This week we review the mathematical curriculum that involves, classification, number recognition, counting, algebra, statistics.

Assessment First Assessment The lesson plan is crucial if that is constructed properly and evaluated to achieve its purpose. The tutor will have a better understanding of how to take the class ahead. The best way to understand the student's understanding is by testing their practical understanding. The students can submit their lesson plans on any subject of their expertise. The lesson plan can be evaluated. Goal: The goal is to understand whether they were able to understand the concept of the lesson plan and whether they are able to curate one. The second assessment The tutor can take a class to their own peers to understand the effectiveness of the lesson plan. If there are any alterations, they can do that in the lesson plan. The classes will be evaluated by the faculty and the peer group. As this is the first attempt, the tutors can make changes to the lesson plan. As that will help the students to construct better lesson plans for the future as there is always a gap between the theory and the practical. The assessment has to evaluate whether the goal of the lesson plan is achieved. Based on the lesson plan the students can take the class to their fellow peers and they can evaluate it. The purpose of the task is to achieve the learning objectives and goal. Formative: Written Exam The formative assessment can include a written exam that can have practical questions. Based on the situation, the students have to answer the question. Goal: The goal is to analyze the practical understanding of the student. Summative: Research Paper The summative assessment is the submission of the research paper on the effectiveness of the backward design. The students should analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of the backward design. The research should be action-based. Goal: The goal is to research the effectiveness of the backward design process. And have an understanding of whether the students were able to understand the process.

Develop a minimum 700-word outline for a training in which you would teach the skill you identified to other adult learners. Address the following in your training outline: - Create a title that provides learners with a hint at what they will be learning (e.g., "Microsoft Word Tips" or "Making Fettuccini Alfredo"). - Define the desired learning outcomes for the training (i.e., what learners will be able to do upon completion) and how the outcomes will be assessed and/or evaluated. - Describe the setting (e.g., online, classroom, workplace) for the training and how the necessary resources (e.g., materials, computer or software, ingredients) will be used by the instructor and participants. - Describe the changes that obtaining the skill will have on the adult learner, including the type of change (e.g., knowledge, skill, attitude) and how having the skill impacts the way they do things (e.g., more efficient, better cook). - Explain how the training aligns with the andragogical principles of self-directed and transformative learning.

Discussion 5 | Week 9 | A Marvelous Julian Jacob and Beth Avery had expected their son Julian to be just like his older brother, Carl. Carl was bold and adventurous, a climber of trees, and a leader on the playground. By the age of 4, however, it was clear Julian had his own personality. He liked to sit on the front steps of their brownstone looking at picture books. He liked to draw and make things with clay. He was a calm, thoughtful child who chose to watch others more often than interact with them. The Averys were surprised by the preferences of their younger son and voiced their concerns to his preschool teacher. The teacher confirmed that Julian was indeed a quiet child. No, he was not a leader on the playground, but he did have several friends in the class, and he seemed content most of the time, especially when he was creating something out of cardboard or construction paper or making a story with pictures. The teacher urged the Averys not to worry. "Julian is developing a sense of who he is and what he can do, what he likes to do. He won't be Carl. He can't be. But I think he'll be a marvelous Julian." What do the differences between Julian's behavior and his older brother's behavior suggest about the relative importance of nature and nurture in determining personality?

Use the SIFT technique to find 5 credible sources that address your compelling question. At least one of the sources needs to have been peer reviewed (can find those in a research

Pretend you are the coordinator in a brand new daycare center for three to six-year-old children. Each age group will be in its own classroom. How would you set the classrooms up so that the students are getting their physical, cognitive, and psychosocial needs met? What would the structure of the daycare be like? What kinds of activities would you implement? Are there specific tools that you would use (Legos, finger paint, etc.). What kinds of social interactions would you promote? What would you want to make sure to emphasize? What might some of your concerns be?

