Southern Methodist University

Center for Teacher Education

Intern:

Lauren Johnson

Mentor Teacher:

Irene Barraza

School:

Sam Tasby Middle School

University Supervisor:

Sandra Meredith

Reflection Form
(Complete this form as soon as possible after delivery of the lesson and give to the observer.)

Name:

Lauren Johnson

Date of Lesson:

04/14/16

Grade:

7th

Subject:

Approximate Length of Lesson:

History
45

GENERAL REFLECTION
Overall, how successful was this lesson?
Overall, I believe the lesson was a success. My students enjoyed learning about the womens suffrage
movement and I received good results from the letters they wrote as an assessment.
GOALS/OBJECTIVES
In what ways were your goals/objectives appropriate for your students?
The goal of the lesson was for students to understand Jane McCallums role in the womens suffrage
movement and to use their writing skills in a social studies setting.
In what ways were they not appropriate?
I over planned this lesson and was unable to see that day what the results of my daily assessment.
ASSESSMENT
How effective were your assessment strategies in measuring student achievement of the learning goals/
objectives for this lesson?
Giving the students opportunities to write letters as their assessment allowed me to see how well they
understood the material and if they were just regurgitating information or if they had actually learned.

Would you make any changes to the assessments strategies you used? What changes would you make and
why?
In the future I would make the letter longer and more rigorous after a few more lessons so the students
could take their work to the next level.

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ALTERATIONS
Did you depart in any way from your plan? If so, how? Why?
My lesson took longer than I thought, so my assessment was only halfway done.
INSTRUCTIONAL DELIVERY Respond to these questions for each aspect.
Were the following aspects of your What would you do differently to
instructional delivery effective for all improve the lesson?
students? Why or why not?

Instructional
Strategies

I am still working on
differentiating for different
intellectual levels. This
class is so large that it is
hard to lower and higher
the expectations.

Provide more options and

supplements for students
on different learning levels.

Student
Grouping

My students are paired by

behavior level and
language in this class. It is
hard to keep order, but
they are for the most part
better off in this situation.

I have not established the

classroom community in
this classroom that I have
in others where the
students are better
behaved and more willing
to make the classroom a

delightful home.
Student
Activities

Materials, Resources,
and Technology

I believe the activities were I am still working on

appropriate and suited the making the lessons more
lesson well.
interactive and hands on.

Showing videos on my
projector and using the
handouts has been a huge
benefit this year for me.
These items have been
very handy in the lessons
this year.

I would like to utilize more

hands on items in the
future so the students can
better remember our
material.