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Nicole Rodamer
National University
ARTIFACT 3
Abstract
This literature review describes the two artifacts in my Professional Development Quest
Expectations", 2013, p. 2). The first artifact is a history- social science lesson plan that I
designed and implemented in a 4th grade classroom. The second artifact is a sample of student
work from a 4th grade Language Arts lesson. I have discussed the rationale of using these
According to Constantino and Lorenzo (2009) “Using national or state standards when
developing a portfolio provides credibility to the documentation” (p.11). I will be using the
Artifact 1
My first artifact is a lesson plan that I developed during my student teaching semester in a
4th grade classroom. The lesson fulfills 4th grade California history – social science standards of
California Objective H-SS 4.1.3 [Identify the state capital and describe the various regions of
California, including how their characteristics and physical environments (e.g., water, landforms,
vegetation, and climate) affect human activity]. This lesson uses GLAD (Guided Language
Acquisition Design) BIG book strategies to introduce the lesson, as well as pictures and charts.
Using GLAD strategies helps build academic language to for all students. Other teaching
strategies used in this lesson are whole group discussions, partner work, and independent work.
The varied levels of discussions keep students more engaged than a continuous lecture from the
instructor and reaches different student learning styles. Students also had the opportunity to
create their own map and charts and practice their newly acquired knowledge.
The variety of teaching techniques and practices allowed students to achieve the lesson
objectives. This lesson is the first in a series of three lessons. If I were to do this lesson again, I
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would use less work sheets and allow students more creativity and options to express their
learned knowledge. Integrating technology would also provide more variety to the lesson.
Artifact 2
The second artifact I included is a sample of student work. The lesson was taught in a 4th
grade classroom during my student teaching semester. It was a short grammar lesson about
homophones. We had a short whole group lesson where we discussed this idea of multiple
meaning words and how reading the whole passage context will help clarify which meaning of
the word is used. Students finished the lesson by creating examples of their own. We added a fun
creativity aspect to the lesson to keep the students engaged and to encourage enjoyment of the
learning process. Homophones are also referred to as multiple meaning words, so we did a play-
The California TPE states "Candidates create a print-rich environment where students
learn to read and write, comprehend and compose, appreciate and analyze, and perform and
enjoy the language arts" (Commission on Teacher Credentialing, 2013, p.3). I believe this
artifact demonstrated my ability to provide students with an enjoyable and enriching lesson. At
the end of the lesson, all students demonstrated their lesson objective and enjoyed the learning
experience.
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References
prep/standards/adopted-tpes-2013.pdf