The Reflective Practitioner D182- Task 1
Western Governors University
A. This is a 4th-grade unit in geometry in math. In this unit, students learned to identify and
measure angles, parallel and perpendicular lines, and line symmetry. Two instructional
strategies used in the unit were whole group instruction and collaboration through math
games. One assessment strategy used was an exit ticket at the end of each daily lesson. One
learning objective aligned to the exit tickets is that Students will be able to identify, draw,
compare, analyze, and classify angles.
B.
1. The prerequisite knowledge students need prior to this unit is to identify quadrilaterals and
the names of quadrilaterals (trapezoids, parallelograms, rectangles, rhombuses, and
squares) and their shared attributes. (Bridges Educator Site, 2024).
, 2. I teach a gifted cluster, and one of the academic needs that my students need is to offer
variations in the learning games. This is important as I plan my lessons to extend them to
gifted students. Another need is movement; this is important to my lesson planning to keep
students engaged.
3. My students also have nonacademic needs. One is a growth mindset. Gifted students need
to have a growth mindset because ideas often come easy to them, so when a topic is
difficult for them, they can easily think they can't do it. Another nonacademic need is
collaboration. This is important since I have noticed that some gifted students do not have
the same social skills as their peers.
Western Governors University
A. This is a 4th-grade unit in geometry in math. In this unit, students learned to identify and
measure angles, parallel and perpendicular lines, and line symmetry. Two instructional
strategies used in the unit were whole group instruction and collaboration through math
games. One assessment strategy used was an exit ticket at the end of each daily lesson. One
learning objective aligned to the exit tickets is that Students will be able to identify, draw,
compare, analyze, and classify angles.
B.
1. The prerequisite knowledge students need prior to this unit is to identify quadrilaterals and
the names of quadrilaterals (trapezoids, parallelograms, rectangles, rhombuses, and
squares) and their shared attributes. (Bridges Educator Site, 2024).
, 2. I teach a gifted cluster, and one of the academic needs that my students need is to offer
variations in the learning games. This is important as I plan my lessons to extend them to
gifted students. Another need is movement; this is important to my lesson planning to keep
students engaged.
3. My students also have nonacademic needs. One is a growth mindset. Gifted students need
to have a growth mindset because ideas often come easy to them, so when a topic is
difficult for them, they can easily think they can't do it. Another nonacademic need is
collaboration. This is important since I have noticed that some gifted students do not have
the same social skills as their peers.
