Blog Phase III Lesson Plan 3 Reflection Questions

Lesson Plan: I. Rationale & II. Overview Reflection: Assessing Prior Knowledge and Planning Instruction

What do the students need to know prior to the lesson?
What my students need to know prior to this lesson is the people who work in the community such as police, nurses, doctors, teacher, and others.

How will prior knowledge and experience be assessed?
Prior knowledge will be assessed by having them go to the front of the class and act out a community helper for their peers to guess who they are. 

How will you use this information in the planning process?
I will use this information throughout the lesson by having the students look for information of a community helper.

When will the lesson be taught in the course of the school year? Why?

This content will be taught in the beginning of the school year when I teach the lesson of why it is important to help others in the community. I think it should be taught at this level because students are getting into helping each other in their community and how they can work together to get things done and who are community helpers where they live. 

Lesson Plan III. Implementation Reflection: Designing Instructions:

How do the instructional methods align with what you know about best practices (think about your methods classes)?
My instructional methods model activities the students can do as a whole class. It gives students an opportunity to learn and hear other ideas.

How are you engaging students in creative and higher order thinking?
I am engaging students by having them chose a random helper and acting out in class like charades. This will interest students to do the activity and learn about community helpers. 

Lesson Plan: IV. Assessment Reflection: Planning Assessment:

 
How does the assessment demonstrate that the students have been successful in learning the content?
The assessment demonstrates that the students have been successful in learning the content by giving a flashcard on "I have, who has" and having them share so I can assess with my checklist.
How does the assessment demonstrate that individual student needs were met?
The assessment demonstrates that the individual needs were met by using the checklist to see if students identified the community helper that was given. 

Lesson Plan: V. Materials & Resources Reflection:  

How does your lesson meet Standard 1: Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity?

This lesson meets standard 1 by allowing to chose a community helper to act out and the classmates having to guess who they are. 

How does your lesson meet Standard 2: Provide Digital Age Learning Experiences and Assessment?

This lesson meets standard 2 by giving students resources to look into a community helper and provide more information in what that person dose to help. 

How does your lesson meet Standard 3: Model Digital Age Work & Learning?

This lesson meets standard 3 by modeling on the doc camera and guiding students in how to navigate the website that they will be using throughout the lesson. 

How does your lesson meet all four elements of Standard 4: Promote and Model Digital Age Citizenship and Responsibility by: 

- advocating, modeling, and teaching safe, legal, and ethical use of digital information and technology, including respect for copyright, intellectual property, and the appropriate documentation of sources. 

Students will be using online resources to find and learn more information on what a community helper is, what they do, and who those helpers are. So at the end they can be assessed by using the checklist. 

- addressing the diverse needs of all learners by using learner-centered strategies providing equitable access to appropriate digital tools and resources. 

The technology allows students to chose their own helper and learn about them. The website also allows them to read using audio or on their own. 

- promoting and modeling digital etiquette and responsible social interactions related to the use of technology and information. 

Students are working together as a class to identify the community helpers and what they do to keep the communities safe by participating in charades and using the website to learn more. 

- developing and modeling cultural understanding and global awareness by engaging with colleagues and students of other cultures using digital-age communication and collaboration tools.

Students are exploring and using the website to share what they learned about the helper they read in scholastic website. 

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Phase ll: Reflection on Lesson ll Implementation

1. Instructional Decisions/Teaching (InTask Standard # 9): Discuss the implementation process and describe

What went well and what didn't go well during the implementation of your lesson?

- What went well was the whole technology integration. Using the simulation we were able to adapt the worksheet for the students to work on while using the website. What did not go well during the implementation of the lesson was probably the PowerPoint. My peers commented that we could have used more pictures of cause and effect for the students to have some ideas. They also mentioned we could have done an activity for them while we present.  

How well was the alignment to objectives and standards maintained? 

- The alignment to objective and standard was well maintained. The objective stated what the standard was and mentioned to the students in the beginning, middle, and ending of the lesson.

Describe any modifications made during the implementation of the lesson.

- The modifications we made was the launch. Instead of going straight into the PowerPoint, we first discussed what an organism and ecosystem were on the organizer. 

2. Mechanics:What technologies did I use (for the teacher and the learner)?

How were the technologies used (by whom and in what manner)?

My lesson was within the correct time frame 

- The lesson was within the correct time frame because we had a lot of discussion as a class where students had to make an organizer and discuss with a partner. We also had a PowerPoint where we asked students questions based on the graphic organizer. Then we introduced them to the simulation and they were able to explore through it and complete the worksheet and at the end they had enough time to complete the assessment.

3. Assessment of Learning (InTask Standard # 6): 

Include at least 2 digital artifacts that demonstrate what you or your students (peers) have created as a result of your lesson

Describe your students' level of success in achieving the standards and objectives for your lesson based on your assessment.
- The students level of success achieved the standards and objectives when the students had to use the simulation to complete the worksheet given.
- In the assessment students completed four questions reflecting on what they had learned during the lesson and when they used the simulation. 

Describe the level of success you had in teaching the lesson 

- How do your individual reflections support this? My individual reflections support this by students completing the worksheets at a certain amount of time using technology which was the simulation.

- How do the comments from your classmates support this? My classmates mentioned that the simulation which was called Gizmos was very entertaining and challenging for students. They also enjoyed the website and mentioned it could of also be differentiated for students.  

4. What did you learn from designing and teaching this lesson and how will you use this in the creation of future lessons/learning activities.

- Designing and teaching this lesson I learned that there are many available resources and activities that students can use.