Day 3 reflection

My lesson today was a little bit more difficult than the other lessons. I think this might have been mostly caused because students are getting tired of working on their narratives. They don’t necessarily have the motivation or desire to perfect their work and make changes. I was careful to share the specific goal of the lesson in hopes of keeping the students focused. I first instructed the students in writing by sharing with them my own personal narrative. I model the pattern of setting the scene, adding details and explanation, and ending with a take a way lesson. I also instructed them on editing before they were given work time. This meant that all students had something to work on. Some were writing and others were editing. It was difficult to get them interested in making their papers better. Since there were at least 25 students in each class I had to keep moving around the room.

The reading section of the class was a little different today. We finished with questioning and instead practiced a chain of events. I modeled the chain of events using my own personal narrative. The students then made a chain of events while I read “Stellaluna” to them. In the first section we were rushed for time and in the second section I over compensated. We were left with a few extra minutes.  Overall I think the lesson went well. Some students commented on the paper chains being something they did in art class or in second grade. I tried to take a positive spin by sharing that it would be great that they had the experience and they would definitely succeed in the lesson today. Other students were super excited to share their chain at the end of class. Some threw them out and others kept them. The main goal was to keep them thinking about the events in the story and each student tracked me as I read and completed and accurate chain of events. I was very pleased with the outcome.