Lesson Plan 1 Reflection
For my first lesson plan, I was provided with a Boom Card activity for a specific day of the week. Online learning requires teachers to make sure they get in certain objectives in the 30-minute time limit. For the activity, I was to write a lesson plan about the activity that could be used for students in grades 1-2. For the specific activity, students were completing subtraction problems with one or two-digit numbers. The students would have a certain number of hot dogs and would have to take away the amount in the equation. When making this activity engaging, students had to drag the hot dogs over to the Pirate's mascot to say he was eating them. All students loved this activity, but I had to adapt my teaching methodology for different student's ability level. For some students, I wouldn't need to drag over the hot dogs, but let them do the problem independently. Others had to count aloud with me and drag the hot dogs over to the parrot. The teacher gave me no critiques with this lesson and said I did very well. However, I have some critiques for myself with this lesson. For online teaching, I needed to prompt students more. The students would get more distracted at their house, so sometimes me calling out their name wasn't enough. It would have been helpful to use different words as attention grabbers. Another critique I have for myself is to make sure I'm using consistent language. For each problem, I should say 14 minus 4 equals...and then wait for a student to reply. Instead, I would use other phrases along with this one. My final critique would be to provide more wait time after I talk online. Sometimes my words would be delayed, and I would say too much. The students would get confused, and it felt like I was trying to talk over the distractions of their house. Online teaching is a skill that is never perfect the first time. I would love to get better at it and see where it would take me in the future.
For my first lesson plan, I was provided with a Boom Card activity for a specific day of the week. Online learning requires teachers to make sure they get in certain objectives in the 30-minute time limit. For the activity, I was to write a lesson plan about the activity that could be used for students in grades 1-2. For the specific activity, students were completing subtraction problems with one or two-digit numbers. The students would have a certain number of hot dogs and would have to take away the amount in the equation. When making this activity engaging, students had to drag the hot dogs over to the Pirate's mascot to say he was eating them. All students loved this activity, but I had to adapt my teaching methodology for different student's ability level. For some students, I wouldn't need to drag over the hot dogs, but let them do the problem independently. Others had to count aloud with me and drag the hot dogs over to the parrot. The teacher gave me no critiques with this lesson and said I did very well. However, I have some critiques for myself with this lesson. For online teaching, I needed to prompt students more. The students would get more distracted at their house, so sometimes me calling out their name wasn't enough. It would have been helpful to use different words as attention grabbers. Another critique I have for myself is to make sure I'm using consistent language. For each problem, I should say 14 minus 4 equals...and then wait for a student to reply. Instead, I would use other phrases along with this one. My final critique would be to provide more wait time after I talk online. Sometimes my words would be delayed, and I would say too much. The students would get confused, and it felt like I was trying to talk over the distractions of their house. Online teaching is a skill that is never perfect the first time. I would love to get better at it and see where it would take me in the future.