Standard+2


 * Standard 2: Demonstrates competence in content knowledge appropriate to the teaching position **

The teacher: a. understands and uses key concepts, underlying themes, relationships, and different perspectives related to the content area. b. uses knowledge of student development to make learning experiences in the content area meaningful and accessible for every student. c. relates ideas and information within and across content areas. d. understands and uses instructional strategies that are appropriate to the content area.

• Description of artifact: //This lesson pacing and brief description for Goldfinch Books plans show how we elementary librarians tried to incorporate key concepts and underlying themes when teaching the Iowa Goldfinch Books.//
 * Artifact supporting 2.a--Goldfinch Books Lesson Planning (2014 - 15) **

•Describe why you chose this artifact to meet the standard and criteria: //This artifact shows just a part of the lesson plans and pacing for one of our Goldfinch units. We elementary librarians try to connect the texts to one another by theme or genre, and when we are unable to do so, we look at matching a text with a reading strategy.//

• Description of artifact: //This screenshot shows the statistics and first question for a Kahoot quiz I used with seventh graders as they began their unit on Charles Dickens and// A Christmas Carol//.//
 * Artifact supporting 2.b--Victorian England, Dickens, and //A Christmas Carol// Kahoot Lesson (2014 - 15) **

•Describe why you chose this artifact to meet the standard and criteria: //Using this interactive online quiz with students was an engaging activity that relied on students' prior knowledge of the time period, Dickens, and the novel. Prior to our time together, students had spent time learning about these topics, so the Kahoot was a wrap-up activity, of sorts, before reading the novel itself.//

• Description of artifact: //Note page for 6th grade volcano research project//
 * Artifact supporting 2.c--Volcano Lesson Notes Page (2014 - 15) **

•Describe why you chose this artifact to meet the standard and criteria: //This screenshot shows part of the front page of a note taking activity for 6th grade science students. The classroom teacher and I worked together to create the notes page, and the second page has places for students to include citation information from their sources. In gathering their information, not only would students need to work in the content area of science, but they would also need to work in the content area of language arts (to write their notes and to cite their sources) and technology (to access information from online sources and databases).// You can access the full document when you click HERE.

• Description of artifact: //Screenshot of the 1st grade book care summative assessment//
 * Artifact supporting 2.d--Book Care 1st Grade Summative Assessment (2017 - 2018) **

•Describe why you chose this artifact to meet the standard and criteria: // A learning target for first grade students is that they will describe how to take appropriate care of library books. During library lessons, we read books, watch videos, and participate in role play activities that show proper book care. As formative assessments, students participate in picture sorts and respond on handouts. This summative assessment uses many of the same scenarios or similar pictures to assess what students know about correct book care. //