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Standard IV

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Standard IV: Teachers continually assess student progress, analyze the results, and adapt instruction to improve student achievement

Artifact 1
Narrative Writing Assignment

This artifact is an example of a writing assignment that I assigned in my writing skills class. In this assignment students had to write a narrative piece that described one event in their life. We wrote in regards to the writing process (see Standard II: Artifact 1: Writing Skills Essential Questions) and worked for almost three weeks on this assignment. This student decided to write about a funny event that happened in her life and succeeded in a well-told story.

Something Funny

It was a beautiful day when something funny happened. It was a hot day in August. I was in my house with my family and my boyfriend we were having a nice calm day. I was saying to my boyfriend that it was my sister's birthday and my grandmother had a surprise to her. When he got up I got up and when he hugged me something funny happened.

The funny thing that happened was that my boyfriend pants came down and it showed everything. The pants came down because he always wears big pants. The reaction of everybody was that, they started laughing. Then my mom called everybody, they all started laughing then my mom said, "close your eyes, because he doesn't have anything on." That was funny but that was not everything.

The funniest thing that happened next was that my dog took my boyfriend's clothes. Everybody wanted to get his clothes but the dog went to the backyard and ripped them. So, he didn't have nothing to put on so he called his brother and said that bring some clothes. He was naked so that day the best because, I laughing too much. This is the funniest thing that happened to me with my boyfriend and my family.

Artifact 2
Observation Reflection

This artifact is a reflection I wrote in response to an observation by my university supervisor. In this lesson I used technology to reach the students with the use of an LCD projector, music, and powerpoint presentations. I also used various methods, strategies, and activities. This lesson was intended to review for an upcoming formative assessment (quiz).

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