehensive community resource list to enhance their research skills, ethical reasoning, and ability to identify and utilize community resources effectively.
- M5 Strategy Chart
Knowledge. The teacher understands that learners bring assets for learning based on their individual experiences, abilities, talents, prior learning, and peer and social group interactions, as well as language, culture, family, and community values.
Knowledge. The teacher knows about second language acquisition processes and knows how to incorporate instructional strategies and resources to support language acquisition.
Knowledge. The teacher understands that each learner’s cognitive, linguistic, social, emotional, and physical development influences learning and knows how to make instructional decisions that build on learners’ strengths and needs.
Knowledge. The teacher understands the cognitive processes associated with various kinds of learning (e.g., critical and creative thinking, problem framing and problem solving, invention, memorization and recall) and how these processes can be stimulated.