Write a paper preparing for the Teaching the Lesson Project.

What kind of learning environment do you want to develop in order to establish respect and rapport, and to support students’ engagement in learning?What kinds of learning tasks actively engaged students in the central focus of the learning segment?How will you elicit and build on student responses in ways that develop and deepen content understanding?In what ways will you connect new content to your students’ prior academic learning and personal, cultural, or community assets during your instruction?How will you use evidence from your instruction to examine and change your teaching practices to more effectively meet a variety of student learning needs?Your submission for this project will be a reflection of the lesson taught in which you respond to questions such as:How did you promote a positive learning environment for all students? Provide specific examples.How did your instruction engage students in developing understanding of concept(s)/skills of the lesson?How did you elicit and build on student responses to promote thinking and develop understandings of concept(s)/skills of the lesson?What changes would you make to your instruction—for the whole class and/or for students who need greater support or challenge—to better support student learning of the central focus (e.g., missed opportunities)?Your reflection should be descriptive and introspective, with recommendations for improvement when teaching the lesson in the future.