ECE 430 Week 2 DQ 1&2

ECE 430 Week 2 DQ 1&2

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This week, you will meet six of Mrs. Ashland's students and learn about their development. You will need to read Week 2 Case Study: Students before beginning this discussion. 

Assume that you are Mrs. Ashland and that Mrs. Ford, the director of your center, has asked you to write her a letter in which you choose an approach to planning curriculum to use in your classroom.  In your letter you must evaluate the method you want to use and justify why you believe this is the best way to plan curriculum for Johnny, Maya, Jane, Caleb, Kayla, and Jack.  Make sure to include specific information from Week Two Case Study about how using this approach will allow you to differentiate instruction for each of your students.

Guided Response:  Review the letters your classmates have posted.  Respond to two of them as if you are Mrs. Ford, the center director, who has just received Mrs. Ashland’s letter with her request for planning curriculum instruction.  Write a letter back to Mrs. Ashland in which you decide whether if you will allow her to implement this method of planning for curriculum instruction.  In your response, justify your decision as to why you would or would not allow them to use this approach. 

DQ2

While Mrs. Ford usually allows you to choose the lesson plan format you would like to use, this week she has asked you to use a specific one. Using the sample lesson plans and templates shared in Chapter 4 as a guideline and the group you are assigned to below you will create a curriculum plan.

Group Assignment	Lesson Plan Format	Your Task
Last Name A-L	Single Subject Curriculum with Nested Skills	Using the sample lesson from the text on The Three Billy Goats Gruff as a guide, create a lesson based on the story The Little Red Hen that focuses on nesting social skills using Template 4.2  from the text. Several versions of this classic story are easily available online if you don’t have access to a book.  Make sure to explicitly state in your lesson plan how you will meet the needs of Johnny, Maya, Jane, Caleb, Kayla and Jack.
Last Name M-Z	Webbed Curriculum	Using the sample webbed curriculum from the text on time as a guide, create an example of a lesson that could be taught within this unit using Template 4.5 from the text as a guide. Make sure to explicitly state in your lesson plan how you will meet the needs of Johnny, Maya, Jane, Caleb, Kayla and Jack.

Guided Response: Review your classmates’ posts and respond to at least two of them.  One of the classmates you respond to should be in the same group you are and one of them should be from the opposite group.  Use the Lesson Plan Rubric to evaluate their lesson plan.  Copy and paste the rubric into your response and highlight their level of proficiency for each section.  In addition, provide written feedback for each section on the rubric that justifies the score you gave them. For any areas of the rubric that were not marked as proficient, state how the lesson could be modified to meet proficiency.  In addition share how you could see their lesson plan fitting into a thematic unit.