Monday, April 2, 2012
Lesson Plan Review (Have you filled a bucket today?)
WOW! That's all I could say after my partner (Jennifer) and I finished our lesson. The whole time we were super stressed out, but we supported each other throughout the lesson and did a great job. We started planning our lesson a day at a time trying to get things settled and together. What we didn't realize was that our due date was sooner than we thought. In two days we changed our lesson and invested a lot of time and work. We had to make sure everything was a perfect as can be. We were so prepared that even if a part of the lesson didn't work out we would still have a back up. We assessed our lesson by grading the worksheet and formatively assessing the scenarios that the students acted out. I thought we did a very good job in discussing kind words and being a "Bucket-filler" rather than being a "Bucket-dipper". There were parts that we forgot out of our lesson plan. For instance, we were suppose to hand out a crossword puzzle to the students while we were handing out their buckets. Overall, I felt really proud of what we did as a team. I thought our lesson was great and we hit every part of the six language arts (reading, writing, speaking, listening, viewing, and visually representing.) I thought that was a PLUS! From the reviews that we received, everyone liked our lesson and thought it was really well planned out. But few students said that our behavior methods could have been a little bit stricter. In my opinion, dealing with 1st graders, you can only be but so strict. Yelling or constantly reprimanding a student is not going to help that student learn. Don't get me wrong some students need reprimanding, but letting the student know that they will be missing out on the fun part of the lesson will get them to stop their behavior for that time being. Something that we could have improved was the amount of activities we had planned for the students to do. It was a little much. But overall I wouldn't change much. My partner and I WORKED VERY WELL together and had LOTS of FUN teaching!
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You did a great job.
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Your lesson was awesome! I loved that their was so many visuals because young kids will really appericate that. Everything you did during the lesson was related to your topic and I thought that was really good :) You are going to make a great teacher!
ReplyDeleteAlicia I loved your lesson. well put together and even with the behavior problems you handled it pretty well. On my behalf your lesson did teach what it meant to be a "bucket filler" or not. I really enjoyed all the visuals and decorating my bucket. Awesome!
ReplyDeleteI loved your lesson. Both of you did a great job! I loved the journals and the little buckets :)
ReplyDeleteI would like to start out as a Bucket Filler!!! This was an awesome lesson as well. Of course I loved making a bucket. Arts and Crafts was always a favorite time for me. I enjoyed the lesson. I also enjoyed our little journals everything was so perfect I just wanted to take it all home and save it for future references. It was a great day to learn about bucket fillers and bucket dippers!!
ReplyDeleteAlicia, your lesson was awesome! The effort you put in really showed! Using the whole ideas of the buckets was very good. You did a great job!
ReplyDeleteThis was a beautiful lesson Alicia! The idea of being bucket fillers and bucket dippers was a great way to encourage positive behavior and treatment of others in the classroom.
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