MS+Post+Lesson+1+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 21st, 2011 **Lesson Title:** The Chalk Box Kid- Ch 1&2

1. As I reflect on the lesson, to what extent were the students productively engaged?
====The students were all actively engaged for the most part, as they were “popcorn” reading the chapters in the book. As I was checking each of the students, I noticed they were following along individually, as other students read aloud. One boy started acting out a little bit towards the end of the lesson; when it was his turn to read aloud, he began to use a silly voice. I asked him a couple of times to use his normal reading voice and he eventually did. The rest of the students did not seem to be distracted by this; they were all still following and reading silently along. I also noticed that when we were answering the questions on the worksheet, most of the students were doodling on their papers with their pencils; this does not show active engagement. ====

2. Were my instructional goals met? Did the students learn what I intended? How do I know, or how and when will I know? Because the students were pretty actively engaged throughout the lesson, I believe my instructional goals were meant. My intentions were to focus on the students self-questioning while reading and I thought they did great with that. We had stopped throughout the lesson and shared different things the students might be thinking about as we read. I also wanted to focus on the student’s reading fluency; they did a great job with this, stopping and pausing in the correct spots for the most part. I did stop them at times if they needed to reread a sentence in order for it to make more sense and practice pausing and stopping at commas and periods.

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3. If I had the opportunity to teach this lesson again to this same group of students, what would I do differently? Why? =====

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One of the things I would like to have done differently is the introduction to the lesson. It was a little difficult because the students had already read the chapters I had planned to read with them, but overall it was good because they were practicing reading for fluency so it was good practice. Another thing I would have liked to do better is praising the students for their excellent expression and reading fluency. I should have stopped students for positives as much as I did for negatives. So that is one thing I would like to focus on for next time. I also would have edited the worksheet I had the students fill out; after the lesson was over, I realized that the questions were a bit confusing and the way they were organized could have been more clear for the students. =====

Student Work Samples: Low: In accordance to the standards addressed for this lesson, this student performed quite low compared the other students in the group. Although he answered some of the questions appropriate and accurately, he did not fully answer all of the questions. Actually, in box number 4 he didn't answer a question at all, he merely restated the question in his own words. The students were asked to answer the questions as we read through the first two chapters; we actually answered most of these questions as a whole group. This student was clearly not engaged throughout the entire lesson and this is evident through his performance.

Average: This student performed rather well with relevance to the standards addressed. He answered all of the questions appropriately and accurately. The only difference between this student and the high achieving student was detail. This student answered the questions plain and simple, which was exactly what the students were asked to do, so his performance is adequate.

High: In relevance to the standard addressed, I believe this student performed at a higher level than their peers. He answered every questions appropriately and accurately with accordance to the information learned through reading the text. This student also attempted to use somewhat complete sentences in their responses and added a bit more detail than the other students as well. We read through these questions as a whole group and answered most of them together as well; it is apparent by this students performance that they were engaged and listening to the comments made by everyone in the whole group to formulate their responses.