Title of the Artifact: Lesson Reflection
Danielson’s Framework:
Instruction
3f. Demonstrating flexibility and responsiveness.
When appropriate, teachers use their experience to alter or replace pre-planned activities based on students' understanding, questions, and interests.
Intasc Standard: #5 Application of Content.
The teacher understands how to connect concepts and use differing perspectives to engage learners in critical thinking, creativity, and collaborative problem solving related to authentic local and global issues.
Description of the Artifact:
This is a lesson reflection from my second placement in the field, where I was in a third-grade classroom. In this reflection I described a few things I would change, as well as things that went well.
Rationale:
Being able to recognize and respond to issues during activities and procedures in a lesson is extremely important. More importantly, being able to change things around quickly shows flexibility and a quick reaction time. In this reflection, I shared how I would change the groups around because of behavioral issues. During my lesson, I had to change the teams, but in retrospect, I would have planned the groups differently. I was also able to give instructions to students for after they finished the activity on the spot because I realized that some students were taking longer. Overall, flexibility and responsiveness is extremely important because it can make a lesson flow smoother.