Teaching On Halloween Reflection

Teaching on Halloween, was a different experience. It helped me understand how the students are affected and influenced by the things surrounding them (environment, their dress, the holiday). I learned that when teaching students on a holiday, or any day different than the norm, instruction must be more interactive and accommodating to those changes. Teaching on Halloween was harder than I expected it to be. I had to test my flexibility skills and practice adjusting in the moment. I also learned that if I include the student’s interests (their costumes, anything related to Halloween) in instruction, they are going to be more likely to be engaged. I learned to try to use the distraction as a way attain the student’s attention during instruction. In reference to the scholars, I learned more about their learning abilities. Even though there were lots of distractions and different behavioral problems throughout the lesson, I was surprised that most of the students were still engaged and could complete the assessment with accuracy. I thought that most of the students would be lost, …show more content…
I uncovered that two students needed a reteach on place value disks. During the instruction, these two students were drawing flats (100), quick tens (10), and disks (1) in the place value chart instead of place value disks. These students needed a reteach on the foundational skill of place value disks. I also uncovered that one students needed a reteach on the lesson concept. This student did not understand how many ones make a ten and how many tens make a hundred. They also could not identify the value that each disk represented when in the place value chart. This students’ needs a reteach on place value disks and how to use those disks to represent a