Lesson Reflection

Going to placement is one of the best parts of my week because I really appreciate learning from Mrs. Much. Mrs. Much begins class by having the students sit on the carpet, while she explains the lesson for the week. Last week’s lesson was to be able to put events or ideas in order using the words first, next, and last. This week students were learning a whole new lesson. This week’s lesson was to be able to use text features, such as photographs, bold print, illustrations, labels and glossary to find information. Mrs. Much introduces the lesson by giving an example on how students should use text features to find information about their book. Mrs. Much did an exciting countdown “three, two, one start reading” before the student’s silent read

Much then transitioned into vowel teams and I think she does an extraordinary job teaching vowel teams. For her lesson, she starts off having the vowel team on the smartboard with a picture and the sound the vowel makes. She starts off by spelling the vowel team then she gives us word with the vowel team and then she gives us the sound the vowel team makes. For example, for the vowel team –oi she would say o-i, coin, /oi/ and then she would have the students repeat her. Mrs. Much also taught them the vowel team –oy and –ow. This was a great way to teach vowel teams because it helps the students learn to spell it and understand how it sounds. After Mrs. Much taught them the vowel teams she did a practice test with them using their whiteboards. She would say a word and then would ask them to write the suffixes and the sound of the word. For example, she gave them the word splashed and had the students write down the sound the ending makes /t/ and what the actual ending the word uses –ed. Mrs. Much would have a student come up to the smartboard and write the answer on the board, but she would only call on a student who sits quietly and who showed her the correct answer. I love the way Mrs. Much teaches these lessons because it is much more engaging than having the teacher teach the lesson and then having the students complete a worksheet. I remember when I was in elementary school we hardly used dry-erase boards and when we did use them many students got in trouble for playing with the boards. However, I think that the students would get in trouble because we rarely got to use the boards and Mrs. Much uses the boards almost every day and the students are used to them and know exactly how they are allowed to use the boards and if a student uses the board inappropriately she gives them a warning and if they continue she quietly goes over to the student and takes his/ her white