The Lesson Essay

Elementary Teacher In my opinion, this was a perfect lesson. Students knew all the procedures (going to the carpet at the start of the lesson, and quietly going to their seats afterwards). The room looked great and conducive to student learning. I really liked how the teacher used technology to keep the students engaged. When I filled out the observation sheet, I was only focusing on what I saw, and all the areas were rated as High in terms of student engagement. I feel that the amount of time…

They also asked then teacher the objective or purpose behind the lesson. The teacher explained that the students would be working in groups to find parts of a story or analyzing a story. One of the observer’s questioned the teacher if the student’s had done something like this before. She mentioned the students had done a lesson similar to today’s lesson before. The teacher was questioned if all the students could perform the lesson. The teacher explained that she had already…

At the beginning of lesson 3, part 1 - 0:00, I start with reviewing the classroom rules and procedures. This included Champs at 0.05 and Whole body listening at 1:55. CHAMPS stands for, Conversation, Help, Activity, Movement Participation and Success. This shows the students what is expected of them of each category and helps to have effect classroom management. I allowed for the students to answer questions about the procedures. When reviewing Champs they responded with; their voice levels…

Unit Topic/Title: Early European Explorers Lesson Plan Number & Title: Lesson Plan #1: Key Explorer Vocabulary Indiana Academic Standards: English/Language Arts 5. RV. 3.2 Determine the meaning of general academic and content-specific words and phrases in a nonfiction text relevant to a fifth grade topic or text. 5.RV.2.5 Consult reference materials, both print and digital (e.g., dictionary, thesaurus), to find the pronunciation and clarify the precise meanings of words and phrases. 5.SL…

I chose to record a 25-minute whole group, English Language Arts lesson that focused on the 7-Steps Vocabulary strategy and Sentence Frames. This lesson focused on two selected terms (play and dip) from the targeted story “Pig in a Wig.” As I began the lesson, I activated students’ prior knowledge by asking students if they remembered the two words that they learned the previous week. Students were able to recall the terms and their definition and were able to remember the way those words were…

Describe your planning process. How did you develop your ideas? Please cite research and/or theory that supports your instructional decision making. I originally wanted my students to write and present a self-written story to demonstrate their understanding of “Benchmark SS.1.6.1 - Describe ways in which your own and other cultures express cultural beliefs and practices through stories and/or legends.” However, I later realized that asking first graders to write a story and present it, all in…

Highly effective teachers create effective lessons that engage their students. In my construction class, I know the importance of effective lessons and preparing my students for the next chapter in their lives. Regardless of the course an educator teaches, there is a list of standards provided by the state and districts that teachers must follow. Effective teachers look at those standards and narrow them down to the power standards or what a student needs to know to be successful. In addition to…

Ashbrook, P. (2014). The Nature of Science in Early Childhood. Science & Children, 52(1), 24-25. To begin, this article is very beneficial to all early childhood teachers. It gives tips and advice to teaching young students science, and then explains why something should or should not be done in a science class. The author gives descriptive details as to what teachers in a science class should say to get students to think about science, and to think like scientists. The author then talks about…

Language Arts assessment about Key Ideas and details in folk tales. In this lesson, students are going to read and write stories folktales. The lesson will begin by asking questions to generate student’s background knowledge. Activating students background knowledge provides a way to make connections between the text and their schema Teachers will introduce folktales by explaining there are messages to uncover—usually a lesson (also called a central message or moral ) that helps people think…

The lesson I chose to videotape was a two day writing lesson I taught the second grade students. The focus of this writing lesson was for students to be able identify the overall problem in a reading and find strong evidence that shows how the problem was solved. Then once that strong evidence was found, the students needed to write a written paragraph that answered how the problem was solved. I began teaching this lesson on Tuesday, March 22nd, and began videotaping the last portion of the…