Lesson Plan 3 Reflection

 

WHAT?

In our third 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 civics of Ukraine, introducing laws, citizenship and leaders 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 of the civic situation in Ukraine. While reading the sections we pointed out key facts that the students could comprehend. We taught the students about how life is like to be a citizen of Ukraine and how it is similar and different to the U.S. We introduced the students to an interactive activity, the students were partnered up and handed a Venn diagram. The students worked together to put together what was the same and different civic wise with Ukraine and the U.S. The students really exceeded expectations and really enjoyed this. What was a weakness was keeping the students attention when reading long passages. The objectives that were met was RICs.ELA.Literacy.SL.4.1: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions ( one-on-one, in groups, and teacher, etc) with diverse partners on grade 4 topics and texts, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.The students were able to recognize facts that were in the text that was read, and they put it on their Venn diagram in the activity given while working in partners. 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? 

From this Lesson as TC’s we learned that sometimes information is not all kid friendly in terms of the vocabulary used and certain context. Both TC’s have to break down the information to make it more student friendly and easier for the students to retain. This may be extra work but the students need this extra help to actually understand the information being taught to them. We used printouts that took the information we received as Tc’s and turned it into a scaffold piece of what we had retained. This was something that worked and will be used in the future lessons, this is a necessary tool when learning about harder topics.

NOW WHAT?

From this lesson I took away that there could be improvements in the lesson plan writing area of my teaching. This is an essential part of the teaching processes that is used to help layout and organize your lesson. It is the map of what you are teaching and ensures that all areas of a proper lesson are met. I plan to grow on the creation of lesson plans and take the measures to grow in this topic. With looking back at information from this course and guidance of my professor I plan to build on this opportunity to ensure that I am being the best teacher for the students possible. I want to make sure that every area of my professional development only continues to grow and get better.