Corinne Quinn

Diff 504

10/ 27/16

1.Introduction:

The co-teaching lesson took place at a local elementary school in a fourth grade general
education classroom. The classroom teacher is a first year teacher and worked for BOCES as a
teachers aide previously to being hired at the district. The co-teacher and I met through our jobs
with BOCES over this past summer. Currently, I pull some of this teachers students for a 15:1:1
reading class and resource room. The school district has previously been a district where children
of middle and higher income families attended school. In the last few years, the income patterns
have shifted and over 40% of the school population receives free or reduced lunches. The district
has not previously had to plan with poverty in mind, so the teachers, support staff, and
administration are working to find ways to reach the ever growing, struggling population.
Because of this, there has not been a strong focus on design of gifted instruction as of late.

The general education teacher works to support her students and provides a warm and
inviting atmosphere for the students. This teacher currently teaches ELA and Social Studies to
her students, and switches students with another teacher who teaches Math and Science. I
provide ELA instruction in my classroom to three of this teachers struggling students as well as
additional resource room time to work on writing and math skills. Because of these connections,
we have a close working relationship and often meet informally to discuss strategies and
curriculum. The general education teacher has sought ideas from others including myself, for
ways to incorporate more challenging material into her lessons for a few high performing
students. The particular student this lesson is designed for could be identified as being gifted
based on current grades, above grade level vocabulary, and above grade level reading skills. The
student current reads material at the 8th grade level and enjoys discussions with the teacher about
her reading interests. The student currently has a high 90 in every class and often asks for more
work or harder tasks.

2.Planning reflection:

Planning time was difficult to arrange as the planning time I had available did not coincide with
the general education teachers planning time. Therefore, we utilized our lunch period to plan on
3 separate occasions. The first time I explained the project requirements and how I needed to
meet the requirements. The second planning time we looked to select a class and a date to
arrange the co-teaching lesson. The general education teacher identified an upcoming project as
something she would be interested in co-teaching and differentiating for her student with gifted
abilities. During this time we brainstormed ways to differentiate the lesson and we elected to
differentiate by challenge, slightly altering the product as well. The third time we met was to
decide how the co-teaching lesson was going to unfold and what role each of us would have
through each part of the lesson.

Because the teacher had the project template created for the lesson and had already taught
the background knowledge the students were going to need to complete the project, she provided
me with the template she wanted to use to fulfill the basic requirements of the project product. I
planned the altered portion of the project and provided the resources in advance for the teachers
approval. I also wrote the lesson plan and inserted each persons responsibilities into each
portion of the lesson. Initially we had decided we would use a team teaching model to introduce
the project, but after reviewing the lesson plan, the teacher suggested we change the introduction
to a one teach, one assist model as the students had not completed a project like this yet. As the
teacher introduced the project and its requirements, I placed the example text on the document
camera, read the passage and assisted the students in locating the page in their textbooks they
were to use as a reference.

3.Lesson plan:
Lesson Plan

TOPIC: Algonquian Indian Moons with Seneca Indian language Project Grade: 4 Date:
10/17/16

OBJECTIVES:

The students will use knowledge of Indian culture to generate a name for each
months moon.
The students will write a paragraph describing each months moon and why they
chose the name.
STANDARDS (list the actual standard and the specific indicator): 1. The study of New York
State and United States history requires an analysis of the development of
American culture, its diversity and multicultural context, and the ways people are
unified by many values, practices, and traditions. Students will know the roots of
American culture, its development from many different traditions, and the ways
many people from a variety of groups and backgrounds played a role in creating it

Responsibility teacher 1 Responsibility teacher 2

ANTICIPATORY General education teacher will
SET: introduce the topic of
Algonquian moons and
Co-teaching activate student prior
model used: knowledge of the topic taught
one teach, one the previous week. Teacher
assist teaching will introduce the Moon Name
Special education teacher will write the
page number on the board, assist
students in finding the page in the text,
and identifying where information is
located for inattentive or struggling
students.
Whole class project.

