Lesson Review Form 5 ECED 329 Name Gabrielle Gregorie Todays Date April 1st, 2013 Lesson Topic

Easter: Positional Words Date of the Lesson March 27th, 2013 9:00am

1. State one objective and describe the ways in which your students met that objective. The objective of this lesson is for students to successfully complete positional words Easter activity, Scavenger Hunt, and have a clear understanding of positional words. The positional words Easter activity allowed the students to practice moving objects around using positional words. After practicing and becoming more confident, students participated in a Scavenger Hunt. The clues for the Scavenger Hunt all used positional words. Students had to refer back to the Easter activity and help each other to find the next clue. These activities allowed students to practice using and understanding positional words, and meet the objective for the lesson.

2. Describe how you sequenced the lesson so that your students were guided from their known experiences to new learning.

The lesson was sequenced so that students were guided from their known experiences to new learning. Prior to the lesson, students were assessed on their previous knowledge regarding positional words. This allowed me to see what level the students were on and were to begin a lesson on positional words. Many students had little understanding, and were able to start this lesson as an introduction. The Easter positional words activity allowed them to gain some understanding of positional words, and practice moving objects around. They enjoyed this activity and wanted to play it again at center time. After the activity, we read an Easter book. They enjoyed The Story Of The Easter Bunny, and it brought up stories and discussion to share as a class. This lead into the positional words Scavenger Hunt, which allowed the students to use their new knowledge of positional words to lead them to the next clue. Overall, the students really loved this lesson. It was such a fun way for students to use their knowledge of positional words and expand to new learning.

3. Describe the kind(s) of groupings you used and the effectiveness of your use of grouping. During this lesson, I used an unplanned method of grouping. The lesson began in whole group instruction. This allowed us to discuss the up coming day, talk about positional words, complete the Easter positional words activity, and read the story. However, when we began the Scavenger Hunt things changed. I had planned on just letting the student who guessed where the next clue was to get up and go and find it. When they would guess the correct answer, they would not know where to go look. It was like they had never been in our classroom before. I decided to let one or two students go and help find the next clue, and bring it back. This worked much more effectively, and the students still had fun. Overall, I did not plan on using groupings, but it ended up being the effective way to complete the activity.

4. Describe one way in which you addressed the individual needs of one child or a small group of children. During this lesson, I addressed the individual needs of the students. One student, Eli, was having a really off day and having trouble staying on task. I had to speak to him individually several times, and ask him to address his behavior. He was very antsy and loud because he was not getting a turn in the activity. Instead of him distracting everyone for the rest of the lesson, I told him if he could do the right thing the whole time the current student participated, he could go next. This allowed him to focus on something for a few minutes so he could participate in the activity. He would have received a turn any way, but by telling him when his turn was coming, allowed him to focus during the lesson. After he shared his turn in the activity, he was much more willing to cooperate and focus throughout the day.

5. If your management of the lesson presented difficulties, what were they and how did you handle them? During this lesson I was presented with minor difficulties. I thought the students would have no problems finding the clues on the Scavenger Hunt. However when they would get up to search the classroom, it was like they had forgotten were everything was. I had to improvise and allow several students at a time to search for the clues. This made it easier for them, and more successful at locating the next clue. Overall there were few difficulties throughout this lesson, and they were handled in an effective manner.

6. Describe your assessment process and the ways in which the process provided/did not provide you with an accurate evaluation of how well the children learned the content. The assessment process of this lesson provided me with an accurate evaluation of how well the students learned the content. Prior to the lesson, students were asked a series of questions regarding their previous knowledge on positional words. Anecdotal notes and comments were recorded on the pre-assessment checklist to provided documentation of the students prior knowledge on the content. During the lesson, students were observed to see if they were engaged, participating, and able to complete the Easter positional words activity. Anecdotal notes and comments were recorded to provided documentation of the students participation during the lesson. After the lesson, the students were assessed to see their overall understanding of positional words. Anecdotal notes and comments were recorded to document the students understanding. Overall, this assessment process provided me with accurate evaluation of how well the students learned the content.

7. Describe the manner in which your lesson addressed more than one of the developmental realms of the child. In this lesson, I was able to address more than one of the developmental realms of the students. The main objective in this lesson was to keep the students engaged and learning about positional words. During the Easter positional words activity, students had to use their fine motor skills to move the objects on the picture board around. Also, during the Scavenger Hunt, students had to use their creative thinking and problem solving skills to find the ten clues. All of the clues used positional words to help you find the next clue. Overall, this lesson allowed me to address more than one of the developmental realms of the students.

8. Identify the dimension of multicultural education (i.e., James Banks notion of content integration, knowledge construction, prejudice reduction, equity pedagogy, or empowering school culture) that was most critical for you

to consider as you taught this lesson. Why do you believe your chosen dimension was most important for this learning experience? I think that the dimension of multicultural education that was most critical for me to consider as I taught this lesson was knowledge construction. This lesson allowed students to build upon previous knowledge, and recall to previous experiences. The activity required students to use problem solving skills and their knowledge on positional words to find the clues. I really wanted the last lesson to be something that was fun, beneficial, and needed. The students seem to always take a lot from the lessons we had, so I wanted the last to be exciting. I feel that students had to use new and old knowledge and piece it together to find the clues. Overall, this was a fun and exciting lesson that allowed the students to expand their knowledge on positional words.

9. When you teach your next lesson, what teaching strategy will you work to improve? Even though this is the last lesson of our clinical, I still have things to work on for future lesson. Throughout the experience, one thing I found difficult was completing a during-assessment. This will be something I can work at in my other practicums, so I am pre-pared when I am in a classroom in the future. Overall, I feel that I will always be working on my teaching strategies and trying to improve. I want to stay up to date with current technologies and studies to provide my students with the education they deserve.

10. How would you rate your implementation of this lesson? I would rate the overall implementation of this lesson satisfactory. I feel that I went above the bar on effort, and tried my hardest to be creative. I really wanted it to be special for the students, since it was my last day. They do not really have full on lessons like I had been preparing, and really wanted to plan something exciting for them to remember. I think it went pretty according to planned, and the students loved it. It was entertaining, appropriate, and a great way to enforce the knowledge learned on positional words. They will be missed!