Blog Phase II: Lesson III

• Instructional Decisions/Teaching (InTask Standard # 9): Discuss the implementation process and describe
• What went well and what didn't go well during the implementation of your lesson?
• The students really enjoyed the writing portion of this activity. They loved being able to write creatively, and add on to their peers stories. They also were really engaged when it came time to share their stories. The downside of my lesson, was the word generator. The words were too difficult for 3rd graders, and most of the time students had to generate another word so they would be able to act it out in a game of charades.
• How well was the alignment to objectives and standards maintained?
• The objectives and standards were maintained all throughout the lesson. Every activity required students to use, identify, or come up with an action verb.
• Describe any modifications made during the implementation of the lesson
  
  One modification I had to make, was to allow students to skip words on the random word generator. Some of them were too difficult, so I allowed students to skip until they got to a verb they could use.
• Mechanics:
  • What technologies did I use (for the teacher and the learner)?
• I used google docs, and a random word generator.
• How were the technologies used (by whom and in what manner)?
• Google docs and a random word generator. Students typed stories using the google document, and identified verbs on the document. Students then used the word generator to play a game of charades, in which they had to act out the verbs that were generated. 
• My lesson was within the correct time frame
  • The lesson was within the time frame because I was well prepared with activities for students to partake in.
• 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
• Students successfully met the standards set, by identifying verbs in multiple ways. They also used creative thinking to come up with ways to act out action verbs. They reinforced the skill by using the cootie catcher to develop  new verbs to complete the fortunes.
• Describe the level of success you had in teaching the lesson 
• This lesson was very successful because every student was engaged, and everyone met the standard.
  
  • How do your individual reflections support this?
• • I predicted that this lesson would be engaging, and when carried out all students were interested and engaged throughout.
  • How do the comments from your classmates support this?
• • Students agree that the lesson was fun and exciting, and that they enjoyed taking part in this lesson.
• 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 learned that an engaging lesson is very valuable, because those are the most memorable ones in which you reach students more successfully.