This document provides contextual information about a 3rd grade English lesson being taught at a private school in Chile. It summarizes: 1. Details about the school, including its location in a middle-low to middle-high socioeconomic area with around 664 students from pre-kindergarten to 4th grade. 2. Characteristics of the students in the class, including their high English language skill level which will allow more time for new content, and their respect for teachers which will facilitate lesson flow. 3. Physical aspects of the classroom including a data projector that can be used to engage students visually, and glass walls providing outside views that may distract tired late afternoon students unless lessons are kept

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Lesson Title: Traveling
Grade Level: 3rd Grade Intermediate
UCSC Supervisor: Maria Alejandra Torres
Supervisor Signature:______________________________________
Mentor Teacher: ______________________________________
Teacher Signature: ______________________________________
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Adapted to the MDD standards and tasks from based the document
Level II Teacher Work Sample. University of Northern Iowa, Level 2 of
the UNI Teacher Education Professional Sequence.

2. I. CONTEXTUAL FACTORS
MDD Standard 1
 The teacher candidate collects data regarding the institutional and classroom
contexts, the characteristics of the pupils as a group and its diversity, using this
information to plan and deliver instruction.
1. Community in which the school is located and/or serves, municipality
or owner and school factors:
- The Pacific school is located some blocks away from one of the principal avenues of
Chiguayante city. It is settled in a Ville, for that reason is surrounded by houses.
Its population reaches the 664 students from pre-kinder to 4rd Grade intermediate,
having an average of 27. Since it is a private school that counts with subvention,
the socioeconomic profile varies from medium-low to medium-high. There are no
foreign students but a few mapuche students.
1.1. How These Factors May Impact My Lessons: As they attend this
pirvate school with government allowances, their families can afford several
materials I would require them to bring. Also as they are considerably less
than the average of public schools, I can approach in easier way.
2. Student Characteristics and Their Instructional Implications:
2.1 Description of the first characteristic, and how it will impact my lessons.
- The first characteristic I would bring to the table is their skill level. I would say
it is an average high, since they are able to listen and write what they hear. The
guide teacher is able to speak everything in English, and they are able to
understand a great part of that (which in my previous experiences, makes this
impressive). Such skill level would allow me to have more time exposing new
information rather than explaining the instructions again and again. Also, the
use of English language all the time will be a tool for a good advance in my
planning.
2.2. Description of the second characteristic, and how it will impact my
lessons.
- The second characteristic that would impact in my lessons is the respect they
show to the teachers. This will generate a positive impact, since they hear and
follow instructions. Despite the fact that there are always special cases of
students who don’t behave, in the case of the class that I’m working with, it is
not a hopeless case. The way they behave will allow me advance with the
lesson without interruptions, removing a problem in the section “expected
problems… and solutions”
3. Physical Aspects of the Classroom and Their Instructional Implications:

3. 3.1 Description of First Physical Aspect, and how It will impact my lessons.
- The room in which is settled the class I work with (as the other classes) has a
data show, which generates a positive instance for me to teach. We know that
technology is in every kid or young adult’s mouth. Is it through technologies that they
get motivated, and in this case (and as I like to work with) I can project my lessons on
the Data Show, using (for instance) power point presentations, to make the classes
more interesting.
3.2 Description of Second Physical Aspect and, how it will impact my lessons.
- A secondcharacteristicImighthave intoaccount isthat, physicallythe roomcountswith
a wall made of glass,havingasightof all the outside,whichmayimpactnegativelyinmylessons.I
participate the lastlessonof the 3rd
grade A in The PacificSchool,whichistaughtat 3:10 pm to
4:40. The Studentsare maybe tired,orsleepy,orexpectingthe lastminutestogohome.Which
may resultinstudentseasilydistractedlookingoutside,lookingatotherstudentsoutside the
class.Howeverthe solutiontothisiskeepingthe studentsmotivatedall the time,withinteresting
lessons,andappropriate feedback,which,asfaras I observed,isatask that myguide teacherhas
completelyfulfilled.