New Lesson Reflection Template

Math

• Today I introduced the numerical part of equivalent fractions to my students. It went pretty well over all. A few of the students had trouble understanding that you could multiply the numerator and denominator set by any number but you could only divide the set by a number that is a factor of both of the digits. 
• I had each student find a partner or a small group to practice creating equivalent fractions with. I walked around to have each students rate their ability to create equivalent fractions on a scale of 1 (not very confident) to 5 (I fully understand this). I was surprised by how many students rated themselves as a 5. One student rated himself as a 5, but yesterday I wrote his name down as a student that I wanted to focus on. I felt good that I was right about who most of the ones were. While I walked around, I checked answers. I was glad that most of the students stayed on task without any prompting. 
• If I get to go back to groups, I would love to be able to focus on helping the 1's catch up. We lost our aide, so this may mean that I may be at the reading table with the 1's while my teacher supervises activities with everyone else. I bet that the 3's could catch up during an activity like that. I would pair each 3 with a 5. 

Reading

• Here is my reflection from this lesson.

Reading Stations

• The students did well at the inference riddles station. There were a few riddles that I did not understand, but most of those riddles included references to video games, TV shows, and movies. 
• The students did fairly well with the making inferences station, but I helped them to go deeper with the inferences. It was a good idea to have them highlight the clues. 
• I was so surprised by the fact that most of my students have never played Battleship. Because of that, I had to take longer than expected to explain how to play spelling battleship.

New Lesson Reflection Template

• My teacher gave me a new lesson reflection template today. She tells me which lesson to reflect upon. It takes me a while to fill it out, but it goes fairly deep into reflection. We both interpreted the sections slightly differently. I will link my reflections in this blog. 

Quick Staff Meeting

• Some of the teachers met to discuss the Famous Hoosier Project and the field trip. I was happy because they agreed to let me copy the resources from the project even though I will not be here for that project.