INTASC+Standard+01

 **INTASC Standard 1** The teacher understands the central concepts, tools of inquiry, and structures of the discipline(s) he or she teaches and can create learning experiences that make these aspects of subject matter meaningful for students.

INTASC.1.C K: The teacher can relate his/her disciplinary knowledge to other subject areas. INTASC.1.J P: The teacher can evaluate teaching resources and curriculum materials for their comprehensiveness, accuracy, and usefulness for representing particular ideas and concepts.
 * Specific Category of Standard 1**

The teacher can link content area learning to other subjects. The teacher can find and judge resources to use for particular content areas in the classroom.
 * Understanding Sentence**

 **Reflect** The SIOP lesson plan demonstrates standard one because it shows that I, as a teacher, can use one content area lesson to link to multiple subjects. This helps peak interest for the students as well as create a holistic approach to learning. In this lesson, I have the kids do a timeline on the Cold War in a history class, but I also have them reading //Lord of the Flies // in language arts and studying atoms and elements in science. So, they are doing a thematic unit on the Cold War. The lesson analysis demonstrates standard one by showing my ability to find and judge online resources. It is important for a teacher to be able to find resources online instead of 'reinventing the wheel' every lesson. This artifact also shows that I can evaluate and decide what is a good resource or not. The lessons I evaluated were very good lessons, but I had to weed through a few to find the good ones. I can also take good lesson plans and adapt them to fit my exact needs.
 * Artifacts**
 * SIOP Lesson Plan [[file:SIOP.doc]]
 * Lesson Analysis and TEKS Alignment [[file:Lesson Analysis and TEKS Alignment.doc]]

**Project** The SIOP gave me more invaluable experience in lesson planning. It takes a lot of practice to really get great at them. It also shows that I am prepared to be in the classroom teaching. I have mastered the lesson planning process and can effectively link content area learning to other disciplinary subjects. As a middle school teacher, I will only be in charge of one or two content areas, but I feel certain that I can effectively plan a thematic unit with my middle school team members. The lesson analysis project really helps me be able to evaluate the multitude of resources available online. It makes my job as a teacher easier to be able to use lesson plans that have already been created. I know how to tweak them to fulfill my exact needs for my classroom. I will be prepared for lesson planning without stressing myself out too much. That will really help me in my first year of teaching. I just want to do the best I can for my students, and these two projects really provided me with the materials to do that.