MS+Post+Lesson+2+Analysis

** Post Lesson Reflection/Analysis **

**Student Name:** Michelle Stelloh **School/place:** Lake Bluff Elementary/ Shorewood School District **Grade Level:** 2nd **Subject:** Reading **Date:** Thursday April 28th, 2011 **Lesson Title:** The Chalk Box Kid- Ch 7

====1. As I reflect on the lesson, to what extent were the students productively engaged? ====

a. The whole group was engaged throughout the entire lesson. At times there were students talking out of turn, but they were discussing different topics from the story. They were almost having a little debate; it was very interesting to see their different points of views and inferences on the story and how their comprehension differs as well. The students all participated in the lesson activity and read aloud as well. For the most part, they were fairly cooperative and engaged in the lesson.

2. Were my instructional goals met? Did the students learn what I intended? How do I know, or how and when will I know?

a. The lesson’s focus was on reading fluency to enhance student comprehension of the story; I also wanted the students to focus on reading punctuation properly and appropriately to also enhance their fluency and comprehension. My instructional goals were met; the students did an excellent job reading punctuation and fluently; especially with question statements throughout the reading. Students were really doing a wonderful job raising their voices at the end to make it sound like a question. There were a few times students were asked to stop and reread sentences and to look more carefully at the words and punctuation within sentences. Also, the lesson activity at the end was a comprehension/prediction item. I know the students understood what they read in the chapter by their responses on the handout they filled in afterwards; the students groups had different, but also relevant ideas for the worksheets as well. 3. If I had the opportunity to teach this lesson again to this same group of students, what would I do differently? Why?

a. One thing I would work on with this group is a little bit more classroom management. I started out the lesson and they were all eager to participate, but it was difficult for me to take the stage back over because they all wanted to share their thoughts and opinions. I would have liked to remind them before beginning that only one person should be talking or reading at once, and to raise their hands and wait to be called on. I think since the group was so small, they felt it was more intimate and could share on their own. Other than that, I think the lesson went fine and all of the students were engaged and participated very well.

Student Work Samples: Low: I see this student as performing rather low for this particular assignment and objectives addressed within it; Compared to the rest of the students' work, this student performed rather poorly. The student attempted to answer the questions but seemed to only be able to formulate one simple statement they recalled from the story. This problem may stem from the student's comprehension of the story being read; it is possible this student had a difficult time formulating answers because they were unsure what events occurred throughout the section of the story being read.

Average: In relevance to the objectives and standards addressed in this activity, this student performed fairly well. The students were asked to answer the questions after we read the whole chapter as a whole group. The student answered the question with a few different observations and inferences post-reading the chapter. Student comprehension of the story was a focus for this lesson, and by the answers given, I can see that this student understood the basic concepts and events from the story.

High: This student performed at a rather high level in accordance with the standards and objectives addressed in this lesson. He made impressive inferences from what we read in the story and formulated a very well put together answer to share with the class. This student answered the questions clearly, appropriately and accurately. It is apparent to me that this student' is able to comprehend what is read orally and individually by the work he did throughout this lesson.