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Lesson 2-Self Assessment
Lesson 2-Self Assessment
ED 338
Lesson 2-Self-Assessment
Math-Measuring Weight
The teacher is a reflective practitioner who continually evaluates the effect of
his or her choices and action on pupils, parents, professionals in the learning
community and others, and who actively seeks out opportunities to grow
professionally.
An important component of effective teaching is the ability to accurately self-assess after
each lesson. In ED 338 you will be self-assessing using the framework of the five Alverno
Education Abilities and the Wisconsin Standards for Teacher Development and Licensure.
After teaching each lesson, review the questions in each category before writing a
summary response for the category.
lesson. I also walked around during the lesson and visited each of the stations to check-in
with the students and provide encouragement.
The students did not understand that they should have wrote a number under How
many? and the object they chose under Object, and then circle which one was heavier.
I did explain how to complete this section, but I feel if I would have modeled it the
students would have understood it better. I assumed by just providing an explanation on
how to complete this section the students would have understood it but I was wrong. I
needed to have modeled exactly what should have been written on the lines.
My cooperating teacher paired the students together with who she thought would
work well together, and also paired some of the higher achieving students with the lower
achieving students. I also walked around during the lesson to assist students in order to
meet the needs of each student. While I was walking around to check in and assist at
each station, I asked a variety of questions to help students understand weight and which
objects are heavier.
The lesson was carried out as planned. Overall, I feel it was successful in regards
to meeting my objectives for the lesson. The students understood the basic concepts of
weight and were able to properly use a balance scale. In the future I would make a few
minor changes, such as, having less stations and having the students work in groups of
three. I think having just the five stations would have been sufficient. Where many
students had trouble was with stations 6-9 where they got to choose their own objects to
weigh. If I did keep these stations, I would model how to complete the back side of the
sheet and also give them the option to draw a picture of the object they chose instead of
writing.