Savannah Holtz

October 12, 2014

EDE 4941.013
Professor Andrea Willson
Observation Reflection #1- CT Observation of a Lesson on Similes, Metaphors, and Idioms
Reflection
1. What aspects of your lesson were implemented differently than you
planned? Why did that happen?
There was nothing that changed during implementing this
lesson; it went as planned and was very smooth.
2. If you were going to teach this lesson to the same group of students,
what would you do differently? Why? What would you do the same?
Why?
The one thing I would change for this group would be to limit
their color choice and have them use highlighters instead of liner
markers. I would change to this to allow them less waiting time
between lesson sheets and poems as well as keep the passages
connected for notes. The one thing I would do the same would be the
use of poems. It really interested the students and made the lesson fun
for them.
3. What surprised you in your lesson?
One thing that surprised me about my lesson was how much the
students liked the poems I picked out for them.

4. Describe an instance or particular encounter that comes to mind. Why

did you pick that instance? What is so perplexing about that particular
moment?
The event I picked was how off tasks this groups of kids was how
much they were calling out ideas. This groups never normally does this
but it allowed me to realize I need to work on classroom management
this semester and get better at how to redirect students.
5. What connections can you make to your lesson today from your
coursework, the literature, and any previous lessons or experiences?
The biggest connection that can be made is to my instructional
planning class where we are learning about the focuses of planning a
worthwhile lesson.
Analysis
1. To what extent did the students learn what was intended? How do you
know?
The students learned everything from this lesson that was
possible. I know this based on student response on the last poem
which as a little harder them the first few selections.
a. In what ways were your teaching methods effective? How do you
know?
The teaching method was effective in the way to keep the
students interested and engaged with the use of poems based on
their reactions to the material.
b. In what ways were your activities effective? How do you know?
The activity was effective in the way that it presented
identifying key elements of text using a color coding method.
c. In what ways were the instructional materials effective?

Having the student use colors for color coding allowed

them to easily see what type of element was in the text when
they we asked after they read.
d. How did any special considerations of the accommodations affect
the lesson?
Since this was a small group of on-level students I did not
offer any accommodations for these students.
2. Identify an individual or groups of students who had difficulty in todays
lesson. How do you account for this performance? How will you help
this (these) student(s) achieve the learning objectives?
There was one student who had difficulty with this lesson toward
the beginning. As soon as I noticed I focused my instruction to me for
explicit when giving direction and he was able to meet the learning
objectives.
3. Identify an individual or group of students who did especially well in
this lesson today. How do you account for this performance?
There was one student who sailed through identifying the
elements for the objectives. I accounted for this once I noticed her
excelling my having her wrap up the conversation my giving her
thoughts as well as going in depth with her explains to make sure she
was understanding the material.
4. Based on what happened in this lesson, what are the next steps? What
do you plan to teach next to this class? Be sure to explain how you will
use information from this evaluation in future lesson planning?
The next step for this lesson is to integrate it with another
subject such as science or social studies to have the students notice

cross curriculum elements that are shared. They then can use this to
break down information in books about all different topics.