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BACKGROUND
Elementary Teacher of the Year for Atlanta Public Schools (2011-2012)
Mary Lin Elementary Teacher of the Year (2011-2012)
Leadership Team Chairperson (2011-2013) Leadership Team Grade Level Teacher (2009-
2011) Teaching First Grade (August 2008-present) –
Atlanta Graduated from Piedmont College with
Masters Degree (2008) Taught Kindergarten (2007-2008) - Atlanta
BACKGROUND (CONTINUED)
Taught First Grade (2005-2007) – Gwinnett Taught First and Second Grade EIP Reading
and Math (2004- 2005) – Gwinnett Graduated from the University of Georgia
with Bachelors Degree (2004)
LANGUAGE ARTS INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES Daily 5 for Reading (my classroom’s version)
Read to Self
Work on Words
Work on Writing
Time with the Teacher
(guided reading group and
intervention groups)
Read with Someone (morning work)
Listen to Reading(during free centers
and teacher read alouds)
READ-WITH-SOMEONE
Choose partner to read with
Partners could be same level, higher, or lower
Partners offer help if higher/lower and take turns if the same level
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READ-TO-SELF Individual book
boxes Must keep 3-5 “just
right” books in their boxes and books from guided reading after reading with me
Change each morning if necessary, after morning journal or work
WORK ON WRITING Writing Workshop
model Mini-lesson Independent Writing
practice Share time (with
partners/ with class) Friendly letter
writing Mailbox and post
office person
WORK ON WORDS
Students use different materials to practice spelling words for the week
Materials: White boards * Sand tray Letter beads Clay letters Magnet letters * Computers Apple Letters
TIME WITH THE TEACHER
Guided ReadingConferring about WritingResponse to Intervention (RTI) –
phonics interventions, reading interventions, math interventions
(more information on each of these next)
GUIDED READING
Groups of 4-5 students Flexible, homogenous groups
STAR Reading computer program and Running Records to form groups
Lower groups - phonics strategies, decoding skills, and comprehension
Middle groups - fluency, comprehension, and independent reading
Higher groups - critical thinking, independent reading, and comprehension
CONFERRING ABOUT WRITING
Pairs or individual students working on similar skills
Check in on daily writing to reinforce mini-lessons
Discuss rubrics on graded writing assignments
Allow time to fix mistakes if wanted/ necessary
LANGUAGE ARTS INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES
SMART PhonicsSystematic
approach to teaching phonics and phonemic awareness
Phonemic Awareness (sound stretching)
This is shown in the video attached to my
Linked In profile.
LANGUAGE ARTS INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES
Reading Comprehension GA DOE frameworks
book titles Fiction/Nonfiction Chapter book read
alouds relating to unit
Picture book read alouds
Unit 1: Mapping our World (Dreams vs. Reality)
Unit 2: Inventing Fun (Real vs. Fictional Inventors)
Unit 3: A High Opinion of Animals (Pets & Wild animals)
Unit 4: Money, Money, Money (Economics)
WRITING INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES
Writing Workshop model Mini-lesson Independent practice Share
Units of Study (Lucy Calkins) Personal Narratives Informational Writing Opinion/Persuasive Writing Fictional Writing
Write Source grammar CCSS aligned Supplemented with www.teacherspayteachers.com
content
MATHEMATICS INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES Math
Problem of the Day (POTD)
Partner activities (Homogenous and Heterogenous groups)
Differentiated class work Differentiated homework Small group/ Individual
instruction when needed Early finishers
Brain teasers Logic puzzles Previous math games
Technology integration
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SCIENCE INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICESoScience
• Working in the Garden: Planting carrot, cucumber, lavender, or spearmint seeds for our unit on plants
• Working in the Garden: Harvesting sweet potatoes, planting new beds, and going on garden scavenger hunts.
SOCIAL STUDIES INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES
• First Grade National Parks: Small Group Research
& Poster Projects
oSocial Studies
ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES
Reading Assessments Easy CBM (1 minute, one-on-one assessments,
nationally norm-referenced) Letter Names Letter Sounds Phoneme Segmenting Word Reading Fluency Passage Reading Fluency
Running Records One-on-one with students at benchmark levels
throughout the year STAR reading test and Accelerated Reader
Use as baseline/guidelines for student progress monitoring throughout the year
ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES
Writing Assessments Writing Rubrics
Narrative Informational Opinion/Persuasive
ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES
Math Assessments Easy CBM(math)
Math Common Core State Standards Unit Assessments Daily/Lesson Observations
Checklists on daily understanding, pre/post tests
SAMPLE CHECKLISTo Skill or assignment at the top;
Student names to the lefto “Check” means they understood
with very minimal assistance (after initial instructions were given)
o “S” means they needed some support to finish assignment with accuracy (checks over “S” mean they were able to eventually complete the assignment accurately with additional assistance)
o These notes help me to pair and group students in following lessons
TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION
Phonics (SMART)
Math (Geometry)
BrainPopJr. Video clips and quizzes(all content areas)
MOTIVATIONAL STRATEGIES
Independent, in-school projects developed to challenge students currently performing well above grade level
Student-Created board game about Martin Luther King Jr.
MOTIVATIONAL STRATEGIES
Student-Created Science Experiment about Peanuts when studying George Washington Carver in Social Studies
MOTIVATIONAL STRATEGIES
Projects designed by students to teach Kindergartners about the Water Cycle.
Water Cycle Posters
PARENT INVOLVEMENT
Parent-lead movement activities - parent offered her time to come and do weekly movement activities with the class during our recess
PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Wrote two grants for a Guided Reading book room Book levels (Grade Equivalent) .5-6.5
Paid for by the Somerset Groupand the Mary Lin Foundation
SCHOOL/ COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
School Committees Leadership Team 2009-2013 Mary Lin Foundation 2012-2013 Science Night committee 2009-2011 Technology committee 2011 Media Center committee 2010 Black History committee 2009 PTA Board 2008-2009
SCHOOL/ COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Rocket Run for the Mary Lin Foundation
Volunteering for the MidSummer Music Fest 5K for the Mary Lin
Foundation
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Participated in the Teacher Raffle 2008 - 2015
Flying Kites with two of my students in Candler Park
Spring 2010
LEADERSHIP
Leadership Team/Grade Level Chair 2009-2013
Teacher Representative on the Mary Lin Foundation Board 2012-2013
Attended the Oxford Institute for Environmental Education – Summer 2011
Attended a “round table” meeting about our Local School Plan for Improvement in 2009
Teacher Representative on the PTA board 2008-2009
CONCLUSION
Thank you for taking the time to review my professional portfolio. Please email me with any additional questions you may have:
Ashley Kulik [email protected]