AAWC Lesson Reflection (Completed after EVERY lesson taught)

Select (S):
Identify a lesson and what standards are you addressing

- Listen and understand familiar words and set phrases in very short, simple texts on
familiar topics.
- Read and identify familiar words and set phrases in very short, simple texts on familiar
topics with the help of pictures.
- Use pictures to help us understand sentences.

Describe (D):
What were you trying to achieve in your lesson?

In order to ensure that my students learn about transport I create a full lesson about it.

During the Introduction, I started with morning routine then I start review the words of the
week. I have put some sentences that help students to practice reading.
- Maria Montessori believed that children learn best when they possess background
knowledge about a subject.

- During the active engagement, I started the lesson by showed the students some pictures about
transport such as, dhow boat, train, bus, camel. Then I let them read a short sentence. After that I
used pre assessment, I asked students to put the letters in the correct order to make the word. Then
they share their answer. Last, I showed students the different transport between past and present
and let the students discuss with me about the pictures.

- John Dewey believe that we should link the society with the education, Here I linked the UAE
transport and the past and present transport in the UAE.

- With distance learning, interaction and relationships become difficult between students,
but in this activity, I asked the students questions so that the answer would be collective,
and all students could turn on the microphone to make them feel that they were in the
classroom.
- Waldorf classrooms include a great deal of storytelling, fantasy, make-believe play, art,
drama and crafts. and I used the story in this lesson to support the learning outcomes and
students have fun during learning.

During my formative assessment I used differentiation. I created 3 formative assessment

and I put each student in their level.
What did the students do?

During the introduction, students were interacting with me and most of the time when I
called their name they would respond and answer my questions. During the active
engagement, students were excited to answer the story questions and they answer
together. During the formative assessment, each student did the assessment that
dependence on the level and group in which he\she is in. Then they share results in a chat
box.

Analyze (A):
How well did your teaching relate to the students’ prior understanding?

I used prior knowledge when I review the words and I let them put it in the sentence. In
addition, I practice reading with some students.

How well did you engage the students?

I engage students when I asked them to read a sentence about the transport and interact
with another’s. Also, when I ask some of them to read the sentence in the morning
routine. This method helps the students to interact with each other and at the same time
keep the class organized. In addition, I engage students when I asked them the challenge
question, they feel excited and like the activity.

Why do you think the students responded the way that they did?

in my opinion, the students were able to understand the learning outcome because I used
pictures and online games activates. Pictures help students to understand the concept and
help them understand the new words. In addition, the online activity help students to
implement what they learn during the lesson.

Appraise (A):
Did your lesson meet your teaching goals?
By the end of the lesson, 80% of the students will be able to understand familiar words and set
phrases in very short, simple texts on familiar topics.

Transform (T):
How might you enhance student learning of this lesson in the future?

With the use of online activities, sometimes some small problems arise, so the teacher must make
sure of the activity before the lesson. I got a small problem when I am sharing links with students,
which is that I did not make the activity a "public". I think next time I will confirm more of the
links and I will open them from other computer in order to avoid electronic problems.

What are the implications for your professional practice?

This helps the teacher to be a professional and to have a good lesson sequence. These
problems delay the lesson sequence, and the time is very short in online learning, and
these problems make it more difficult.