Lesson Plan 3 Reflection

During this lesson plan I wish I would have added a game or something to engage my student more. She is very advanced in reading and going over the book and having her write words seemed to not be challenging enough for my student. In my future lesson plans I want to work on engaging my student more and create or find a fun game that will not only challenge and engage her but also allow her to have fun while learning. I also did a running record with my student during our time together. She did amazing! I had her read the story Dr. Gurjar provided for us in class. The very first time she read it she didn't stumble or need help at all. As an educator, its becoming challenging for me to come  up with lessons that challenge my student, but don't challenge her beyond her ability. Finding that happy medium is hard for me right now. One thing I might think about doing in the future is having back ups. Have a back up activity that is harder than the original one I brought and if the original activity is too easy for her go to the back up one or have a modification ready that will challenge her more. My student continues to blow me away with her ability, I love it!

Lesson Plan 2 Reflection

During my time with my student and while implementing my phonics lesson plan, the spelling assessment, and the high frequency word list I learned my child is really quite smart! Reflecting upon this lesson I learned I need to improve on making my lesson plans more challenging for my student because she has such a strong literacy foundation. Everything went very smoothly during this lesson plan. I definitely got a better grasp on the content to include in my next lesson plan. My student was also pretty shy the first couple times we met but this time she really seemed to open up to me more, which I really enjoyed. I also discovered my student focuses better if she is sitting at a table rather than on the floor in the busy hallway. Even though my student does an amazing job of staying focused its still distracting sitting in the hallway with other students and teachers passing by. Since I was able to grab a table this time my student was more engaged and more focused on me, the book I read to her, and the lesson activity we did together. Knowing more about my student and watching her become more engaged makes me excited to write lesson plans for her and continue to work with her more!

Lesson Plan 1 Reflection

                 In my first visit to Cunningham, one thing I learned about my student that I thought was important to consider when writing my lesson plans is she has a good grasp of letter recognition and letter sounds. This is important because it shows me that she has a good foundation for literacy learning. When writing my lesson plans, since I am only working with one child, I want to try my best to personalize the lessons towards my specific child to make learning more enjoyable for my student. Since including books in our lesson plans are a super important aspect I want to choose books that excite my child. I will get the books I need to use for my lessons either from my personal library or the UNI library. When I am thinking about the book to use I most importantly consider what I am trying to teach the child or what that specific lesson plan is directed toward. I want the books I use to enhance the learning process. Of course I also take into consideration the child's interest but it is most important to me as a teacher that the book is purposeful when considering the specific lesson or activity.
              If I discover that my student is struggling with a certain task I want to find a way to strengthen my student in the areas that they are weak. In order to do this, I will make sure I involve what the student is weak in in every lesson plan I do with the student. At the end of my literacy field experience teaching my goal is that the student I worked with has stronger literacy skills, especially in the areas she was weak. And of course have fun reading and learning! 😊