Phase 2 : After the Teaching

Phase 2 due date 1 week after you teach your lesson

1. Instructional Decisions/Teaching (In Task Standard # 9): Discuss the implementation process and describe
• What went well and what didn't go well during the implementation of your lesson?
• Overall I believe my lesson went very well.  I was well prepared to teach the content of the lesson behaving all of my materials ready to go at the start of the lesson.  Many enjoyed hearing the story, "The Fisherman and His Wife" as this was the first time they had heard the story and loved the moral or lesson that could be learned at the end. 
• Something that I could improve upon during this lesson is to go more in-depth with the students and describe the parts of a story.  I also received feedback that I spoke too quickly at some points during the lesson.  This is something that I know I am guilty of and will need to improve upon and be conscious of in the future when teaching.  

• How well was the alignment to objectives and standards maintained?
• I created this lesson plan by elected a grade level in which I wish to teach and then selected the Arizona Common Core Standards for English Language Arts that I wanted to teach for that grade level.  I then created this read aloud lesson and lesson objectives based on those standards.  I maintained the alignment of this lesson to the Arizona State Common Core standards by making sure my lesson objective, lesson content, and lesson assessment all aligned with each other as well as with the standard being taught in the lesson.  

• Describe any modifications made during the implementation of the lesson.
• I did not make any modification during the implementation of the lesson.  However, after receiving feedback after teaching my lesson, I should have taken the time to slow down and explain the information being taught to the students a little slower so that they may fully absurd the content.    

1. Mechanics:
• What technologies did I use (for the teacher and the learner)?
• For this read-aloud lesson I used a computer to create a PowerPoint and used a Smart-board or projector to display the PowerPoint to the class.  

• How were the technologies used (by whom and in what manner)?
• For this read-aloud lesson I used a computer to create a PowerPoint in which to share the story, "The Fisherman and His Wife" with the students.  Each slide included a passage from the story as well as included a picture that corresponded with the passage being read from the story.  After the presenting the story and PowerPoint to the students, I had them create their own version of the story "The Fisherman and His Wife" using different characters, themes, and setting.  This activity could also be adapted to have the students work in groups to create a story and then have them create their own PowerPoint to display and share their story.  

• My lesson was within the correct time frame
• The lesson was within the correct time frame because I followed my lesson's expected and planned allotted time frame.  I tried to maintain a clear and steady pace through out the lesson to allow the students time to take notes as well as allow enough time to absorb the story, however I did get some feedback that I spoke a little too quickly and could have slowed down.  

1. Assessment of Learning (InTask Standard # 6): Refer to Assessing Student Learning
• Include at least 2 digital artifacts that demonstrate what you or your students (peers) have created as a result of your lesson
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• Describe your students' level of success in achieving the standards and objectives for your lesson based on your assessment
• The students were successfully able to complete the read-aloud activity in which they had to create their own version of the story "The Fisherman and His Wife" by creating their own characters, setting, and theme for their story.  Students needed to follow along the structure of the story "The Fisherman and His Wife" by creating a story or short sequence of events that included introduction, details to describe action, thought, and feeling, as well as provide a sense of closure to their story.  This was evaluated and assessed through reviewing the students own version of the story "The Fisherman and His Wife".  This activity, lesson objective, and assessment align with the first grade Arizona State Common Core standards for reading and writing.   

• Describe the level of success you had in teaching the lesson
• How do your individual reflections support this?
• I believe I had a great level of success in teaching this lesson and my personal as well as my peer's reflections support this feeling.  I had many positive remarks, with very few improvements suggested.  

• How do the comments from your classmates support this?
• For this lesson our class created a Google Form in which participants in our lesson could anonymously critique how we taught our lesson by answering 4 different questions.  For question number one, on how well I was prepared and what I could improve, both of my group members responded with how I was well prepared and had all materials ready to go for my presentation.  They also both commented how I created an engaging lesson that met the needs of various learners in the classroom.  They also enjoyed the ability to adapt the activity for individual or cooperative work.  

1. What did you learn from designing and teaching this lesson and how will you use this in the creation of future lessons/learning activities.
• I absolutely loved creating and teaching this lesson.  For one, the English Language Arts is one of my favorite subjects and fairytales, folklore, and tall tales are my ultimate favorite.  I grew up with both my parents and grandparents sharing different versions of fairytales and folktales and the lessons that could be learned from them.  I absolutely would love to grow and continue to add and adapt this lesson to teach in the future to my students.  I love the aspect of fairytales as it links many different cultures to one another and multiculturalism is important to incorporate into classrooms.  I would love to incorporate fairytales into a multiculturalism day by having the students research different versions of the same story from different countries to present and share with the class or have different centers for the students to explore different versions of the same story.