Date

Person Contacted

Method of Contact

Reason for Contact

Result or Impact on Instruction My focus students greatly benefited from using the graphic organizer while writing their informative essay. I was also able to use her informative writing rubric to use for scoring the essays. Cross-curriculum learning

Follow Up (if necessary) Will continue team building and utilizing resources. Will continue team building and utilizing resources

2/10/2014

8th grade English teacher

Personal Conversation

To seek resources for the informative essay I had planned for this upcoming unit.

2/10/2014

8th grade social studies teacher

Personal Conversation

To seek resources to include during instruction. I sent a district wide email in search of anyone who may have various sand collections that wouldnt mind my classroom borrowing for a two week period. I asked if they knew anyone outside the in community if they could please have them contact me or provide me with their contact information. Seeking resources to use within this unit. Whether it be a form of multimedia/technology or written.

2/9/2014 through 3/5/2014

8 members of the community

Email/ Personal Conversation

Students were able to view a wide variety of sands from all over the country as well different places around the world. Great learning opportunity.

I had to return the sand samples so I hand delivered them back to each person.

2/9/2014

High School science teacher

Email

Students were able to view an educational video that allowed them to view the concepts of this unit visually.

Will continue to build professional relationship.

Date

Person Contacted

Method of Contact

Reason for Contact

Result or Impact on Instruction Was able to acquire many sand samples as well as rock pieces to include during my lessons. Her advice on lesson planning and classroom discussions was very beneficial.

Follow Up (if necessary) Will continue building upon our mentor/mentee professional relationship. She is a valuable asset. Continue to keep in contact about adaptions and differentiated instruction in the future.

2/10/2014

6th grade science teacher; my teaching mentor

Personal Conversation

To seek resources for this upcoming unit as well as advice on lesson planning.

2/17/2014

Paraeducator

Personal Conversation

2/18/2014

Student A Parent

Personal Conversation

To discuss the upcoming unit and seek their advice in differentiated instruction. Since this paraeducator is in other classes, particularly another science classroom I wanted to see if she had suggestions on adaptions to include for my focus students. Parent/Teacher conference we had a conversation about his lack of motivation and his low self-confidence and the ways I planned on trying to motivate him and build his selfconfidence. Student was extremely frustrated while taking the preassessment I wanted to reach out to help her calm down.

Great advice for differentiation instruction/adaptions for future lessons.

Established a positive relationship with his mother. She was very grateful and pleased to hear that I had noticed him and cared about him enough to have a plan in place to help her son. Student was able to calm down and finish the assessment to the best of her ability.

Will continue to keep in touch to build relationship. Will continue these one-onones to help build selfconfidence and trust.

2/18/2014

Student B

Personal Conversation