Part 2: Application Imagine that you have been assigned to support a student in grade 6. Your supervising teacher has given a humanities assignment to the class: to choose and research their favourite Greek God or Goddess, and then write an essay to share their new understandings. Consider the following questions and write a 2-3 page (double spaced) response: Does this learning task acknowledge and encourage different ways of learning? Why or why not? Being mindful of Multiple Intelligences, what are some different ways that the students might represent their understanding of the topic in different ways? (Share 3 specific examples- each highlighting a different intelligence.) Knowing what you know now about different ways that students learn, what would your approach be when working with diverse learning styles? How might you offer support to these learners? (Be specific.) How would you communicate with a teacher that does not provide opportunities for students to use their unique intelligences to demonstrate their understanding?

• Define your role in differentiating instruction for this student. • Use the checklist in Chapter 9 as a guide to identify the specific steps you must take. ("The EA's Role in Differentiating Instruction for IEPs"- page 92)

Understanding By Design - Backwards Design Process Description Read Chapter 10. Modify or update your learning plan based on this new understanding. Identify the Types of Teaching (p. 241) you will use and finalize the learning plan. Explain any changes and your rationale in a paragraph or two at the bottom of the learning plan. Update and upload your modified plan with explanations and rationale..

Discussion 6 | Week 11 | Cookie It was a bright fall day, and 1-year-old Mari sat in a highchair as her father mashed an avocado while making her lunch. As Mari watched attentively, she suddenly said, quite clearly, "cookie." No matter that she misidentified the avocado. Or maybe not-perhaps she was asking for a cookie? Although her motivation for the use of the word wasn't totally obvious, what was clear was that "cookie" was Mari's first word. Her father took out his iPhone and tried to get her to repeat the word, to no avail. It wouldn't be for another 2 days before Mari repeated "cookie," this time correctly using it when eating a cookie. And it wasn't long before other words emerged. Mari was learning to speak! How might child developmentalists from the behavioral and evolutionary perspectives explain Mari's emerging use of language?

Text: Early Childhood Experiences in Language Arts: Early Literacy - Jeanne M. Machado - 11E (A) READ the following quote and answer the questions that follow. "Parents may misread emotional signals from babies because their facial expressions are blocked by a pacifier. Research from 2012 found that longer pacifier use in infancy may get more difficult for young children, particularly boys, to mimic the facial expressions of adults, which is important to learning and emotional development in childhood. This follow-up study suggests pacifiers can have a detrimental effect on how parents recognize and interpret emotions in infants". Lukits, A. - The Wall Street Journal • Should this very small study be shared with parents? Why or why not? Explain the importance of establishing the Home - School connection. Minimum of two paragraphs (4-5 comlete sentences for every paragraph). (B) 1. READ/Review - Ch. 3 (Machado). 70 - 95 2. Read the following quote and answer the questions that follow. "Research validates what many teachers taught long ago - movement matters - and linking movements to teaching practices establishes a mind-body connection that enhances child learning". • Can you identify three preschool activities that might teach eye-hand coordination? What is meant by linking movements to teaching practices? Be specific. Hint: words coupled with objects./n(C) 1. READ and reiew chapter 5 (Machado) pgs. 132-161 2. Read the quote and answer the following questions. "It all starts with wondering - curiosity about something. A million "whys", "hows", and "can'ts" can happen before the day even gets started. Viola, we have the inciting awareness that leads to the next step in scientific enquiry and learning. The adult's job at this point is to encourage the wondering and, of course, to be amazed. Next would be a focused investigation about topic or event. This action is based upon careful looking and watching, in other words, observing. The next step typically starts with asking a question. To follow the scientific method of inquiry you must test the hypothesis. The final element in scientific inquiry is communicating the findings". - C. L. McKay • How likely are many teachers to follow the sequence when a child asks, Where is the ant going? • What type of classroom equipment aids child observation? • How can a teacher promote child curiousity? Minimum of 3 paragraphs. (D) 1. READ/Review - Ch. 6 (Machado), pgs. 166-187 2. Read the quote and answer the following question. "Research shows that kids who have two, three or four strong teachers in a row will eventually excel, no matter what their background, while kids who have even two weak teachers in a row will