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Synonyms Vs
Synonyms Vs
Adapted from the Teacher Cadet Curriculum, Property of CERRA—South Carolina © 2004, and/or the Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow Curriculum
John M. Merritt, English Teacher at Kellam High School (Virginia Beach City Public Schools)
Reflection on a Lesson Plan Taught
Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow
Intern Name: Elizabeth Byrum
Lesson Title (Subject/Topic): Synonyms and Antonyms
Date of Lesson Taught: 5/14/21
Cooperating Teacher & School: Ms. Beth Nard; John B. Dey Elementary School
Grade: Third
Time of Day: 1:45pm-2:15pm
1. What steps did you go through to create this lesson? With whom did you talk, discuss, or edit your
lesson?
I reviewed all of Ms. Nard’s material on this topic before constructing my lesson.
2. How did the SOLs and Objectives help focus your instruction?
The SOL objectives helped me narrow my focus on what to teach in this lesson.
6. How effective was the assessment you chose to use? (If no assessment was used, what will the future
assessment be and how will you gauge its effectiveness?)
The assessment was very effective because it caused the students to really think about the topic.
7. To what degree do you feel that this lesson was a success? What evidence do you have for the success
of the lesson? (Hint: Student learning is the key to a lesson’s success!)
This lesson was pretty successful because the students did very well on all parts of it.
8. How did the time spent preparing for your lesson contribute to its success?
The time spent preparing really showed off in the execution of the lesson.
9. If you could do this lesson again with the same students, would you do anything differently? If so, what?
I don’t think I would do anything differently in this lesson. I think it went really well.