Sra Noonan

I have 7 years of teaching under my belt. My first two years were at Lewis-Palmer HS (Monument, CO) teaching levels 1-4. The last few years were teaching at Shepard Middle School (Deerfield, IL), grades 6-8. I was the team leader representing the World Language Department at my school for three years. I am currently a stay at home mom to two wonderful kiddos, Nathan and Annalise.

While I have taught many different ways, I recently became a proponent of standards based learning to allow student to demonstrate mastery in each area of the language in their own way. A student can be proficient in the areas of reading, writing, speaking, and listening. While these are all intertwined, the input areas of reading and listening usually come before the output skills of writing and speaking. Starting from more structured/concrete learning to more open/creative options allows students to learn at their own pace and build on a strong foundation. Through differentiated activities, i.e. choice boards and student centers, manipulatives, and short stories in Spanish, students work on each skill. Frequent informal and formal check ins help me understand when (and to whom) to re-teach, and when we can advance. My preferred style of formal assessment is on individual skills. Open ended writing and speaking prompts lead to students' creativity with the language and mimics a real world situations. On reading and listening tests, I create questions that increase in difficulty to challenge students. My students have gone on to the next level with confidence and preparedness.

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Marquette University, 2009 BA Spanish Language and Literature Certified K-12 National Louis University, 2015 Masters of Education, Teaching Learning and Assessment

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