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Time
3 mins
1 min
5 mins
4. Guided Practice
5. Independent
Practice
6. Assessment
Methods of
all
objectives/skills:
7. Closure
3 mins
comprehension)
Reflection on lesson:
This was my first time teaching a lesson this semester and I didnt really know what to expect
from myself or my students considering I hadnt been with them for very long. For the past
couple of weeks, they had been working on the different types of text structures such as
problem/solution and compare/contrast. The group of students my CT had singled out for me
were having the most trouble on cause & effect relationships, which is why I decided to do my
lesson on that particular text structure. All of the students who participated were able to name
all of the text structures that had been talking about in previous lessons. Some of them had to
look at the table set up behind me that listed all of the text structures but once they recognized
them, they were able to give me a few examples. As I was sharing a few examples of a cause &
effect relationship, a few of my students felt confident enough to come up with and share their
own. A couple students struggled with forming their sentence, but were able to put it together
after a bit of time. I had also asked them to state the cause, the effect and the signal word in
each of their cause & effect sentences or statements, all of the students were able to do so. After
I handed them the House Rules worksheet done in the guided practice section, I had them read
the passage out loud together and focus on the cause and the effect of the different events. 2 of
my students were reading at a faster pace than everyone else so I had everyone stop reading so
I could tell them to slow down. 4 of my students participated in the group read aloud while the
other 2 students didnt orally read the passage. After we all read the passage aloud, I had them
answer the five questions as a group. 1 student gave me an incorrect answer so I had them go
back in the passage and locate where the answer would be and corrected themselves.
Afterwards I handed them each another worksheet, similar to the one they had just completed,
for their independent practice. The students were to read the passage, underline any signal
words that helped them understand that the author was showing a cause & effect relationship,
and answer the four questions at the bottom. 5 of the 6 students underlined words or whole
sentences in the passage. I had one student however who did not. I asked him how he was doing
and told him to remember to underline signal words or phrases that related to cause & effect
outcomes. Unfortunately he continued not to underline anything in the passage. I noticed that
the students underlined the correct signal words, but also phrases that didnt necessarily pertain
to cause & effect. In the future, I would either reteach the lesson in more depth or have a oneon-one conference with each student about what they are having trouble with. After everyone
was finished, I had them turn their worksheet over and go back to their seats so I could grade
them. 4 students got every answer correct, 1 student missed one, and 1 student missed two.
Overall I thought my lesson went very well. I really enjoyed teaching this topic and the students I
worked with.