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~Home~Standard 1~Standard 2~Standard 3~Standard 4~Standard 5~Standard 6~Standard 7~Standard 8~Standard 9~Standard 10~ = Standard 5 Teachers know how to manage a classroom. = The teacher uses an understanding of individual and group motivation and behavior to create a learning environment that encourages positive social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self-motivation. Evidence 1: Holidays Around the World PowerPoint Group Projects PowerPoint for The Project: Rationale 1: During every stage of this project, the students worked with group members to complete their work. Students needed to interact with their group members each day while researching information, summarizing the information, citing sources and creating their PowerPoint presentations. In addition to this, the students final product was presented in front of an audience. Each student took an active role in the project, both in preparation and in presentation.

KSD 5.K.3 The teacher knows how to help people work productively and cooperatively with each other in complex social settings. The students in each group were designated certain tasks by their peers. This gave the students a sense of responsibility within the group and allowed all the students to work cooperatively together.

5.S.1 The teacher creates a smoothly functioning learning community in which students assume responsibility for themselves and one another, participate in decision making, work collaboratively and independently, and engage in purposeful learning activities. The students needed to work with their group members to decide what information to include in their PowerPoint. The groups also needed to organize this information in a creative, engaging manner within their PowerPoint. At the end of each week, the students would self assess and assess their group members’ effort and contributions.

5.D.5 The teacher is committed to continuous development of individual students’ abilities and considers how different motivational strategies are likely to encourage this development for each student. Students were able to chose certain roles that they would be responsible for in this project. Some students took on the summarizing role, others the leadership role in creating the PowerPoint, and some took a more active role in presenting the information in front of the audience.