Curriculum Guide for Spoken Language and Word Recognition

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Curriculum Guide for Spoken Language and Word Recognition Roslyn B. Scott Grand Canyon University SPE 554N September 30, 2009 Ms. Kelli Rhoades Introduction This week’s assignment is to create a curriculum guide for spoken language and word recognition, this writer choose the Virginia Standards of Learning Curriculum Framework (www.doe.virginia.gov 2003) as a guide. When researching this topic the writer discovered similarities in the state’s curriculum guide and her school’s district curriculum guide. Each guide was set up in the same format. Looking at Portsmouth Public Schools curriculum guide it includes the school board policy, a rationale for a curriculum, the purpose of the curriculum, philosophy of the curriculum and the beliefs for developing a curriculum guide. Portsmouth Public School’s curriculum guide also includes a pacing guide to keep teachers on track. This is a useful guide for regular education teachers but as a special education teacher the pacing would have to be accommodated. Our students do not work and achieve on the same level as the “regular” education student. The writer will adapt the Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL’s) to be used to teach a fourth grade class in spoken language, and first grade in word recognition. Curriculum Guide for Spoken Language Target Grade Level: Fourth (4th) Objective: The student will apply oral communication skills to participate in discussions about learning and collaborative learning projects. Students should be able to use grammatically correct language and specific vocabulary to enhance the learning projects. Virginia Standards of Learning: “4.1 The student will use effective oral communications skills in a variety of settings. a) Present accurate directions to individuals and small

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