Sheree: Lesson Two

Lesson Plan Two:

The Objective for today’s lesson: Students will individually use visualizing as comprehension strategy when reading text by Best Practices in Reading, “Dangerous Storms.”

Students will individually use visualizing as a comprehension strategy while reading text authored by Best Practices in Reading, “Dangerous Storm.” Sometimes students have to make a picture of the story in their heads to understand the story better. According to Strategies that Work, when we visualize, we create pictures in our minds that belong to us and no one else.

What students learned and which students struggled with the lesson?

Students learned how to create images about a story in their head, in order to understand what the author is depicting. Some students had difficulty stating the important details on the worksheet. These students wanted to write all of the details instead of the important information. How do you get students to recognize what is important vs. a minor detail (not as important)?

What did you learn about your students’ literacy practices that extend beyond your objectives?

Some of my students didn't find recognizing the important events difficult. They were able to pull out the important information and move on to the next task without my help.

When and how will you re-teach the material to students who need additional support?

I will re-teach this material to students who need additional support by conducting a mini-lesson first. Some of my students need additional support on how to summarize or obtaining important events/details. However, using the SmartBoard and conducting a group discussion on visualizing was a great way to teach this lesson.

If you were to teach this same lesson again, what would you do differently and how do you think the changes would improve students’ learning?

I conducted a small game on visualizing before teaching the lesson (Guess Who I Am?). Students enjoyed the game, however, it could've been shorter. Pacing is still a hard strategy to learn but I know I'm getting better at it.