ECE 640 all weeks 1-5 solved Assignments Tutorial
ECE 640 Topic 1 Assignment Instructional Coaching on Assessment Strategies
Assessment strategies allow for teachers to measure the level of understanding students have on a specific topic. Learning to effectively use assessment strategies enhances the students’ understanding and allows teachers to determine their next steps.
Imagine you are a teacher, and your principal has tasked you with leading a professional development session in which you coach your peers on the effective use of assessment strategies.
For this assignment, select a state science or social studies standard for a Grade K-3. Create an 8-10 slide digital presentation, to include the following:
- Define formative and summative assessments, explain the differences between them, and describe when each is used in the instructional process .
- Using the content state standard you selected, create three learning activities that could be implemented during instruction to establish a positive attitude for science or social studies.
- Using the content state standard you selected, provide three examples of questioning strategies that are engaging for students and appropriate for formative assessment.
- Describe an assessment activity that can be used to engage young children as well as assess their knowledge and skills that aligns to the science or social studies state standard you selected.
The digital presentation should include presenter’s notes, title page, and reference slides, and be supported by 3-5 scholarly resources.
While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.
ECE 640 Topic 2 Assignment Clinical Field Experience A: Bringing Science and Social Studies Together
Developing cross-curricular instruction is a way for students to apply diverse knowledge and skills. By diving into the curriculum, teachers can integrate and create cross-curricular lessons that are beneficial and developmentally-appropriate for students.
Allocate at least 3 hours in the field (grade level K-3) to support this field experience.
For this assignment, arrange with your mentor teacher to observe both a science lesson and a social studies lesson. Following the observations, interview your mentor teacher about integrating science and social studies content into cross-curricular instruction.
Listed below are possible talking points for your interview:
- How does your mentor teacher design developmentally-appropriate and engaging science and social studies lessons?
- How is technology incorporated into science and social studies instruction?
- How does the mentor teacher develop cross-curricular lessons that include science or social studies?
- Does your mentor teacher feel students show more interests in their learning when cross-curricular lessons are used?
- How does your mentor teacher verify the relevance of the cross-curricular lessons?
- How does cross-curricular instruction allow children to make connections between the subject areas?
- Does your mentor teacher feel he or she is able to focus the curriculum to include cross-curricular instruction and delve deeper into the learning?
- How does cross-curricular instruction allow for peer collaboration? Does this generate more learning in the classroom?
- How did your mentor teacher ensure students applied the knowledge and skills learned to other subjects?
Spend any remaining field experience hours observing or assisting the teacher in providing instruction and support to the class.
Write a 250-500 word reflection summarizing the insights from your mentor teacher on developing and science and social studies lessons. Explain how your mentor teacher incorporates and plans cross-curricular instruction. How will this influence your future professional practice?
APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.
This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.
Document the locations and hours you spend in the field on your Clinical Field Experience Verification Form.
Submit the Clinical Field Experience Verification Form to the LMS in the last topic. Directions for submitting can be found on the College of Education site in the Student Success Center.
ECE 640 Topic 2 Assignment Creating a Science Lesson
Science supports the natural curiosity of young children. At an early age, all children have the capacity to observe, explore, and discover. When teaching science to young children, teachers should balance the use of formal educational opportunities for scientific discovery and exploration (e.g., designed classroom experiments with predetermined materials) with informal opportunities (e.g., allowing students to play with materials and observe their physical properties or letting students verbally describe their observations while walking or hiking in nature).
For this assignment, use the “COE Lesson Plan Template” to design a science lesson that integrates technology and one other content area (literacy, mathematics, or the creative arts). Collaborate with your mentor teacher to select an appropriate state science standard, so you can teach this lesson during your next clinical field experience.
Include the following in the indicated sections of the lesson plan template:
- Lesson Summary and Focus: Describe how literacy, mathematics, or the creative arts will be integrated into developmentally appropriate science instruction .
- State Learning Standards and Objectives: Select a science standard and ensure the objectives relate to the science and another content area’s (literacy, mathematics, or the creative arts) standards.
- Academic Language: Include content-related, age appropriate vocabulary that engages students in applying methods of inquiry and standards of evidence .
- Multiple Means of Representation: Explain how instruction will be differentiated to support students with language development delays or challenges .
