I spent about 6-7 hours after I found out what my topic is researching for the topic, writing the lesson plan, preparing written materials and the flipchart. After receiving the comments, I revised the lesson plan and changed some things in the materials, which took about 30 minutes. It took me about 4 hours (because of the printing on the enveloped problems) to gather needed materials from people and get things from the store throughout the week, as well as to prepare the handouts and envelopes. I also checked the technology, proofreaded materials, and went over the lesson plan a couple of times the day before I taught the lesson.
2. What effect did your teaching strategies have in terms of promoting student learning and keeping your students meaningfully engaged? Give some concrete examples to back up your explanation.
I wanted the students to participate when I asked them questions about inferencing and when we went through the example. All the students were participating in the story adventure with Bill as they had to answer the inferencing questions and then they were randomly chosen to explain …show more content…
Secondly, during the informal assessment of the students understanding on their whiteboards, the students struggled with the first slide as about only 1/3 of them put the right answer, but most of the students inferred well afterward. Thirdly, as I walked around during the investigation, I have seen both understanding and not getting the material as some of them were scaffolding each other (usually the lower reading level students were helped by their higher reading levels partners), or I had to guide the students’ thinking on a right track, when they had some wrong answers in their table.
4. How did you formally assess student learning? What were the results of your
2. What effect did your teaching strategies have in terms of promoting student learning and keeping your students meaningfully engaged? Give some concrete examples to back up your explanation.
I wanted the students to participate when I asked them questions about inferencing and when we went through the example. All the students were participating in the story adventure with Bill as they had to answer the inferencing questions and then they were randomly chosen to explain …show more content…
Secondly, during the informal assessment of the students understanding on their whiteboards, the students struggled with the first slide as about only 1/3 of them put the right answer, but most of the students inferred well afterward. Thirdly, as I walked around during the investigation, I have seen both understanding and not getting the material as some of them were scaffolding each other (usually the lower reading level students were helped by their higher reading levels partners), or I had to guide the students’ thinking on a right track, when they had some wrong answers in their table.
4. How did you formally assess student learning? What were the results of your