GLT Reflection 2

• What did students learn and which students struggled with the lesson?

In this lesson, students were continuing to practice using the thinking aloud strategies I have taught them. Due to the time constraint of a hald day, I was unable to include the rhyming aspect of the lesson. However, the students did a fantastic job of using the pictures to support their predictions and claims and were able to make relevant text-to-self connections.

• What are alternate reads (interpretations) of your students’ performance or products?

The lesson was about how families work and play together, the students who are often times reluctant to participate all wanted to share their ideas. It was nice to see the students feel confident in their answers.

• What did you learn about your students’ literacy practices that extend beyond your objectives?

I saw my students actually wanting to hear what their peers had to say during the conversation and making connections to their own lives. By forming those connections with their peers and the text it will make learning so much easier for them as we continue to learn about different types of families.

• When and how will you re-teach the material to students who need additional support?

Since I was unable to include the rhyming aspect of the lesson, I plan on taking those rhyming sentences and teaching it during calendar time. I feel students are more ready to listen in the early morning and it may go quickly enough to not thrown off the day's schedule.

 

• If you were to teach this same lesson again, what would you do differently and how do you think the changes would improve students’ learning?

Since so many students were wanting to participate and share, I let all the students do so. Next time, I should only call on a few students to share focusing on those students who do not normally participate. I think this would give them the confidence to share their thoughts and ideas about different topics. This would also give me more time to get to the rhyming part of the lesson.

 

• What did you learn so far about implementing your ‘core practice’ and what do you need to do to continue your professional learning?

Again, my students are really taking to learning how "good readers" think. They using the skills and recognizing how the strategies are helpful. I need to continue to model the strategies without expliciting stating what I am doing so that the students can see it happening more naturally.