INTASC+Standard+4

**INTASC Standard 4**


 * STANDARD:** The teacher understands and uses a variety of instructional strategies to encourage students' development of critical thinking, problem solving, and performance skills.


 * Specific Category of Standard 4**

INTASC.4.H P: The teacher constantly monitors and adjusts strategies in response to learner feedback.

The teacher uses every form possible to get her students to understand the material being taught, while attempting to engage them fully.
 * Understanding Sentence**


 * Artifacts**


 * Lesson Plans(8 of 10)--[[file:EDRE4850LesonPlan#1.doc]][[file:EDRE4850LesonPlan#2.doc]][[file:EDRE4850LesonPlan#3.doc]][[file:EDRE4850LesonPlan#5.doc]][[file:EDRE4850LesonPlan#7.doc]][[file:EDRE4850LesonPlan#8.doc]][[file:EDRE4850LesonPlan#9.doc]][[file:EDRE4850LesonPlan#10.doc]]


 * Reflect**

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I chose a grouping of lesson plans that I wrote for a tutoring I did with a first grade student in Denton, Texas. These lesson plans were written over a ten week period, and show how I was able to create and change strategies based on her learning abilities. The lesson plans were implemented weekly and were modified according to her ability and her performance on the tasks chosen. The writing and constant need to change the lessons based on her skills, showed me that I needed to pay close attention to my students development, or lack of development, in order to give my students the best and most appropriate lessons possible for them to learn the most from. Knowing the type of instruction or strategies that will benefit them best is important, this way the students can learn to become independent thinkers and problem solvers.=====


 * Project**

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I believe these lesson plans taught me how to be better prepared to cope with the necessary and sudden changes that may need to occur when attempting to teach my students. Through the constant changes being made to help support her learning and development, I learned how to use several different types of teaching strategies. Each strategy I prepared brought out different revelations in her learning; which led me to understand why there are so many different types of strategies to begin with. Learning how to become exemplary in every strategy possible will allow me to become a better and more beneficial teacher. My students will be able to learn more from me if I am able to teach them using instructional strategies that work best for them to genuinely expand their performance skills, critical thinking, and problem solving. The ability to monitor all students and adjust lessons to assist in their growth is one thing that I believe all teachers aim for.=====