INSTRUCTION, The teacher will introduce the
PROCEDURES: basic instructions for the
project.
Co-teaching
model used: 1. Students will use the
one teach, one month of the year template
assist/station they are provided to create a
teaching name for that month.
2. write a paragraph
describing the month from the
Whole point of view of the
class/split Algonquians
grouping
3. Create an illustration to
accompany the paragraph
4. Split to assist struggling
students by restating
directions and clarifying steps.
The teacher will assist by modeling
expected student work.
1.Provide a prefilled template on the
document camera and read aloud to the
class
2. Track reading and gauge student
understanding using Fist to Five strategy.
3. Split to back table to review procedure
with focus student and provide modified
steps to project.
4. Introduce and discuss other names for
the moons that were not discussed in
class.
5. Provide list of Seneca language terms.
6. Student will use additional knowledge
of moon names and Seneca language
terms to create a moon name.

7. Develop a paragraph describing the

reason for the moons name utilizing at
least three Seneca terms.

8. Create an illustration to accompany

the paragraph.

*Differentiated Assisted students needing Provided focus student with additional

instruction: more clarification, steps instruction in Algonquian moon names
Additional chunked, on-task focus and descriptions and basic Seneca
support prompting language terms.

*Acceleration:
additional
information

CLOSURE: Teacher reviewed the Teacher assisted student in pronouncing

procedure to complete the some of the Seneca words used and had
Co-teaching project if not done and asked the student present the project to the
model used: for two students to volunteer teacher. The teacher taught the student
station to show their work. the Seneca word for thank you.
teaching

Split grouping

ASSESSMENT of Students will use the template Focus student will develop a name for the
STUDENT and the examples in the
LEARNING: textbook as a guide to create
a name for the given months
*Differentiated moon. Students will write a
assessment: descriptive paragraph and
tiered by create an illustration to
product/difficult accompany.
y into her writing. After completing the
given months moon using the list of
Seneca language terms as a guide. After
creating the name, the student will write
the name in English and its Seneca
translation. For the descriptive
paragraph, the student will use three
Seneca word from the list to incorporate
paragraph the student will create an
illustration depicting why they choose the
name they did for the moon.

MATERIALS: Student textbooks, Full Moon Names-Farmers Almanac

Algonquian Moons project
template, colored pencils &
crayons
http://www.almanac.com/content/full-
moon-names
Seneca Words http://www.native-
languages.org/seneca_words.htm

TECHNOLOGY: Document camera Websites for additional resources

STUDENT:

The general education teacher was most aware of the students gifts and talents. She
provided me with some background information on the students cultural background, schooling
background and current academic levels. The general education teacher stated the student was
part of a gifted program in New York City prior to her family relocating to Allegany. During the
general instruction time the student participated in the same instruction and lesson delivery as the
other students, but once the remainder of the class was provided directions on how to begin, I
pulled the focus student to the work table in the back of the room.

I began my instruction first telling her why I was providing the lesson, and then
addressing the cultural differences of the student. The students parents were raised in India
before moving the family to the United States. I asked if her family spoke their native language
at home and she replied they do a lot and she has to sometimes write it, but she has a hard time
remembering how to make all the letters. She demonstrated on a piece of paper how her cultures
native language has a lot of swirls in it. I told her that the Native American cultures she was
learning about in school also have their own distinct languages.
 I asked her to tell me what she knew about the Algonquian moons they had learned about
in class. She described how the Algonquians had different names for the different moons that
occurred each month. She stated each moon represented a different time of the year for the
Algonquians. She provided examples of moon names for the colder months and the warmer,
crop-growing months. I asked her if she knew of the local Indian tribe to our area, which she
replied, Seneca Indians. I discussed how the Algonquians and the Seneca have different
languages, but many of the words in both languages were descriptions of things found in nature.
I then provided additional examples of the Algonquian moon names and encouraged her to
develop hypotheses for reasons why the Algonquians selected these names. I instructed her that
using this new knowledge of Algonquian moon names and the list of Seneca language terms I
would like her to create a moon name for her month and to incorporate the Seneca language
terms in the name. In addition to using the terms in the name, I would also like her to incorporate
three Seneca terms in her description of the moon and month. Lastly, she would create an
illustration of the passage and name to accompany the writing.

