Micro Lesson 1 Reflection

 

Micro Lesson 1 Reflections: Assessing Prior Knowledge and Planning

Prior knowledge:

Students will have had a lesson about types of weather and will have received a lesson before this lesson. Students will have prior knowledge and experience of clothing items. I will assess prior knowledge and experience of weather and clothing as I observe how students interact during a group about clothing items. The teacher will also assess by listening and facilitating during group discussions with questions about clothing items. Example of questions: What does it look like? How do you think it would be worn? When would you wear that? This lesson will be taught at the beginning of the school year to help lay a foundation for teaching students about seasons and knowledge about science and geographical locations. This lesson will also help students to know how to dress for the upcoming seasons.

Implementation Reflection: Designing Instructions:

This weather aligns with Arizona State Standards for Science (K.E1U1.4 Observe, describe, ask, and predict seasonal weather patterns; and how those patterns impact plants and animals (including humans)). It also aligns with ISTE Standards by empowering students to be Digital Citizens and use their Chromebooks to complete an assessment. Students become Global Collaborators as they discuss the video and clothes in a group discussion with their assessment. Then students are assigned groups to where they can collaborate with other students they work well with. Technology is used with colorful printed pictures, worksheets, a Nearpod assessment, and a video displayed on the smartboard. Instructions are simple. Gestures and colorful pictures are used to help students. Tactile objects (clothing) are used for the lesson. To end the lesson, students are asked what they learned from the beginning of the lesson to the end of the lesson and why is it important to know what the weather is like, students will have a chance to respond when called upon.

Assessment Reflection: Planning Assessment:

The digital assessment demonstrates that students can differentiate between different types of weather and which clothing is appropriate for that weather. Performance assessment will demonstrate the student's comprehension of instruction and using fine motor skills.

Materials & Resources Reflection:

As an educator, I will reflect on the lesson as I design, create, implement, reflect, and revise the lesson. I will empower students to be responsible Digital Citizens as they log on to their Chromebooks and access Nearpod. As a collaborator and designer, I used information from cohorts and teachers about different applications and videos online to create a lesson. As a Learner of new applications, I created an assessment and trimmed a video to use for my lesson plan. As a leader, I reflect on what I can do to improve the lesson plan. As a facilitator, I used technology to assess my students' knowledge and skills, which also helps me to analyze the gathered information to know and understand the level of knowledge and skills a student has achieved from the lesson.