Abby and I did our lesson plan number one with two students, the lesson was on story mapping.
The lesson went well. We were able to get all that we had planned done. We introduced ourselves to the students and played an ice breaker with them so that we had a chance to get to know them alittle better. Abby and I also did a reading interest survey with the students so that we could get a sense of how much they like to read, and to understand their reading habits better. We came up with an expectation chart with the students and had everyone sign it in order to agree on group rules. For the lesson, we read the book “Soap Soap Soap” by Elizabeth O. Dulemba. While reading the story to them we would ask reading comprehension using the CROWD strategy. The students were able to answer all the questions correctly. After reading the story we moved onto the story map. We had a large version of the map on an anchor chart. We did it together with them, asking questions like “Who were the characters in the story, what was the problem in the story, and what was the theme”, etc. Once we finished the story map together we gave them an individual assessment. The assessment was story map questions but in numbers form, not story map form. The students were to complete the questions based on our anchor chart story map. The only area of weakness I would say we had was time. At the end we did not have much time for the students to complete the assessment, so it seemed like they had to rush a little bit but they ended up finishing them anyways.
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| This was our treatment agreement that we came up with together at the beginnig to agree on rules and agreements. |
All objectives were met, we have this evidence from their independent assessments, which they both did well on and did all correct, and by them answering our questions during the story and story map.
From this experience I learned that while yes it is good to take time on each part of the lesson, adn to make sure the students are understanding what they are doing, it is also important that you make sure as the teacher you are not taking to much time on a certain part of the lesson, because you can quickly fall behind.
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| This is the book we read together and a page from the story. |
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| This is the assessment we gave to the students to complete individually after completing the story map with the togehter. |
This is the story map we did together with the
students after reading the story.
This ecperienmce will help me plan, teach and assess in the future by being more mindful of time, I want to make sure that in teh future the students are not rushed while doing their assessment.