- Multiple Means of Engagement: How the lesson will incorporate technology and encourage students to understand, question, and analyze standards-based science content .
- Multiple Means of Expression: Create developmentally appropriate assessments and explain how they align to the content-area standards and measure learning objectives.
Support your assignment with 3-5 scholarly resources.
While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.
ECE 640 Topic 3 Assignment Clinical Field Experience B: Science Lesson Presentation
Part 1: Lesson Implementation
Creating meaningful lessons is both an art and a science. The art is in the student engagement and the science in the careful lesson planning and integration of content standards. The best way to continue to develop your teaching practice is to reflect consistently after lesson implementation.
Allocate at least 4 hours in the field to support this field experience.
Share your lesson from the “Creating a Science Lesson” assignment with your mentor teacher and obtain feedback. With your mentor’s approval, select a group of 3-5 students who would benefit from small group support to whom you will present your lesson. If you are not able to present your lesson, present a science lesson created by your mentor teacher.
After the conclusion of your lesson, reflect with the mentor and obtain feedback on how well the lesson went.
Spend any remaining field experience hours observing or assisting the teacher in providing instruction and support to the class.
Part 2: Reflection
In 250-500 words, summarize and reflect on the lesson you taught in the field experience.
Address the following in your reflection:
- Did you feel the students were engaged in the learning? Explain.
- How did you design and deliver instruction that integrates cultural background, personal knowledge, family, and community of students ?
- How do you feel you monitored and adjusted throughout the lesson to meet the needs of the students?
- What went well and what you would have done differently?
- What value does technology (including the use of assistive technology) bring to your instruction?
- How you will apply the feedback you received from your mentor teacher to your future teaching?
APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.
This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.
Document the locations and hours you spend in the field on your Clinical Field Experience Verification Form.
Submit the Clinical Field Experience Verification Form to the LMS in the last topic. Directions for submitting can be found on the College of Education site in the Student Success Center.
ECE 640 Topic 3 Assignment Creating a Social Studies Lesson
With careful planning, social studies in early childhood education can be a creative and interactive learning experience. Bringing good citizenship and history to life for students can help students engage in the social studies instruction and create a foundation for future social studies learning.
For this assignment, use the “COE Lesson Plan Template” to design a social studies lesson integrating technology and one other content area (literacy, mathematics, or the creative arts). Collaborate with your mentor teacher to select an appropriate state social studies standard, so you can teach this lesson in next week’s topic.
Include the following in the indicated sections of the lesson plan template:
- Lesson Summary and Focus: Describe how the lesson integrates the cultural background, personal knowledge, family, and community of young children into social studies lessons.
- State Learning Standards and Objectives: Select a social studies standard and ensure the objectives relate to the social studies standards.
- Academic Language: Include content-related, age appropriate vocabulary that expands students’ awareness of local and global issues .
- Multiple Means of Representation: Explain how instruction will be differentiated to support students with language development delays or challenges .
- Multiple Means of Engagement: How the lesson uses and develops cross-disciplinary skills in varied contexts .
- Multiple Means of Expression: Create developmentally-appropriate assessments and explain how they align to the content area standards and measure learning objectives.
Support your assignment with 3-5 scholarly resources.
While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.
ECE 640 Topic 4 Assignment Clinical Field Experience C: Presentation of Social Studies Lesson
Part 1: Lesson Implementation
Implementation of a social studies lesson can be quite different from how a science lesson would be taught. Through implementation and reflection, you will continue to develop your teaching style and incorporation of various strategies to engage your students and create investment in the learning process.
Allocate at least 4 hours in the field to support this field experience.
Share your lesson from the “Creating a Social Studies Lesson” assignment with your mentor teacher and obtain feedback. Work with your mentor teacher to select a group of 3-5 students who would benefit from small group instruction to whom you will present your lesson. If you are not able to present your lesson, present a social studies lesson created by your mentor teacher.
After the conclusion of your lesson, reflect with the mentor and obtain feedback on how well the lesson went.
Spend any remaining field experience hours observing or assisting the teacher in providing instruction and support to the class.
Part 2: Reflection
In 250-500 words, summarize and reflect on the lesson you taught in the field experience.
Address the following in your reflection:
- Explain how you designed and delivered instruction that integrated the cultural background, personal knowledge, family, and community of students in your lesson .
