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 * STANDARD 4: Uses strategies to deliver instruction that meets the multiple learning needs of students.**

//**The Teacher:**// __//**a. Aligns classroom instruction with local standards and district curriculum.**//__ The following lesson plan demonstrates my use of state and local standards and benchmarks in my classroom. This particular lesson plan was used in a co-taught English class as supplemental information during a Shakespeare Unit. [|sonnets.pdf]

__//**b. Uses research-based instructional strategies that address the full range of cognitive levels.**//__ The following artifact is a chapter review from my functional curriculum class taken through Morningside College. This review is one or many that demonstrate my research and continued growth in the area of Level III special education.

[|Chapter 4 Reflection.doc] __//**c. Demonstrates flexibility and responsiveness in adjusting instruction to meet student needs.**//__ Tests and assignments need to be modified constantly in order for Level III students to succeed in an inclusion classroom. This assignment is one that has been adjusted to fit the level of learning for a severely disabled student. This assignment focuses on the main points of a topic rather than testing in depth knowledge. [|kaitlin biology.pages]

__//**d. Engage students in varied experiences that meet diverse needs and promote social, emotional, and academic growth.**//__ At the beginning of a hygiene unit, I sent home a letter home to parents to include them in helping promote their student's personal hygiene. This helped to promote growth at school and at home by making students accountable for what they did in both settings. [|Hygiene letter to home.pages]

__//**e. Connects students' prior knowledge, life experiences, and interests int the instructional process.**//__ This chart was sent home with students to track their hygiene habits with the help of parents. By focusing on hygiene and involving families, students were given a way to learn social skills in both home and school settings. When the charts were sent back to school, the students and I were able to talk about the experiences they had had filling out the chart. We were able to discuss which parts of personal hygiene were difficult to do on their own. [|Hygeine Chart.pages]

__//**f. Uses available resources, including technologies, in the delivery of instruction.**//__ Daily, I use a website called iknowthat.com. This is a wonderful resource that allows students to work on identifying money, counting back change, and adding and subtracting money. This was a great way for me to include the student's imac's into everyday instruction.