REFLECTION & REVISION (This part is to be included in your daily reflections after teaching the lesson. How did I feel about my lesson today? If I feel successful, what did I see the students saying and doing that made me feel that way? What changes to tomorrow’s lesson need to be made as a result of today’s class):
This day was very successful. I only had a limited amount of time because they had a special Daily Five. This was a good thing that we reviewed how to write a reflection the day beforehand. I went over each point of how to write a reflection and then the students had a chance to write a sentence of two about the prompt. Many of the responses were the same. For example, many student said they learned about morals and what moral are, but they did not tell me what a moral is or give me any examples. Also, a lot of students said that their favorite part was writing the books. When the students completed writing their reflection, I read their books aloud. There were lots of laughs and giggles, but most importantly the students were very proud of what they created. I had a lot of students come out of their shells because they were happy that their ideas were incorporated into the story. Then it was time for me to go. I had all the students say goodbye to me and even asked me if I could come and teach third grade. I am really going to miss them.
There are a few things that I would do to change this lesson. One thing would be more time because I did not have enough time to reinforce the parts of writing a reflection. Then another thing I would change is that I would have the prompts written on the board and then let the students write for a very long time. I also would have written each activity on the board because we did so much that the students did not remember what we did, or that they were sick. This has been a great experience and I would not change it for anything.
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