Phase 2

Reflections on Lesson Implementation

1. Instructional Decisions/Teaching

Overall I feel that I did well on the lesson. My thoughts were somewhat scattered which made my transitions rough but they were not horrible. I also should have had some of my information off of the computer because I was relying too much on the computer. I think it would have worked better if I had used the smartboard because then I could have written the words and the definitions down for the students to see. The different activities that we did worked really well and helped the students learn. I also should have done more informal assessment throughout the lesson to make sure they were really understanding the information. The alignment to the objectives and standards were maintained very well. By the end of the lesson the students were able to identify the major parts of the digestive and respiratory systems. They were even able to describe some of the parts which is more than the standards expected for this grade level. I did not really make any modifications during the lesson, the only change I really made was not going over the diagram of the body as much initially. The videos that we watched explained it better than I would have so I didn’t feel I needed to keep explaining. What I should have done was watch the movie and then have the students point out the parts before moving on to the other activities.

2. Mechanics

The only technology I really used was the computer. However, on the computer we did a few different things. We first used it to watch a video about the system and then talked about the main parts. Then we went to an academic website to take a play some games and take a quiz. Something that I should have done was have the students take a screenshot of the quiz after they took it, then I could have used it as part of the assessment. My lesson was too short because at the beginning I thought I was taking too much time so then I rushed through part of it. I think I would have been better in the correct time frame if I had set specific times for how long we would be on each of the websites. This way I would have also been able to give the students more time to go back to the parts that they needed help on.

3. Assessment of Learning

For the diagrams at the bottom of this section I would just point to a part and the students would tell me what the part was. Another way I could have done it would have been to print out the pages and have them label the parts. My students had a great level of success in achieving the standards for this lesson. However I think if they were actually second graders they would not have had such a high level of success. Based on my reflections and my classmates comments my lesson was solid but it could have had a lot more support. We went through the lesson quicker than I thought we would and I was not prepared for that. I also rushed over some of the explanations because I knew that they already knew the parts of the system. I had a lot of good activities and information but I rushed through it all.

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