Lesson 2 Refletion

Lesson 2: An Oral Retelling of the Invisible String

Lesson 1: Schema and Elements of Realistic Fiction through The Invisible String

• What did students learn and which students struggled with the lesson?
• The students learned how to look at the pictures to help you retell the story. The students also looked over the chart from the previous lesson, which included the elements of realistic fiction and how they applied to the book The Invisible String. Then they had a discussion on how using these elements can be helpful to retelling a story, and why it would be important to retell a story. The students were very excited about going back through the book and retelling the story by the pictures. They were able to remember the plot of the story by looking at the pictures.
• What are alternate reads (interpretations) of your students' performance or products?
• Any alternate reads that I could get from this lesson were that students who were not engaged in the lesson could not be paying attention and because there was no written assessment for this one, it was hard to tell if all the students had 100% focus all of the time during the lesson.
• What did you learn about your students' literacy practices that extend beyond your objectives?
• I learned that my students are very observant when listening to stories. They were able to accurately retell the story. I think the students really enjoyed going back through the story and retelling it using the pictures. I could tell that my students were very proud that they could remember the story, as well as the elements in the story.
• When and how will you re-teach the material to students who need additional support?
• We will continue to work on the elements of realistic fiction throughout every lesson in the unit. If I notice students who are struggling then I will take them in small groups and go over more closely the elements of realistic fiction. In the next lesson we are going to work on story maps and this will give a more concrete way of looking at the elements of realistic fiction.
• 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?
• Next time I think it would be neat to have one student do a picture walk through the book. I think the students in my class really get a lot out of doing things themselves and taking pride in their work.