This document summarizes a teacher's reflections on a lesson where students analyzed features of non-fiction texts. The teacher notes several areas for improvement, such as providing clearer instructions, ensuring all students are engaged, having students cite evidence from the text, and facilitating whole-class discussion to understand student thought processes. The teacher also recognizes the importance of acknowledging student work and revisiting lesson objectives.
This document summarizes a teacher's reflections on a lesson where students analyzed features of non-fiction texts. The teacher notes several areas for improvement, such as providing clearer instructions, ensuring all students are engaged, having students cite evidence from the text, and facilitating whole-class discussion to understand student thought processes. The teacher also recognizes the importance of acknowledging student work and revisiting lesson objectives.
This document summarizes a teacher's reflections on a lesson where students analyzed features of non-fiction texts. The teacher notes several areas for improvement, such as providing clearer instructions, ensuring all students are engaged, having students cite evidence from the text, and facilitating whole-class discussion to understand student thought processes. The teacher also recognizes the importance of acknowledging student work and revisiting lesson objectives.
Time: Celebration/ Struggle, Question: Claim about teaching:
2:44 Question: Based on the title Next time, since my students
would you think this text is are higher achieving students informational or literary? asking the question of “what Narrowed the answers kind of text do you think this instead of striving for higher book is based on the title?” order thinking. 3:15 The comment of “Sciency” DO NOT SAY THAT! 3:56 Instruction: On the back of Students started listing some your whiteboard, go ahead that they knew rather than and do a picture walk of the ones that were in our specific book and write down some text. non-fiction text features” *clearer instruction of expectations of students 4:45 Struggle- students didn’t Good to have a helping guide struggle but it was good to for students. have a reference/ guide for struggling students potentially 6:00 Student struggling: He was Paying attention to all not even on task. students to make sure they are all on the same pace. 7:55 When reviewing non-fiction Having students search and text features- SHOW ME prove where they got an where you found it in the answer from. text. 14:47 INTERACTION- Sitting and Important to facilitate observing students reading conversation in order to and writing rather than understand the processes rotating and discussing. and thoughts your students are going through. 24:02 Students responded to only All students should be one student with supported- next time acknowledgement or support facilitate a way for everyone for his response. to agree or ‘marshmellow’ clap for a student after they share their relationship. 24:37 Good acknowledgement of a Showing a student that you student’s hard work, she notice and pay attention to really showed her mastery of their hard work helps their the objective. self-esteem. 25:50 Finishing the lesson- an Recent knowledge- awkward dismissal importance of revisiting an objective.
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