(1) Learning target: list the short term learning target/objective of the lesson, along with a short description of the learning experiences section of your lesson plan.
The short term learning target of the lesson that I taught was that the kindergartners would be able to create three letter words with the vowel 'a' in the middle of the word.
For this lesson, I chose four students to preteach this lesson to. These were the students whose status I hope to improve. The students were given 'word lines' which shows them which direction to place the letters (left to right). Also, the students were given cards with different letters on them, most of the letters being those that we have learned so far this year. The consonants are green and the vowel is purple (although the kids don't yet know vowels and consonants) and their jobs it to create a words with 2 consonants and 1 vowel (green, purple, green pattern). Once the students have created their words they will record them onto a piece of paper. Then, when I teach this lesson to the whole group, these four students will be my 'teacher helpers' and the 'experts' of this lesson. They will help me teach the process of creating and recording words and they will also help their classmates if they are having a hard time.
(2) Evidence: describe what students did or said to let you know whether you were successful in meeting this goal (what evidence led you to this conclusion?)
I created some of my own words and asked the students to give me a thumbs up if I had actually created a word (consonant, vowel, consonant) and a thumbs down if I had not. Then I asked students why they thought I had or hadn't created a word and this showed me that the students did understand the learning goal for the lesson. Also, after looking at the student's recording sheets I can see that they were all successful.
(3) Reteach: describe how you could/will reteach the lesson for students who may need extra support beyond what you offered in the lesson, and
I will be reteaching this lesson to these four students before I teach it to the whole class. I will give the students a reminder of the task objectives and ask them comprehension questions about the requirements of a word. Also, I will repeat the questioning process where I create correct and incorrect words and ask them if the word is right or not. Also, I will want to reteach what being my teacher's helper means and what appropriate help looks like.
(4) Extend: describe how you could/will extend the lesson for students who successfully met your expectations (i.e., how will you help students build on what they've already mastered?).
For those students who pick up on this very fast and do not have trouble understanding this concept, I will ask them to try and sound out the words they created. The students have learned the sounds of almost all of the letters we will be working with and I will have those quick students try and piece together the sounds to read the words. Then if students master this I will ask them to circle all of the real words that they created using the letter cards.
3 comments:
Wow! I am impressed on how you pre-taught your lesson to your four students twice before teaching it to the whole class. How did this work? Did you see an improvement in these students? I think that pre-teaching the lesson to certain students is a wonderful idea to boost thier status. I did not take that approach, I knew the students I wanted to boost and then just looked for opportunites to acknowledge their good behavior. I think that your way was probably more successful than mine. Sounds like you did a wonderful lesson :)
I agree with Alexandria. The idea of pre-teaching your lesson to the four specific students that you are hoping to boost is a really interesting one. It is something that I would have never thought of before, but seems like it would be highly effective! How did this work? Were these four students able to be "teacher's helpers?" Were they more active and able to participate in the lesson?
I also agree, great way to make them the stars of the day. Especially for those students that struggle, what a way to make them feel very important and needed for the lesson. I also liked your extension of pushing the students further rather than having them go color or something when finished with the activity.
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