Lesson Plan 2 Reflection

 WHAT?

In our second lesson, we started off by going over a review of last week's lesson. We had the students each go around and say one thing that they learned, this showed us that the students absorbed the information given. In this lesson we focused on the history of Ukraine, introducing time periods and timelines through the history of the country. We had the students listen to videos and sections from the “Culture Around the World Ukraine” to understand more about history. While reading the sections we pointed out key facts the students could comprehend. We taught the students about the history of Ukraine's flag and what it stood for. We introduced the students to an interactive activity, the students were handed printed flag cutouts and the students wrote down facts about Ukraine that they learned. The students really exceeded expectations and really enjoyed this. What was a weakness was keeping the student's attention when reading long passages. The objectives that were met were HP 3 (3-4)-1 a: A: recognizing and interpreting how events, people, problems, and ideas shape life in the community and in Ukraine. The students were able to recognize facts that were in the text that was read, and they put it on their flags in the activity given. All students understood the assignment very well with the instruction given to them. The students drew and wrote what Ukraine stood for and each student did different things with a lot of detail which showed that they exceeded objectives.

SO WHAT? 

 TC’s were able to talk to students after the lesson to see what the students were enjoying and what they were not. From this discussion TC was able to take away that students enjoyed being able to create their own work and color it in. In this lesson students created a flag and colored it in, we plan to continue to allow students to create their own work rather than relying on worksheets. We could take this technique of asking students about what they like and do not like from a practicum we were placed in a semester before. We are able to make lessons both interactive and informational using this technique. 

 

 

NOW WHAT?

Using what we took from this lesson TC’s now know that lessons can switch up in an instant, our group discussion extended longer than planned but due to the high-quality discussion we continued to allow it. The students were able to respond and grow on a variety of questions and statements regarding what they were learning. High quality discussion was engaged and we used this to allow the students to keep building upon the topic. We were able to add this longer piece into our lesson while still getting the rest of the activities we had planned on our schedule.

This will affect the use of adaptability in the future in my educational career, a certain topic might require longer instruction, or in this case, high-quality discussion was taking place. With the use of adaptability, a situation in teaching can be fixed. I plan to be a teacher who is prepared and adaptable in any situation this will allow me to be the best educator for the students.

Lesson Plan 1 Reflection

WHAT? 

Coming into our first lesson students were introduced to the country Ukraine and the geographical features that it holds. We went through a quick overview of the topic and read through two informational books that correlated with geography. Students were then introduced to the concept of Never Eat Soggy Waffles, which helped teach students their directions. Students loved how interactive our lesson was we made sure to shy away from long and boring worksheets. In terms of what we can grow on as TC being more clear with our directions when implementing a new activity, this will help with organiztional  skills and help students understand tasks better. Within the lesson students grasped all of our objectives we were able ti have great group discussions as well as small group work that allowed students to really grasp our objectives.  The objective "G 1 (3-4) –1 :a.accurately using maps to identify locations.b. identifying relationships between time, space, and distance.c. organizing information about people, places, and environments in a spatial context (e.g., the school is to the east of the store; the house is northeast of the mountains)" students we're able to see the population differences within the country based upon where water was and how in earlier times this was a important piece when choosing where to settle. One of our students exceeded expectations and helped describe to other students which was great to see peers helping one another.

SO WHAT?

During this experience collorabtive teaching was exhibited greatly. Myself and my TC partner worked together very well as I was explaining things to one group of students my partner walked round and kept students on task and helped other groups. Teaching is a profession that benefits from helping one another within the community throughout this lesson I was able to see the benefits of working together with another TC and how students can also benefit from successful teacher collorboration. We used great scaffolding as well to help lay out the information presented to students regarding geography, are goal was to not over whelm students but allow them to absorb and retain the information.

NOW WHAT?

I will use the information that was learned from lesson 1 such as working with fellow teachers and using other educators to help gain constructive critsim to help me grow. Taking pointers from other educators will only help me grow and add tools to my tool box. In the future I plan to incorporate clearer directions and use technology more within my lesson. This use of technology allows the students to hear and watch a different viewpoint rather than just my voice, which may describe information differently and more effective to students. Technology is also something that is huge in the society we live in so showing students that we can use it and learn can prove to be beneficial in later lessons.