Reflections

(Total Minutes) || ** Grade ** || ** Topic ** ||
 * Reflection #1 Student Name: Tiffany Frazier **
 * ** Date ** |||| ** Time **
 * 11/12/09 |||| 30 Minutes || 3 || Continents of the World ||
 * Briefly describe the content of the lesson |||||| The students were working on a packet, which described the different continents and gave them information about them. ||
 * Major instruction method used |||||| Teacher directed with student questioning. ||
 * Instruction Materials Used |||||| Worksheets, crayons, pencils ||
 * Technology used |||||| N/A ||
 * Student reactions |||||| The students answered the questions and really enjoyed when they got to color in the continents. They also really liked learning about the animals on the various continents. ||
 * Effectiveness of instruction |||||| I think the lesson was fairly effective for being a worksheet based lesson. The students were retaining the information pretty well from what I could tell, and they were engaged in the lesson. ||
 * Strengths of Instruction |||||| I definitely think that my cooperating teacher was a big strength of this lesson, because even though the kids were doing worksheets, she did her best to make it fun for them and keep them engaged. They seemed to enjoy it, despite the fact that it was a worksheet lesson. ||
 * Things you would suggest for improvement |||||| I would suggest maybe using more hands on methods or a game for the students to learn the information, instead of just the worksheets. ||
 * If you were to teach this class, How would you do it differently? |||||| Like I said above, I would probably create a game or try to give a more hands on lesson to the students. Perhaps even having a webquest or something for the students to use technology to learn the information. ||
 * If you were to teach this class, How would you do it differently? |||||| Like I said above, I would probably create a game or try to give a more hands on lesson to the students. Perhaps even having a webquest or something for the students to use technology to learn the information. ||

(Total Minutes) || **Grade** || ** Topic** ||
 * Reflection #2 Student Name: Tiffany Frazier**
 * **Date** |||| **Time**
 * 11/18/09 |||| 45 minutes || 3 || Compass Rose ||
 * Briefly describe the content of the lesson |||||| The students created their own compass rose out of a template, and then used it in partners to take a small quiz. ||
 * Major instruction method used |||||| Hands on activity ||
 * Instruction Materials Used |||||| Compass rose template, scissors, glue, black paper, pencil ||
 * Technology used |||||| N/A ||
 * Student reactions |||||| The students really had fun cutting out and creating their compass roses. They also did very well taking the small partner quiz. ||
 * Effectiveness of instruction |||||| I think this lesson was really effective. The students had a great time with the compass roses, and all their quiz scores were really great as well. ||
 * Strengths of Instruction |||||| The hands on activity was a real strength, as was the partner aspect of the quiz. ||
 * Things you would suggest for improvement |||||| I think this lesson was really well done. The only thing I might suggest is to maybe split the lesson into two days, because it was kind of cramped. ||
 * If you were to teach this class, How would you do it differently? |||||| Again, if I were teaching the lesson, I would split it between two days, so the students had time to make the compass rose and then use it the next day. Also, I might add in a powerpoint, showing various compass roses and talk a little bit about a compass, with a science aspect of magnetism and how compasses work. ||
 * If you were to teach this class, How would you do it differently? |||||| Again, if I were teaching the lesson, I would split it between two days, so the students had time to make the compass rose and then use it the next day. Also, I might add in a powerpoint, showing various compass roses and talk a little bit about a compass, with a science aspect of magnetism and how compasses work. ||