Pre service Teachers Name: Katharine Tsoucalas

Mentor Teachers Name: Daniel Addison

School: Toorak PS
VELS Level:
2
Lesson Title: Handwriting
Lesson Time and Date: Friday 13th February 2015; 11.30-12.30pm

Year level: 2

Lesson Aims
At this end of this lesson, students will continue to develop their handwriting capabilities; concentrating on
correct pencil grip, letter formation and use of uppercase and lowercase letters.

Childrens Prior Learning (what do the children already know/what have they covered?)
Prior lessons regarding pencil grip and handwriting.
Teaching and Learning Preparation (resources etc)
Handwriting resource book letter Tt
Session Structure
Lesson Phase
Orientation /Introduction

Further discuss the importance of handwriting and letter formation.

How best to motivate and

explain the importance of
this lesson? This should be
for about 5 minutes with
links to prior learning or
experiences.

Briefly discuss the use of uppercase and lowercase letters in writing.

Teaching strategy/Learning
Activities

Demonstrate the correct letter formation of the letter Tt on the whiteboard.

Show examples of correct and incorrect Tt.

What will support the

students to learn the
concepts you are trying to
teach and to reach the
learning outcomes? How
will you cater for a diversity
of learning needs?

Students are then guided to complete the worksheet Tt.

Once the worksheet has been completed they are to write sentences in their
books using Tt words. Guide students to use the words on the worksheet as
well as Tt words from their useful words book.
Students are to be reminded that the focus of the lesson is on correct letter
formation and not on how much they write.

Conclusion /Closure

Recap on letter formation and check students pencil grip and letter
formation individually as they complete the task.

How will you capture the

main ideas of the lesson?
Recap/revision etc.

Assessment Strategies

Correct completion of Tt worksheet.

Letter formation abilities in sentences they write in their handwriting books.

What assessment strategies

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lesson? These should be
closely aligned to your
lesson aims. How you will
you record student learning
outcomes?

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Pre-service teacher self evaluation

Needs Improvement
Teaching / Learning
Dimension
Introduction to the
lesson

Progressing
Rating

Achieving Well
Comments

Planning &
organisation of
materials, resources
Communication with
students; explanation,
questioning skills etc.
Selection of learning
tasks
Monitoring/assessmen
t of student learning
throughout the lesson
Conclusion of lesson;
transition to next
lesson
Reflection
What was good about this lesson? Why?

How might this lesson have been improved?

What did you learn about teaching and learning (students and your own) from this lesson?

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Mentor Teachers Evaluation

Teaching / Learning
Dimension
Introduction to the
lesson

Rating

Comments

Planning &
organisation of
materials, resources
Communication with
students; explanation,
questioning skills etc.
Selection of learning
tasks

Monitoring/assessmen
t of student learning
throughout the lesson
Conclusion of lesson;
transition to next
lesson

Any other comments: (e.g. learning goals for next teaching activity)

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