4.Reflection after teaching:

Reflecting on the experience I felt comfortable co-teaching with the general education
teacher. We had a previous relationship working together over the summer and when we both
discovered we had been hired by the same district we began talking and sharing our experiences
more. Our classrooms are down the hall from one another and we often eat lunch together.
Because we developed this bond and have shared personal information, I felt comfortable in
talking with her. I believe she felt comfortable in expressing her needs and concerns as well. For
example, we originally decided we would team teach the anticipatory set to the whole group, but
she felt because she had already taught the background information she would prefer to introduce
the topic with me assisting. She was concerned that the anticipatory set would take too long to
get through having both teachers teach, and then model the project.

The lesson overall was a success and all students received adequate support. The teacher
was pleased that she could spend time in a small group with students who typically needed more
clarification and guidance, and she was also pleased the focus student enjoyed the lesson. One
thing she commented on was the fact that the focus student actively worked throughout the
lesson time as opposed to finishing early, which she stated happens often. She also said she
thought the lesson experience was positive for all the students in the class as they typically see
me working with the students who struggle to keep the same pace as the majority of the class.
Since working with the focus student, I have been approached by other students to help them
understand the math topic of rounding numbers on a vertical number line. I think the students
seeing me work with others that I dont typically made them feel more comfortable about
approaching me with questions. Although there were many positives, one thing I feel could have
further accentuated the positives is if I were to take a lead role in the lesson delivery. This would
have reinforced the idea that I can provide the same material as the general education teacher,
instead of being viewed as an assistant. I am confident if I continue to have more co-teaching
prospects with this teacher, I can design lessons where I take a lead role or we have more equal
instruction opportunities. In future opportunities I will offer to take a lead role in designing the
lesson and materials to hopefully make instructional delivery appear more equal to all students.

I adequately followed the planned responsibilities outline we created when we met to

discuss conducting a co-teaching lesson and dividing responsibilities. However, I neglected to
provide the general education teacher the materials I created prior to the day of the lesson. When
we discussed the lesson we outlined the duties, but as we have never participated in a lesson
delivery together, we had not established timelines for sharing of materials. I think the general
education teacher was concerned I had forgotten to prepare materials for the lesson as she
emailed me (see below) the morning of the lesson.

The student was actively engaged for the entire lesson time and happy she was chosen to
complete a more challenging task. She commented throughout the lesson how she thought the
project was so cool and stated thank you for picking me to do this. The student was able to
meet all the requirements set forth for the project and eagerly asked if she could present her
moon project to the rest of the class the following day. The student did not see the project as busy
work or more work, but looked at it as an opportunity to show off her abilities. The student
received a grade of an A on the project from her teacher who assessed her on the same criteria as
the other students as well as following the guidelines of incorporating Seneca language into her
project.

I learned to create a co-teaching lesson the two individuals must have a relationship
established first. I also learned in order to create a equal responsibility co-teaching lesson, it may
require several lessons of one assist, one teach or station teaching to develop a relationship of
trust within the co-teaching relationship. To strengthen that trust, materials should be shared well
in advance with one another and a two party reflection after the lesson should occur to share one
anothers feelings about the success of the lesson.

Email Correspondence:

Re: Co-Teaching Lesson

Vossler, Chelsea
Wed 10/12/2016 6:55 AM
To:Quinn, Corinne <cquinn@alcsny.org>;

Absolutely! My Social Studies classes are 8th period M/W/F and 9th period
T/THRS. just let me know what works best for you. You can stop down
whenever to talk about it and/or take a look at the book! :)
From: Quinn, Corinne
Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2016 2:30:23 PM
To: Vossler, Chelsea
Subject: Co-Teaching Lesson

Was wondering if you would want to do a co-teaching lesson for Social

Studies this week or next. I have to turn it in on the 25th.

