Term 3 Observation reflection

Following my Term 3 Observation where I worked with a small group on speech writing and revising and editing what the students had already written, rather than teaching a new skill or strategy.
The lesson went well. I had smaller groups than usually and it was more like working one on one with a student, setting them up, then calling another student, and checking in on the other students. I believe this was necessary for the students to do in order to proofread and edit their writing, as well as adding more detail to their writing.

These are my reflections following my observation:

PROMPTS FOR REFLECTION:  

• Why you chose to do this lesson?

This is what we have been doing in class with speeches and I wanted to see if this was an effective way of working with the target students.

• How did the lesson go?

It felt very repetitive as we have been going through their speech quite a lot over the last few weeks.  I feel that it needs to be repetitive for these students though.  There is a lot of guidance given and a lot of oral discussion that has to take place.

• What things worked for the children?

I think that the students benefited from us both having access to their writing on docs.  Going over how to give more detail and elaboration using the keywords - the students are starting to understand this.  

• What have I learnt about these students?

There is a lot of guidance needed.

• What are my next steps?

Continue to work with the students and go over the rest of their piece of writing to ensure that they have elaborated on their ideas.

Then work with the students on the presentation of their speech.