What did you notice about your students’ participation and learning in relation to your objectives?
After my first reading lesson I was surprised when the students in my second reading lesson reacted differently, but similarly to my initial prediction. The students in my second reading lesson are in a higher reading level than the students in my first lesson. Since they are a bit higher, I think they have done more of the typical practice and it was a little low for the lessons and help they need. Although my mentor teacher is the one who provided me with the students to choose and the lesson to use, I think she gave me more cooperative students rather than those students who need the most help or help in the area of sequencing. I would say that my lesson objectives were met, since they "achieved" the goals.
What were the strengths and limitations of your lesson for supporting your students’ learning?
I think this lesson could have been strong if done with the appropriate students who needed the extra help with sequencing. The lesson I had for sequencing is very similar to the finding details lesson. In my opinion, they do a fairly good job of scaffolding the students to learn the steps to take in order to understand and sequence the story properly. The limitations of this lesson are centered around the inability to increase the difficulty or challenge students further. I really think if there was a way to adjust this lesson, so it was not a cut and dry worksheet I would have been able to adjust the difficulty to reengage the higher level students.
I think this lesson could have been strong if done with the appropriate students who needed the extra help with sequencing. The lesson I had for sequencing is very similar to the finding details lesson. In my opinion, they do a fairly good job of scaffolding the students to learn the steps to take in order to understand and sequence the story properly. The limitations of this lesson are centered around the inability to increase the difficulty or challenge students further. I really think if there was a way to adjust this lesson, so it was not a cut and dry worksheet I would have been able to adjust the difficulty to reengage the higher level students.
What did you notice about yourself as a teacher? What questions do you have?
After the first lesson, where the worksheet worked well I started to reconsider the strength of worksheets and simple/basic lessons. However, reflecting on both lessons I have realized that worksheets should not be discredited, but used appropriately, occasionally and with the right students. Similar to any other lesson, all students learn differently and some will enjoy and learn best through worksheets, while others cannot connect to the worksheets.
After the first lesson, where the worksheet worked well I started to reconsider the strength of worksheets and simple/basic lessons. However, reflecting on both lessons I have realized that worksheets should not be discredited, but used appropriately, occasionally and with the right students. Similar to any other lesson, all students learn differently and some will enjoy and learn best through worksheets, while others cannot connect to the worksheets.
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