The teacher demonstrates an understanding of subject matter and subject-specific pedagogy during planning.
The teacher identifies important concepts and understandings to be taught. The teacher uses school district curriculum to plan and carry out lesson plans. The teacher uses W.I.N. (what I need) time to continually plan activities to deepen the students understanding of material.
The teacher uses previous topics taught to make connections to future lessons. For example, teacher built upon the topic of figurative language by gradually introducing new sub-topics each week. This was all put together for an Easter egg hunt that was centered around figurative language and a jeopardy game the following week.
This is a picture of the students counting their eggs after the egg hunt.
