1. What are two specific things you thought about your instruction while watching your video? (Specifically note one that you consider positive and one that you consider an area of needed growth)
a. Why did each of these things catch your attention? b. For those that are positive, why do you think so? c. For those that are areas of needed growth, i. Why do you think so? ii. How might you address this? One thing about my instruction that I noticed I did well was explaining my instructions and expecations to my students. One thing I noticed that I could improve on is making sure students are engaged and on task during independent/partner work time. One thing I try really hard to do is make sure my students know what I expect from them. In third grade, we are trying really hard to hold students accountable for their learning. I make a concious effort to explain every little thing I want them to do and I have learned never to assume a student knows what you want them to do. Because of this, I have gotten in the habit of explaining everything, even if I think they know. I am happy to see that in this lesson, that it looked like my students understood what was expected of them and what I wanted them to do. One thing that caught my attention that I still struggle with, is montioring student engagement. I still get caught up in my teaching that I sometimes do not notice bad behavior if it is not distracting to me. When groups of students work at the low table in the back of the room, they tend to be off task a lot. That table is kind of tucked away and hard for me to monitor so students easily get away with being off task there. 2. Was the standard-based objective met for this lesson? What specific evidence from the video supports your conclusion? I believe the objective was met for this lesson based on student responses on their worksheets. They were able to find similarities and differences between the two texts. When we came back after partner work, students were able to identify multiple similarities and differences between both White House articles. 3. Were all of your students engaged? a. If so, cite specific evidence from the video. b. If not, how do you know they were not engaged? Cite specific evidence from the video. I feel like most students were engaged during the whole group lesson but they got a little off task during partner work. Like mentioned before, the back low table is an area where students get away with being off task. 4. Were you satisfied with the level of student participation? a. If so, why? Cite specific evidence from the video. b. If not, how could you have improved it? I was satisfied with how many students raised there hands to share their responses to the similarities and differences of the articles. One little girl who rarely particpates in whole group lessons asked me if she could share a response. Of course I said yes, and when it came time to answer that question, I made sure to call on her. I am sure that made her feel really good to participate and have the right answer. 5. Were there any classroom management or procedure issues that needed to be addressed during the lesson? Cite specific evidence from the video. a. If so, how were they handled or how should they have been handled? I think in future lessons, the low table will be off limits or limited to just one group being able to work there. When more than one group sits at the table, it becomes too crowded and students start becoming off task. 6. Describe how you planned for and used assessment before, during, and after the lesson. a. Share results of student performance. b. What follow-up was provided after the lesson? Before we started the lesson, I asked students to take out a worksheet they had completed the previous day on comparing and contrasting. They were reluctant to go over it, but I wanted to refresh their memory anyways. As we were going over it, I realized that they were not as good at compare and contrast as they thought they were. I am glad we were able to refresh before starting the new pieces of texts. At the end of the lesson, I had students complete an exit ticket where they told me what they learned, the effort they put in, and challenges they still have on the content. I also implemented a rating scale where they rate themselves from a one to four. Four is understand and can teach it to others and one is do not understand at all. I plan to use this self-assesment strategy in future lessons because of its success.
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