During my lesson I began with a read aloud of Ten Apples Up on Top.

The students were

engaged and enjoyed the story as was evident from their full participation at 3:38. However I
noticed that students did not make a connection to the activity we did following. Not one student
said that they were putting apples with numbers on top of their own head. This lack of
connection could be due to the majority of my class being a young 5 and first semester
kindergarteners. My supervisor and I noticed this in another read aloud as well. In the future I
want to emphasize the connections between the literature and the activities so that students begin
to see how all of their learning is interconnected.
My assessment did show whether students could count on from a given number and count in
order from 1-10. Throughout the activity I noticed that on two occasions specifically the lack of
speed when cutting out the apples may have resulted in two students not finishing on time and
therefore the assessment would have measured their fine motor skills instead of the cognitive
task. While we are still working on fine motor skills in kindergarten I want my assessments to
accurately measure the objectives. Thankfully one of my other students helped cut out apples as
the first put them in order, and the second student who struggled with the scissors worked with
my CT.
Lastly one of my students cut off a section of her hair, I was utterly lost as to how to react. I
knew I didnt want to call the act to attention in case she would be embarrassed but I informed
my CT about the action and we concluded that her hair could have fallen forward while she was
cutting and it was an accident. Thankfully as well, her mother was the first parent conference of
the night. This was an eventful start to parent conference night but we have coached the student
on remembering to push her hair out of the way before using scissors. Also she now wears a lot
of braids to school, which also ends any distraction her hair could cause.