Self-evaluation is a powerful tool that will help you become a better teacher. Reflecting on and evaluating your teaching after a lesson is over will give you insights that will make your future lessons stronger. This evaluation is focused on you as the teacher and decision-maker rather than the student.
1. Did your lesson plan goals connect with your student’s assessment data? How?
Before this lesson, I did not have much assessment data, therefore, I needed to finish collecting the assessment data. I had completed my running records and CRI, but I had not done any of the other OS tasks, the PAST, or the WTW spelling assessment. This lesson allowed me to finish gathering assessment data to use during future …show more content…
What instructional decisions did you make during the lesson that paid off in terms of student learning?
Since I was gathering more assessment data today and playing catch-up, I decided to start with the easier OS tasks and move to the harder ones. We had time left after we finished the OS tasks, so I ended with the PAST and WTW which was a good decision because she really enjoyed the “games” during the PAST and was able to finish strong.
Presentation: Was your student engaged? Were you clear in your directions and explanations? How was the pacing of your lesson?
Shenandoah seemed engaged during the lesson for the most part. After about the third OS assessment, she was getting a little antsy, and by the last OS task, I could tell she wanted to be done (she even asked, “when are we going to be done with the tests”); I had the assessments in the order I wanted to do them, so once she finished one, I gave her the next one with little wait time in between which helped her stay engaged and on task. My instructions were clear; ninety-nine percent of my instructions came straight from the assessment instructions. The pacing of my lesson was quick; I expected to only be able to get through the OS tasks because of how much time it took her to get through the CRI and running records, but she got more done that expected, so we were able to get the “other” section half done as