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October 27
SL Vocab Sentences
AD 69
KL 64
GW 90

No lesson given. Made vcb sentences as a pre lesson for reading. Some students did better than others based on their own efforts on the assignment.

October 29 Scarlet Letter Story Maps
Ch 1
AD 72
KL 74
GW 70

Ch 2
AD 55
KL 65
GW 55

Ch 3
AD 30
KL 85
GW 100

I could have done a better job explaining how to find the answers in the book. They were to locate the characters, settings, problem, solution, and ending of the story. I had to push for them not to give me surface answers, but to really dig and think analytically. Quite a challenge! Still learning how to teach Deaf students how to think deeper.

Oct 29 SL Quiz Ch 1-3
AD 14
KL 43
GW 29
Pop quiz resulted in bad grades. I gave them a topical assessment on the foundations of the book, who are the main characters, what is the setting, the kind of questions that should be totally obvious after reading half way through the book. This was a good lesson for me in how some Deaf students do not catch the obvious things in a story, and how I can teach to them better.

Oct 31 SL Quiz Ch 5-6
AD 90
KL 90
GW 95

Second go round I allowed them to use the book. One of my students acts rather lazy and does not read to find the answers. She doesn't read to comprehend and analyze to find the answer. She just looks for the answers in the book.

Oct 27
Frankenstein Quiz Ch 1-2
YR 55
Pop quiz, this student struggles to read analytically as well. What I am learning through my guided reading lessons with her is how to make her go back and read deeper to find the answers. Again she is one student who also looks for the answers right there in the book.

Oct 28
Frankenstein QAR Ch 4
YR 100

Because I had an issue with her only reading surface level I did a QAR which asks students to find the answers in the book and thinking deeper. This was a great graphic organizer that leads students through higher level of thinking questions.

Oct 31 QAR Ch 5
YR 100
JW 100

Oct 21
Frankenstein Sequence of events
JM 33
MD 100
I really struggle to find activities for these students. Most of the time I have these two students in the class at the same time with other higher level students. I have to sit with them one on one to get work from them. I am looking for more ways to find activities they can do on their own and still learn.

Oct 21 Frankenstein Word Chart
JM 100
MD 100
This was a great lesson on the concept of science. In the book Frankenstein we talk alot about science and so doing this worksheet was very helpful to develop this concept.

Oct 31 World Geography Quiz
JW 75
JM 100
MD 83
After lecturing these concepts all week long I gave an assessment at the end of the week to see how the students had progressed. After reviewing the things on the test with them before I handed out the test, they got these results. Not my way of giving a test, but it was a suggestion by my teacher. She said its best to review the information and hand out the test. Sometimes the students still do not perform well.

Nov 3
Oral Quiz Ch 4 Frankenstein
YR 73
JW 40
I gave an oral quiz with the students to dialogue through the chapter to check for comprehension. The first time I did this assessment it made the student nervous because I brought her over to my computer so I could read the questions as we dialogued. The next time I gave the assessment I printed out the paper and stayed in more communication with the student instead of her watching me mark right or wrong.

Nov 4
Frankenstein Sequence of Events
JM 100
MD 83
I worked with the students order of events. I pre taught vocabulary before hand and it came out really well as they wrote sentences for the order of events within the plot.

Nov 6 World Geography Review
JM 61
MD 92
Students were given an open book review to study for the test. Kind of a pointless assignment because they just copy from the book and cannot really comprehend the information without it being signed to them. However a paper review was still a necessity before the test.

Nov 6 World Geography Exam
JM 75
MD 40
The students did not really study the review given to them. Both of them would have performed better if I gave them a “oral” review before the exam.

Nov 6 World Geography Warm Up #19
JM 100
MD 50
The students are given a warm up at the beginning of class everyday. I think this assignment lacks drive because they are handed the paper and told to find the answer somewhere in their book. It is not always directly related with what we are studying and we wind up spending the first chunk of class looking for the answer. This is the teacher’s plan for the first part of the class so she can get everything in order. I am just following suit. :)

I don't get alot of suggestions from my mentor teacher. She leaves the majority of decisions up to me. I'm kind of flying on my own at this point. Ideas for the future include finishing everything I need to and trying get it all done so as to not disrupt the flow of work or the students progress.