Unit Plan

Lesson Reflection Form

Name of Lesson: Entertaining
Beginnings
Lesson #: 5

Date: November 22nd, 2016

After teaching the lesson, analyze student performance and your

teaching
by responding to the following questions.**
To what extent did the students achieve the outcomes you
intended?
List specific EVIDENCE/DATA that provides information about student
learning.
Based off of the students assessment, I believe they successfully reached the
objective that was intended to be met in the lesson. They were able to use
their skills and knowledge of entertaining beginnings to edit and revise their
writing to ensure that their beginning was entertaining so that it would hook
the reader. Each student used either a sound, action, dialogue, question or
thought/feeling.
Which of your instructional strategies were most effective in helping
your students learn? Explain how it was effective.
The peardeck was very beneficial for instruction. It helped give me an idea of
how well the students could identify entertaining beginnings and whether or
not they needed extra support. Since entertaining beginnings was more of a
review, the peardeck showed that the students could accurately identify
entertaining beginnings and would not have a difficult time incorporating
these beginnings in their own stories.
How did you provide instruction to accommodate student
needs/differentiation?
In order to accommodate and differentiate for students, when we did the
peardeck quiz I made sure to read each question and beginning out loud.
This helped support the learning of my lower readers or even students who
are unable to see from the back of the classroom. Also, similar to previous
lessons, when the students began their independent work I was a scribe for a
couple of the students who needed the support.
What have you learned from this lesson that will affect your
planning for the next or future lessons in the unit?
Identify any changes/adjustments you made during the lesson.
From teaching this lesson, I learned the positive aspects off have an
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interactive review. The students enjoyed doing the peardeck and it

motivated them to jump into continuing their adventure narrative. It also
showed me the benefits of seeing any confusion that may take place
throughout the review and the perks of being able to take advantage of that
teachable moment.

**Taken from CT State Department of Education-CCT Rubric for Effective

Teaching

August 2015