Corinne Quinn
Special Education Teacher
Allegany-Limestone Elementary School
375-6600 ext. 4190

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yes, I'll forward you the list I made with descriptions of the moons. I had to
use a English to Seneca dictionary to translate.

Corinne Quinn
Special Education Teacher
Allegany-Limestone Elementary School
375-6600 ext. 4190

From: Vossler, Chelsea

Sent: Monday, October 17, 2016 8:03 AM
To: Quinn, Corinne
Subject: Social Studies

I've been looking for the Seneca Language for the Social Studies project we
talked about...will you stop and see me when you have a free minute. Thank
you
Example Template:

Algonquian Calendar
Algonquian people gave a special name to each full moon that
occurs once every 29 to 30 days. This is similar to the names we give
our months. (January, February, etc.)

We learned they named the month of January the Hard Times

Moon because the weather was cold and no food could be grown.
Each month was named based on something that was happening in
their environment since their life depended on nature.

Imagine
you are an Algonquian Indian living long ago. What would you
name the month listed below?
Explain and illustrate why you chose the name.

January

Months name: Hard Times Moon

They gave the month this name because the weather
was cold and no food cold be grown. The
Algonquians had to hunt for their food, break the
ice to fish, and gather what they could from the
winter bushes.

Illustrate below to support your reason:

By: _______________________________
Student project templates:

Algonquian Calendar
The Algonquian people gave a special name to each full moon that
occurs once every 29 to 30 days. This is similar to the names we give our
months. (January, February, etc.)

We read in our book the Algonquian Indians named the month of

January the Hard Times Moon because the weather was cold and
no food could be grown. Each month was named based on something that
was happening in their environment since their life depended on nature.

Imagine
you are an Algonquian Indian living long ago.
What would you name the month listed below?
Explain and illustrate why you chose the name.

FEBRUARY

Months name:

__________________________________________________________________
I gave the month this name because
__________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________

Illustrate below to support your reason:

By: _______________________________
 Algonquian Calendar
The Algonquian people gave a special name to each full moon that
occurs once every 29 to 30 days. This is similar to the names we give our
months. (January, February, etc.)

We read in our book the Algonquian Indians named the month of

January the Hard Times Moon because the weather was cold and
no food could be grown. Each month was named based on something that
was happening in their environment since their life depended on nature.

Imagine..
you are an Algonquian Indian living long ago.
What would you name the month listed below?
Explain and illustrate why you chose the name.

MARCH

Months name:

__________________________________________________________________

I gave the month this name because

__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________

Illustrate below to support your reason:

By: _______________________________
 Algonquian Calendar
The Algonquian people gave a special name to each full moon that
occurs once every 29 to 30 days. This is similar to the names we give our
months. (January, February, etc.)

We read in our book the Algonquian Indians named the month of

January the Hard Times Moon because the weather was cold and
no food could be grown. Each month was named based on something that
was happening in their environment since their life depended on nature.

Imagine
you are an Algonquian Indian living long ago.
What would you name the month listed below?
Explain and illustrate why you chose the name.

APRIL

Months name:

__________________________________________________________________

I gave the month this name because

__________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________

Illustrate below to support your reason:

By: _______________________________

Algonquian Calendar
 The Algonquian people gave a special name to each full moon that
occurs once every 29 to 30 days. This is similar to the names we give our
months. (January, February, etc.)

We read in our book the Algonquian Indians named the month of

January the Hard Times Moon because the weather was cold and
no food could be grown. Each month was named based on something that
was happening in their environment since their life depended on nature.

Imagine
you are an Algonquian Indian living long ago.
What would you name the month listed below?
Explain and illustrate why you chose the name.

