6c & 7a

6c: PP 245-265

            This section of the text went further into the elements of a lesson plan. There are many parts of a full descriptive lesson plan and it is beneficial for teachers to create full descriptions of lesson plans especially, for beginner teachers. It gives the teacher a guide and outline of what is to come as well as a place to look if things don’t go right or if you forget something. As a teacher this will be one of the most important things I will do when preparing for a lesson. I have done many different kinds of lesson plans some not so descriptive to really descriptive depending on what the teacher wants. For myself, I need that descriptive lesson plan as a guide, because it helps me be fully prepared and think about how my lesson is going to go and give me some options if things aren’t working the way I planned. It might take more time but it is definitely worth it. I also think as an assessment or another part of an assessment is to have a reflection. One for my students to do on what they learned and thought of the lesson and a reflection for myself of my own lesson and how it went. I really want to be the best teacher I can be and even if feedback can be difficult to take I rather be told what worked and didn’t work then continuing something the students or myself don’t like or learn from.

7A: PP 274-283

The beginning of the chapter talks about assessing students and just as I mentioned in the last entry an assessment I would like to use is reflection. It is really important as a teacher to reflect and assess your students to see what went well or didn’t work and what the students learned. If the students aren’t learning the concept then the teacher needs to change her lesson to meet the common core they are trying to teach. The book mentions many different kinds of assessments such as portfolios, checklist, observations, and rubrics. These are all wonderful examples I would use in my classroom to assess my students. I believe that both the teacher and student are both in learning and teaching a lesson. I really think the students should be involved in their assessments instead of the teacher deciding. I know using one form of assessment or type of lesson plan can be boring so its important for the teacher to change it up. I really enjoy reflections and depending on what we are doing, for example a conference or midterm I would have my students do a portfolio. I would have them pick their best work or work they think they could improve and put it all together to share their thoughts. I would also have individual meetings with students to discuss how they are doing or about different assignments or even as a checkpoint. I also like the idea about giving students a checklist to mark off when completing assignments. Then there area always the quizzes and tests that sometimes we can’t get away from and have to do. This section gave great ideas on different assessments to use, that I would definitely use in my classroom.