Independent Component 1

• LITERAL

• (a)  I, Brandy Govea, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 36 hours and 45 minutes of work.

• (b) Source: Gullo, Dominic F. "Teaching and Learning in the Kindergarten Year."Naeyc.org. N.p., 9 June 2013. Web. 15 Nov. 2015. <https://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/Play/Ktodayplay.pdf>.

• (c) Update your hours in your Senior Project Hours link. Make sure it is clearly labeled with hours for individual sessions as well as total hours.
• Independent Component Hours

• (d) Throughout the course of working on my component 1, I worked with the kindergarten students practice their alphabet, their reading, and with counting. I assessed the students to check up on them and see where and how far students have come to learn throughout the course of half a year in kindergarten.     

• INTERPRETIVE 

• Throughout the 30 hours of work i helped students practice their alphabet, practice reading, and practice vocabulary words. I also assessed students with packets from the Bassett Unified School district which is the district in charge of the elementary school where I am doing my mentorship at. While assessing students i got to see how far they've come and how much they learned from before they started kindergarten, when they began kindergarten to now which is half way through the year.  
   This is one of the few worksheets i made. It states what student had worked and practiced the words and exactly what words they had practiced at home.
   Here i am working with one student on the vocabulary words which we call slight words. He had practiced off of the worksheets i had created and sent home to parents. 
   These are the words that i assess the students on for the assessments that show how far students have gotten from the beginning. On the bottom is where we keep track of how far students have gotten since the last time they were assessed. 
  
  
  
  
  
   Here are pictures of me assessing two different students on their vocabulary words just ensuring they are moving forward and learning more from when they first started kindergarten. 

• APPLIED

• The independent component helped me get a better feel at what its really like to be a kindergarten teacher. I got to work with the students both 1 on 1, and me with the entire classroom made up of 24 students (with the assistance and guidance of my mentor.)  I got to experience first hand what my topic was about and got a real feel to being a kindergarten teacher which was pretty cool, and i really enjoyed the whole experience.