MAY

Months name:

__________________________________________________________________

I gave the month this name because

__________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
Illustrate below to support your reason:

By: _______________________________

Algonquian Calendar
 The Algonquian people gave a special name to each full moon that
occurs once every 29 to 30 days. This is similar to the names we give our
months. (January, February, etc.)

We read in our book the Algonquian Indians named the month of

January the Hard Times Moon because the weather was cold and
no food could be grown. Each month was named based on something that
was happening in their environment since their life depended on nature.

Imagine
you are an Algonquian Indian living long ago.
What would you name the month listed below?
Explain and illustrate why you chose the name.

JUNE

Months name:

__________________________________________________________________

I gave the month this name because

__________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
Illustrate below to support your reason:

By: _______________________________

Algonquian Calendar
 The Algonquian people gave a special name to each full moon that
occurs once every 29 to 30 days. This is similar to the names we give our
months. (January, February, etc.)

We read in our book the Algonquian Indians named the month of

January the Hard Times Moon because the weather was cold and
no food could be grown. Each month was named based on something that
was happening in their environment since their life depended on nature.

Imagine
you are an Algonquian Indian living long ago.
What would you name the month listed below?
Explain and illustrate why you chose the name.

JULY

Months name:

__________________________________________________________________

I gave the month this name because

__________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
Illustrate below to support your reason:

By: _______________________________

Algonquian Calendar
 The Algonquian people gave a special name to each full moon that
occurs once every 29 to 30 days. This is similar to the names we give our
months. (January, February, etc.)

We read in our book the Algonquian Indians named the month of

January the Hard Times Moon because the weather was cold and
no food could be grown. Each month was named based on something that
was happening in their environment since their life depended on nature.

Imagine
you are an Algonquian Indian living long ago.
What would you name the month listed below?
Explain and illustrate why you chose the name.

AUGUST

Months name:

__________________________________________________________________

I gave the month this name because

__________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
Illustrate below to support your reason:

By: _______________________________

Algonquian Calendar
 The Algonquian people gave a special name to each full
moon that occurs once every 29 to 30 days. This is similar to the
names we give our months. (January, February, etc.)
We read in our book the Algonquian Indians named the
month of January the Hard Times Moon because the
weather was cold and no food could be grown. Each month was
named based on something that was happening in their
environment since their life depended on nature.

Imagine
you are an Algonquian Indian living long
ago.
What would you name the month listed below?
Explain and illustrate why you chose the name.

SEPTEMBER
Months name:
__________________________________________________________________
I gave the month this name because
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________

Illustrate below to support your reason:

 By: _______________________________

Algonquian Calendar
 The Algonquian people gave a special name to each full moon that
occurs once every 29 to 30 days. This is similar to the names we give our
months. (January, February, etc.)

We read in our book the Algonquian Indians named the month of

January the Hard Times Moon because the weather was cold and
no food could be grown. Each month was named based on something that
was happening in their environment since their life depended on nature.

Imagine
you are an Algonquian Indian living long ago.
What would you name the month listed below?
Explain and illustrate why you chose the name.

OCTOBER

Months name:

__________________________________________________________________

I gave the month this name because

__________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
Illustrate below to support your reason:

By: _______________________________

Algonquian Calendar
The Algonquian people gave a special name to each full moon that
occurs once every 29 to 30 days. This is similar to the names we give our
months. (January, February, etc.)
 We read in our book the Algonquian Indians named the month of
January the Hard Times Moon because the weather was cold and
no food could be grown. Each month was named based on something that
was happening in their environment since their life depended on nature.

Imagine
you are an Algonquian Indian living long ago.
What would you name the month listed below?
Explain and illustrate why you chose the name.

NOVEMBER

Months name:

__________________________________________________________________

I gave the month this name because

__________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________

Illustrate below to support your reason:

 By: _______________________________

Algonquian Calendar
The Algonquian people gave a special name to each full moon that
occurs once every 29 to 30 days. This is similar to the names we give our
months. (January, February, etc.)

