Common Core Standards

Learning and Common Core The first standard used in this unit was K.NS.4. This standard requires the students to understand how to count different objects, regardless of the pattern and then recognize the number they said last is the number of objects. This standard also directly relates to the common core standards K.CC.B.4.A-C. During this unit, students were asked to do this during the initial baseline test and then on day 1. Students were asked to count objects in a scattered pattern and then count objects in a ten frame. At the end of day 1 students showed improvement in their test scores and showed an understanding of the Indiana standard and the common core standard.

The second standard in this unit was K.CA.4. This standard required

In each lesson, I chose to incorporate partner work into each whole group instruction time. As kindergartners, sometimes this class struggles to focus if they are asked to sit on the rug and just listen to a "lecture" style of teaching. In order to keep the students engaged throughout each lesson, I asked them to explore with a partner. This allowed the students to engage in the lesson and work with someone else. This method was particularly important for my three target students; Pau, Georgia and Kiden. Each of these students benefit from one-on-one interaction. By allowing them to work in partners, they were able to thrive during whole group instruction and come away from the lesson having learned about the skill that was being

I learned a lot about myself as a teacher and how to help these students individually without neglecting the rest of the class while tending to their needs. It wasn't difficult for me to walk by Kiden's desk and praise her for what she was doing, or give her praise during whole group interaction. However, this meat the world to her and boosted her self confidence in the skill and concepts that were being taught. In the same way I was able to help Kiden, I was also able to help Pau and Georgia with the things they needed such as reading the instructions to them one-on-one or checking in on them throughout the assessment just to make sure they were on the right track. Overall, this learning experience has taught me how to treat each student individually but also teach concepts as a whole group. Each student has different needs and although they are all learning the same concept they come to mastery in very different ways. As a future teacher I am thankful this experience has taught me how to help each of my students in the way they need best by incorporating different instructional methods and different ways of