My two
focus students for this lesson were a lot of fun to work with – they both had a
lot of energy and were so willing to work with me. They also made me feel really good because
they were actually interested in the activity, and were very eager to talk with
each other and work together to figure out the meaning of the mystery
word. This – the students’ attitude and
enthusiasm – was the strength of this lesson.
It made everything just seem to come together and made the lesson so
much more fun.
The limitation of this lesson was
our lack of a quiet place to work. We
were in the hallway, which is usually a fairly calm place, but with our timing
today, we just happened to be in the hall when the first graders were leaving
for recess and the second graders were leaving for lunch. Because of this, there were a couple of times
when our work place got very noisy, and the students were extremely distracted,
as can be imagined. I have to give them
credit though – as soon as the first and second graders were gone, my focus
students got right back to work and paid attention to what I was saying.
My students did an excellent job with this lesson, and I am so proud of them for working so well together and staying on task. They were able to identify the meanings of each word, either exactly correct, or very close, and they saw that their discoveries allowed them to better understand the text. One thing I could have done though to create a more well-rounded lesson, is find a greater variety of examples, so that the students are able to get more practice with a great number of different strategies. This is something that I will have to pay more attention to as I go into my internship year. The better and more inclusive my examples, the more my students will get out of the lesson and my teaching.
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