- What you would have done differently to help prepare you for teaching the lesson. Did you feel the students were engaged in the learning? Explain.
- How do you feel you monitored and adjusted throughout the lesson to meet the needs of the students?
- What went well and what would you have done differently?
- How you will apply the feedback you received from your mentor teacher to your future teaching.
APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.
This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.
Document the locations and hours you spend in the field on your Clinical Field Experience Verification Form.
Submit the Clinical Field Experience Verification Form to the LMS in the last topic. Directions for submitting can be found on the College of Education site in the Student Success Center.
ECE 640 Topic 4 Assignment Field Trip Prep
Field trips connect students to the real world. When carefully planned, field trips are beneficial and offer students a different cultural experience outside of the classroom. Field trips allow teachers to teach a lesson that engages each and every student in the learning.
Create a 10-12 slide digital presentation for a proposed field trip you will present to your mentor teacher for feedback in your clinical field experience in Topic 6. The purpose of the field trip is to allow students to experience the real-world environment of science and social studies and share this experience with their parents.
Include the following in your presentation:
- Explain the location, curricular focus of the field trip, and the classroom connection to support the learning.
- State the science and social studies standards and objectives for the field trip.
- Explain a learning activity to prepare students for field trip that would support science, social studies, and cross-content learning for young children.
- Describe an activity that students will complete with their parents upon returning from the field trip. The activity must include technological resources that promotes the academic growth and development of the students .
- Any other necessary items or requirements to ensure the field trip is organized, prepared, and safe.
- Include a title slide, reference slide, and presenter notes.
The digital presentation should include graphics that are relevant to the content, visually appealing, and use space appropriately.
APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.
This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.
ECE 640 Topic 5 Assignment Benchmark – Weekly Unit Plan
A unit plan provides the long-term instructional planning that integrates multiple standards into a larger instructional concept. Developing a unit plan includes outlining content and resources, learning activities and assessments. The plan should also include accommodations to meet individual student needs.
Part 1: Weekly Unit Plan
For this assignment, select a grade level K-3 to create a unit plan using the “Weekly Unit Plan.” If possible, use your lesson plans from previous topics to create a unit plan in which you incorporate your selected theme into science and social studies instruction.
Your unit plan must include:
- Application of in-depth content knowledge and learning resources in the academic disciplines to create meaningful and engaging opportunities for student to learn, practice, and master content .
- Application of appropriate curriculum, aligned to state social studies or science content standards and early learning standards, to plan, implement, and evaluate developmentally meaningful and challenging learning opportunities .
- Appropriate accommodations, including the use of assistive technology in assessment to meet individual student needs.
Part 2: Rationale
At the bottom of the “Weekly Unit Plan,” template, write a 250-500 word rationale that addresses the following:
- Describe your reasoning behind your chosen instructional strategies.
- Reflect upon and evaluate how you appropriately modified your instruction to meet each child’s learning needs and promote positive outcomes .
- Explain how the assessment data and student feedback from your previous lesson implementations inform the planning of this unit .
APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.
This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.
College of Education (COE) program competencies and national standards assessed in the benchmark assignment:
COE 2.1
Apply in-depth content knowledge and learning resources in the academic disciplines to create meaningful and engaging opportunities for students to learn, practice, and master content. [NAEYC 5a, 5b; InTASC 4(b), 4(c), 4(f), 4(j), 4(r), 5(c), 5(h), 5(i), 5(j), 5(l), 5(n), 5(p); GCU Mission Critical 1, 2; ISTE-T 1b]
COE 2.2
Apply appropriate curriculum, content standards, and early learning standards to plan, implement, and evaluate developmentally meaningful and challenging learning opportunities for each child. [NAEYC 5c; InTASC 4(a), 4(f), 4(h), 4(l), 4(n), 5(f), 5(k), 7(a), 7(g)]
COE 3.4
Reflect upon and evaluate personal practice and appropriately modify instruction to meet each child’s learning needs and promote positive outcomes. [NAEYC 4d; InTASC 7(f), 7(p), 8(j), 9(c), 9(h), 9(g); GCU Mission Critical 1]
COE 4.6
Make appropriate accommodations, including the use of assistive technology, in assessments or testing conditions to meet individual student needs. [NAEYC 3c; InTASC 6(h), 6(p), 6(u); ISTE-T 2c]