Context for Learning Description of School and Students

Context for Learning Description of School and Students

Trinity Christian College Field Experience Form

Context for Learning

Description of School and Students

About the School Where You Are Observing or doing Field Experience

School Name and City: Ridge Lawn Elementary School, Chicago Ridge, IL

Type of School: Elementary School

Setting: Suburban

Write your responses to the three questions below in paragraph form.

1.    List any special features of the school or classroom setting (e.g., themed magnet, classroom aide, bilingual, co-taught with a special education teacher, pull-out program).

        Ridge Lawn Elementary has many special features that include inclusion, pull-out, English Language as well as Reading Specialists.

2.    Describe any district, school, or cooperating teacher requirements or expectations that affects the planning or delivery of instruction, such as required curricula, pacing plan, use of specific instructional strategies, or standardized tests.

       PARC testing and pacing plans.

About the Students in this Class (Pull out Special Education Class)  [Give a brief or one word response]

1.    Estimated percentage of students eligible for free/reduced lunch: 99%

2.    Grade level(s): 4th

3.    Number of

a.    students in the class: 28

b.   

c.     English language learners:6

d.    students identified as gifted and talented: 0

e.    students with Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) or 504 plans: 2

4.    Complete the chart below to summarize required accommodations or modifications for students receiving special education services and/or students who are gifted and talented as they will affect instruction. As needed, consult with your cooperating teacher to complete the chart. The first row has been completed in italics as an example. Use as many rows as you need.

Special Education Category	Number of Students	Accommodations, Modifications, and/or Pertinent IEP Goals
Example: Learning Disability	Example: 4	Example: Close monitoring, follow up, and Resource Room
Autism	1	Reinforce instruction, close monitoring, extended time, step out work into smaller parts.
Dyslexic	1	Allow longer time and computer programs like snap and read and co-writer, google extensions.

About the Class You Observed

1.    How much time is devoted each day to instruction in the classroom? Describe the class periods (if applicable)? Choose a content area of your specialty or major. How much time is devoted to teaching that subject?

    Reading about an hour, Math about 70 minutes, Science and social studies about 45 each, and then specials for about 70 minutes, which includes PE, Art, Music and library.

2.    Is there any ability grouping or tracking? If so, please describe how it affects your class.

            Yes for spelling we have ability groups and track by grading.

3.    Identify any textbook or instructional program you primarily use for instruction. If a textbook, please provide the title, publisher, and date of publication.

Will need to take a picture at school again and edit.

4.    List other resources (e.g., SMARTBoard, manipulatives, online resources) used for instruction in this class.

        Google Classroom, kahoot, seesaw, great websites, and raz kids.

5. What do you know about what your students know, what can they do, and what are they learning to do? What do you know about your students’ everyday experiences, cultural backgrounds and practices, and interests?

My EL students I see them improving daily. Whether it's small adjustments with spelling and sounding out words while reading. With my Autistic student I get to know his strengths and weaknesses better each day. he helps others with Math and I've encouraged it because in turn this helps with his social skills.  My ADD/dyslexic student has been getting better when we allow him to listen to books via an audio site, this helps with distraction and lack of effort.

    

6. Describe one teaching event. What best practices in teaching were used?

 A teaching event i enjoy weekly is with my EL students and we talk about the spelling words for the week and we draw pictures of the word as well as do pyramid "stacked" spelling, we sound out the words and practice pronunciation.  I enjoy this because by the end of the week i see how they have improved, who has studied who hasn't and who is applying these words in writing and when reading.