JNT2_Needs_Analysis_.docx JNT2 6th Grade Labeling Parts of Speech Assessment Code: JNT2

JNT2_Needs_Analysis_.docx  JNT2  6th Grade Labeling Parts of Speech  Assessment Code: JNT2  6th Grade Labeling Parts of Speech  Discussion of Instructional Problem  Sixth grade students are struggling with proper identification of basic parts of speech. (For this instructional problem, we are defining basic parts of speech as noun, verb, pronoun, adjective, adverb, conjunction, interjection, and preposition.) Students are not able to categorize parts of speech without devices or aids to reference.  Contributing Factors to the Instructional Problem  A major contributing factor to this problem must lie within the effects of the quarantine restrictions placed on our district March 6, 2020 and this being one of the aftereffects of the holes in learning that we are facing. An unintended negative of the situation created these “holes  in learning” as it is not possible to 100% differentiate learning to meet the needs of every student in a moments notice when the day before, all students were in the classroom and differentiation was not only possible but accomplished. Many learners were placed in programs at the same level, and if there is a differentiation for Language Arts, in the McGraw Hill Wonders program we utilize, the choices are Approaching Grade Level, On Grade Level, and Beyond Grade Level with no way to alternate between levels depending on the subject matter within the class. So therefore, you may have an advanced reader that is below grade level in Grammar, but with a high reading score, the