Reflective Practitioner

Reflection on Best Practice

I have found that planning for different levels
of differentiation makes a huge impact on
engagement and understanding.
I differentiated my warm-up, where it had
three levels that students could work through.
Here is the succession:

Warm-up + activity
Find v2




Ptot = 15kg*m/s

P1 =
12kg*m/s
6kg
Thumbs up Thumbs down
Thumbs down if youre stuck.




Thumbs up if you know how to solve.
Thumbs down - HINTS
Ptot = P1 + P2
Ptot = P1 + m2*v2
If you are still stuck come to Melissas table
If you have finished, describe what this
equation means:
m1v1 + m2v2 = m1f*v1f + m2f*v2f
What does the f stand for?
What do you think this means?
Reflection on Personal Growth
Compare my differentiated warm-up to this
warm-up from the beginning of the year.

Warm up:
Explain how to add & subtract vectors on the
same line (1D, 1 dimension)
If you get stuck, write an example and explain it.
Reflection on Personal Growth.
I learned very quickly that well written directions
are worth the time it takes to develop them.
I had to step away from my college experience to
explain ideas/directions fully.
The warm-up in the beginning of the year was
not bad but it was definitely NOT a three tiered
differentiated warm-up that provided extra
support to struggling learners and opportunities
to expand and apply concepts for advanced
learners.
Thank you
I would like to thank Rachel, Marcia, and Chris
for being amazing mentors and creating an
environment where I feel that everyone of you
are family to me.
You have helped us to grow and to come into
our own with a patience and ease that made
us feel safe to make mistakes but brave
enough to make them.
Thank you
Whats Next?
I plan to further evaluate and analyze my
own teaching practices to meet students
needs and address the new standards.
I saw a really cool educational system of
common core with a focus on ELD that met
elementary standards and that inspired me to
develop a stronger curriculum for ELD.
I plan to solicit feedback and use it to reflect
on and enhance my teaching practices.
I also plan to develop master questioning
skills.
Next Steps
Develop stronger skills for formative and
summative assessments.
Find more ways to connect to students
specific backgrounds. For example: I know
that a student comes from a single parent
home, where their parent is employed as a
cleaning service workerhow can I relate
that to physics.