Task: A. Contact the specific school staff member, teacher, or administrator at the location of your school placement who supervises your pre-clinical experience (PCE); observe in a local elementary school a lesson that focuses on reading comprehension. B. Complete the attached “Interview Form 1” after interviewing the classroom teacher. C. Complete the attached “Interview Form 2” after interviewing the school’s reading and literacy specialist; if there is not one on staff, interview a second teacher. D. Based on the insight from the lesson observation, the two interviews, and the information from your WGU learning resources, design an original lesson plan (using the attached “WGU Lesson Plan Format”) that focuses on using a research-supported specific reading comprehension monitoring strategy for a grade level of your choosing. (It would be ideal to construct the lesson plan for the same grade level as the class that you observed in part A.) 1. Include a technology component to address the needs of a diverse student population. E. When finished, take the lesson plan back to the classroom teacher(s) or reading specialist that you interviewed for constructive feedback. Brainstorm and collaborate with that individual in order to make your instructional plan even better. 1. Explain one change (suggested length of 1–2 pages) you made to your lesson plan based on the teacher’s feedback. (Use a different color font to show the changes you made in the lesson plan.)

Task:

A. Contact the specific school staff member, teacher, or administrator at the location of your school placement who supervises your pre-clinical experience (PCE); observe in a local elementary school a lesson that focuses on reading comprehension.


B. Complete the attached “Interview Form 1” after interviewing the classroom teacher.


C. Complete the attached “Interview Form 2” after interviewing the school’s reading and literacy specialist; if there is not one on staff, interview a second teacher.


D. Based on the insight from the lesson observation, the two interviews, and the information from your WGU learning resources, design an original lesson plan (using the attached “WGU Lesson Plan Format”) that focuses on using a research-supported specific reading comprehension monitoring strategy for a grade level of your choosing. (It would be ideal to construct the lesson plan for the same grade level as the class that you observed in part A.)

1. Include a technology component to address the needs of a diverse student population.


E. When finished, take the lesson plan back to the classroom teacher(s) or reading specialist that you interviewed for constructive feedback. Brainstorm and collaborate with that individual in order to make your instructional plan even better.

1. Explain one change (suggested length of 1–2 pages) you made to your lesson plan based on the teacher’s feedback. (Use a different color font to show the changes you made in the lesson plan.)