We read in our book the Algonquian Indians named the month of

January the Hard Times Moon because the weather was cold and
no food could be grown. Each month was named based on something that
was happening in their environment since their life depended on nature.

Imagine
you are an Algonquian Indian living long ago.
What would you name the month listed below?
 Explain and illustrate why you chose the name.

DECEMBER

Months name:

__________________________________________________________________

I gave the month this name because

__________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________

Illustrate below to support your reason:

 By: _______________________________

English Seneca words

One Ska:t
Two Tekhni:h
Three Sh
Four Ke:ih
Five Wis
Man Hkwe
Woman Yakkwe
Dog Ji:yh (loanword from French)
Sun K:hkwa:'
Moon :n'ta:'
Water O:ne:ka'
White Kak:'t
Yellow Jitkw:':'
Red Tkwht:':'
Black J:sta':'
Light teyuhathesh
Corn un
Rain ust
Fire khkwas
Cold unn
Deer uneuk
Milk unkwa
Hot aknenn
Dying kawtas
Frost uhs
Beaver unkanyak
Night uks
Travel tekatawnyes
Plant kythwas
Bear nyakwai
Turtle hanwa
Wolf uthyni
Snow ukytyes
Hungry knws
Flower aw
Fish hekitsuys
Grass ueuhta
Old kekhtsi
Egg uhhsa

Month Name Description

This full Moon appeared when wolves howled in hunger outside
Full Wolf the villages. It is also known as the Old Moon. To some Native
January
Moon American tribes, this was the Snow Moon, but most applied that
name to the next full Moon, in February.
Usually the heaviest snows fall in February. Hunting becomes
Full Snow
February very difficult, and hence to some Native American tribes this was
Moon
the Hunger Moon.
At the time of this spring Moon, the ground begins to soften and
Full Worm earthworm casts reappear, inviting the return of robins. This is
March
Moon also known as the Sap Moon, as it marks the time when maple
sap begins to flow and the annual tapping of maple trees begins.
This full Moon heralded the appearance of the moss pink, or wild
Full Pink
April ground phloxone of the first spring flowers. It is also known as
Moon
the Sprouting Grass Moon, the Egg Moon, and the Fish Moon.
Flowers spring forth in abundance this month. Some Algonquin
Full Flower
May tribes knew this full Moon as the Corn Planting Moon or the Milk
Moon
Moon.
Full The Algonquin tribes knew this Moon as a time to gather ripening
June Strawberry strawberries. It is also known as the Rose Moon and the Hot
Moon Moon.
Bucks begin to grow new antlers at this time. This full Moon was
Full Buck
July also known as the Thunder Moon, because thunderstorms are so
Moon
frequent during this month.
Full Some Native American tribes knew that the sturgeon of the
August Sturgeon Great Lakes and Lake Champlain were most readily caught
Moon during this full Moon. Others called it the Green Corn Moon.
Septembe Full Corn This full Moon corresponds with the time of harvesting corn. It is
 also called the Barley Moon, because it is the time to harvest
and thresh the ripened barley. The Harvest Moon is the full Moon
r Moon nearest the autumnal equinox, which can occur in September or
October and is bright enough to allow finishing all the harvest
chores.
This is the month when the leaves are falling and the game is
Full Hunters fattened. Now is the time for hunting and laying in a store of
October
Moon provisions for the long winter ahead. Octobers Moon is also
known as the Travel Moon and the Dying Moon.
For both the colonists and the Algonquin tribes, this was the time
Full Beaver to set beaver traps before the swamps froze, to ensure a supply
November
Moon of warm winter furs. This full Moon was also called the Frost
Moon.
This is the month when the winter cold fastens its grip and the
Full Cold
December nights become long and dark. This full Moon is also called the
Moon
Long Nights Moon by some Native American tribes.