Analyzing Teaching: Actively reflecting on your teaching practice is an essential skill for an educator to posses. Utilizing student work to gauge their comprehension of new skills, concepts, and information is vital to guiding our instructional practices. Student samples provide inside looks at determining if an educator can move on in content, or utilize different strategies to re-teach whole group settings, or establish mini lessons for smaller groups of students that may require additional support. In analyzing teaching, an educator can reflect on the materials and strategies that were utilized in presenting new information and materials, so as the gauge if other resources and instructional plans must be utilized. Below are student samples from my Haiku learning segment, along with a brief overview of their progress in completing the specific tasks:
 In her response to the prompt, it is evident that the student attempted to use the information that she had learned about the elements of Haiku. She identified the characteristic of haiku poems originating in Japan, but failed to realize that the specific characteristic did not influence whether or not the poem was a haiku.  In her response, the student used all the information that she learned about the elements of haiku poems. She was unable to identify that the only characteristic of haiku poems that would determine if this poem was a a haiku or not, was the syllabication structure. The student failed to recognize that line three of the poem did not complete the 5-7-5 syllabication structure.  In his response, the student creates a written response that indicates that his level of comprehension about the different elements of haiku poems is unclear. The student was unable to communicate one of the elements that was specific to haiku poems or any supportive reasoning for his answer.  The student demonstrates the ability to create a haiku poem. She has utilized the three lines, as well as the spaces within the lines that indicate the amount of syllables for each line. The student failed to complete the requirement of creating a poem that was reflective of her personality. It appears that the student used the skills and information that we practiced in class, in regards to haiku poems mostly being about nature, to create her poem.  The student has successfully constructed a poem that is reflective of her personality, which demonstrates her ability to follow directions for the assigned task. The student has completed the haiku poem using the three lines. The student attempted to adhere to the required syllabication process, but failed to recognize that line two did not meet the 5-7-5 syllabication format. |
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