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REFLECTION, SELF EVALUATION, AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

ELA Lesson 1 Reflection

This lesson went very well. Student response was about 70% so it flowed. Students were very engaged
until it was time to read the poems. This showed me that the material I use for future lessons should be
more interesting for this age group. The lesson did not go as exactly as planned. I was able to do
everything on the lesson plan other than the partnering. This is because the majority of the students
who did not participate were more than the students who did participate. There were 3 active students
and 4 passive ones. The most successful student participated fully. This is because they read along as
suggested and they are very social. Since she is so social, talking about the assignment and giving ideas
was easy for her. The least successful student was unengaged. It was hard for him to find the adjectives
as suggested. Possible reasons could be that he had a bad morning or that the lesson could have been
going to fast for him. For future lessons I will ask him more meaningful questions to see if he is
understanding. An average performing student participated fully but still needed some assistance with
the assessments. Possible reasons for this could be because they paid attention yet didnt ask enough
questions. For future lessons I will individual ask each student if they had a question they didnt want to
ask in front of everyone. Since it is a small group and the activity with the poems was a small activity, I
decided a big group was necessary. Adjusting the lesson seemed to work well. Another thing I adjusted
was the assessment using the Promethean Board. At first, I was going to have students come up with
adjectives on the topic which was going to be weekends. With student input, I decided to change this
one topic to four different topics which were weekends, school, sports, and video games. These topics
were relevant and easy for them to describe. This is was a technique that engaged the students.
Altogether this lesson flowed well. For future lessons, Ill try to be more relevant and creative with
developing an engaging activity.

ELA Lesson 2 Reflection

This lesson was not as engaging as the first but the students seemed to enjoy the content. The content
was on Halloween. When reading the scary short stories, students seemed to be very interested and
were engaged with the suspense. One thing I would change is to make the activity more relatable and I
would expand on the point of the lesson which is comprehension. All 8 students were answering
questions because I took the initiative to ask them. Once successful student volunteered and
participated more than most of the students. A least successful student was not engaged and did not ask
questions. It seemed hard for him to follow along. In the future, I will make sure I pair these two
students to give the successful student something to do while at the same time the least successful
student would be getting help. An average performing student did not participate in the discussion but
she did answer all the questions correctly. This could be because she did not pay attention but used her

reading skills to get the correct answers. I learned from the previous lesson that if I give students the
choice to participate, they may not participate. Calling students names asking them for predictions and
their answers to questions are what makes participation 100%. This lesson was not active and I did not
use technology, but student participation was higher than the other lessons. I will try to use more
technology in future lessons.

SCIENCE Lesson 3 Reflection

This lesson went very well. It did not flow as I wouldve liked for the instructional part but the
assessment part went great. During instruction, students were not filling out their sheets. Although I
played the video twice for this lesson, the students still did not do as they were instructed. I could have
done better by walking around more monitoring if they were on task labeling the cells. Another thing
that I could have done was a more interactive lesson. The video was great use of technology, but to
keep the students interest, I would like to have put some sort of movement into this lesson for students
to be more attentive and engaged. I would have had them build the cell with their bodies as a class to
make sure everyone was involved. Although the instruction during the lesson did not go as planned, the
assessment part was a success. Students all participated in creating their cell. There was one student
who needed more help with making his cell and I did help him, but I could have used that time for
students to turn and talk as I helped him. Another thing I would have done differently was to review the
parts more. I think the students got a general idea of what the parts were but not necessarily the
function. There were about 4 students who were active in this lesson. Only 1 of these students
participated. There were 2 students who seemed to be a bit confused with some parts of the lesson so,
with more time, I would have paired them with another student for them to teach each other what the
cell parts were and its functions. Altogether I am proud of this lesson and took away from it as I do every
lesson. I will try to put more engagement in my next lesson for more student participation.

MATH Lesson 4 Reflection

This was by far the most successful lesson Ive taught. This co-taught lesson really got the students
engaged and interested into the content area. The students were very attentive in the beginning and
participated well with the introduction. When it came to the card game portion of the lesson, students
were engaged and played fair with their partners. I noticed there was peer assistance during the game
as well. Mrs. Jaeger and I paired students based on who they performed the same with. One thing that
went well with this lesson was the student motivation and involvement in the lesson. This was the first
lesson that there was 100% participation. I will use some sort of collaborative game in future lessons
that will highlight more student engagement. One thing that did not go so well with this lesson was the
students questions towards the lesson. There were a few students who did not understand the rules of
adding positive and negative integers but they did not raise their hand to ask questions. The way I found

out was by walking around monitoring the game. If I were to teach this in the future, to promote better
student learning, I could make sure I call on all students who may not be participating to make sure they
get what is being taught; or I could wait until the independent work time and sit with them one-on-one
to go over what they may not understand about the content. There were 4 students present for the
showcase. 2 of them did very well with understanding the rules of adding and subtracting, 2 of them
understood the rules but performed on an average level while mixing up some of the math, and no
students were low performing. All four needed more assistance. I attended to their assistance by having
their partner explain rules to them as well as using repetition from what Mrs. Jaeger taught at the
beginning. Overall this lesson was a success and I will definitely use elements and accommodations from
this lesson for future lessons.

SOCIAL STUDIES- Lesson 5 Reflection

This lesson showed a mature side of the class. This was a co-taught lesson between my cooperating
teacher and I about the Holocaust. The subject was a bit touchy so we did not know how to approach it
at first but we ended up numbing it down to where the students would be able to affectively work from
it. The beginning of the lesson loosened the students up because the letter surprised them. All of them
participated in the discussion because they felt very strongly about what was said in the letter. They
expressed their opinions boldly and this showed me the more talkative side of the class. Students spoke
up who normally did not speak up. I think this was because it was on a level that they could relate to
since the material in the letter mentioned taking away things that are of value to them in this time. Next
we started the video. It was very quiet during and after the video. I could tell most students were not
expecting that type of material. They thoroughly filled out their Venn diagrams and really had rich
discussions with their partners. There were only two students who did not participate well in the post
discussion of the video but those two students did a good job drawing the comparisons to bullying. This
school has been focusing on bullying for a while and they have discussed bullying with my cooperating
teacher in the past. Choosing a lesson that was on this subject matter helped students be able to talk
out more and express more in their drawings in writings. There were 8 students present. 7 of them drew
pictures and one wrote a poem. By looking at their work, they seemed to have understood the
treatment of Jews in the Holocaust and did meet the objective I set. In future lessons, I will use more
resources to better explain the subject area to give students something to write/draw about in a more
detailed fashion. The flow between Mrs. Jaeger and I went smoothly as before so I am comfortable with
how this lesson turned out.