Based on what happened throughout the lesson, the next steps would be to reteach text features in a more precise manner. Due to my lack of experience and knowledge of background knowledge that first grade has, I thought that they had already learned about text features. I made the assumption based on the planning tool provided because it did not mention “introducing text features.” When teaching lessons in the future, I will be sure to research the previously learned information that the students have received and clarify with my CT.
In order to assess whether or not the students learned what was intended, I required them to write one important thing that they learned during the lesson in their reading notebook. After assigning the assessment, I realized that this did not align with my objective as well as I thought it would. In order to accurately assess whether or not the students learned what was intended, I should have required them to write one text feature and the purpose of that feature.
Overall, I feel as though the lesson was adequate enough for my first lesson in first grade, however, there is a lot of room for improvement so that I am better able to assist my students in learning the content in the most effective and engaging manner possible.
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