Bayli Price

3/14/18
Small Group Lesson
Identify the area/aspect of literacy you are choosing to develop/support and an explanation of
how you determined this need within the class you are teaching, including references to
curriculum, student performance, and classroom climate/environment

- The subject that I used for my small group pull out instruction was figurative language. I
had just taught the whole group lesson on this subject prior to this small group. The
students had to take a succession of 3 assessments on their Mastery Connect for their
unit and the first one happened to be on figurative language. The teacher allowed me to
see the student’s grades as they were completing them to give myself an idea of how
effective the lesson I just taught was. The majority of the class had met Benchmark and
some had obtained Mastery, but there were two students that scored pretty low, showing
me that they didn’t quite grasp the material. The teacher gave me two worksheets with 5
questions and a laminated guide of the types of figurative language. I pulled the two
students to the back table while the rest of the class was working on their Mastery
Connect Assessments or their Book Club test. I first asked if there were any specific
types of figurative language that they didn’t understand, and onomatopoeia and
hyperbole were mentioned. After giving a brief summary with examples, we started to
go question by question on the worksheet that they had and talked through each phrase
and the answer choices. I first modeled one of the questions and answers and provided
text evidence to show why that was the correct answer. Then I rotated on calling on the
students to answer the questions and had them provide evidence as to why they think the
answer they chose was correct. If they did get it wrong, I reread the phrase and asked
them to look back at the definitions that were on the laminated guide to see if what they
said matched what the definition or example meant.

Provide the materials required to implement this instruction, including student and teacher
resources

- The only materials I needed were: 2 worksheets and the figurative language laminated
guide

Include the intended/hopeful outcomes of this intervention

- My hope was that the students would have a better understanding of figurative language
and how to use it both in literature and poetry and that they would be able to correctly
recognize and identify them in examples. Since I had just taught a whole group lesson on
this subject, I wanted the information and remediation to be fresh in their mind.
 Bayli Price
3/14/18
Small Group Lesson

Complete a reflection on the results (both successes and challenges) of the implementation of
this intervention and modification you would make for future implementations (to be completed
after clinical experience)

- I think that the students did have a better understanding of the material and what
figurative language was by the end of our small group session. The main challenged I
faced was the fact that I didn’t know or expect to have to teach a small group lesson after
I had already taught my whole group lesson. I of course didn’t have a lesson plan written
for that, so not having something in front of me specifically for the small group made
my ideas a little jumbled. I referred back to the laminated guide that I was provided as
well as back to the lesson activity that I had just taught. I never would have guessed that
those students didn’t understand the material unless I had seen their assessment scores
because they did fine in the activities and independent practice that I gave them. I think
the best part of this small group was actually getting to experience it and be able to
independently lead it on my own. The teacher had complete trust in my ability as a
“student teacher” to lead this small intervention with her students; it made me feel really
proud of myself for being able to do that on the spot and being successful with it.