Reflection on my second lesson

Reflection on Apostrophes Lesson 2

Evaluation

·         2 weeks in a row girls have been late from netball.

·         The starter worked well.

·         Girls are more likely to volunteer if they get to write on the board.

·         Contraction dominoes needed more explanation.

·         Plenary worked well (post its)

·         There were lots of questions about homework, which indicated I didn’t explain it well enough (possibly put the homework on the PowerPoint Presentation).

·         I need to think about synonyms for okay.

·         I need to think about how to channel      's enthusiasm (get her hand things out).

·         What am I going to do about year 7 fuss? (I need to set tasks that don’t require, pen, pencil and ruler...)

·         I need to keep asking my students why.

·         Next lesson I need to create a seating plan.

·         For an extension I could have discussed formal and informal language.

·         I need to repeat to reinforce every time I do something for auditory learners.

·         I need to share the answers to good questions with the rest of the class.

·         ‘Good afternoon Miss Warner’ – making them repeat it more enthusiastically engaged them.

·         Collecting in the homework whilst the girls were writing down the definition of a contraction was a good use of time.

·         Getting them to say their names before they answered the question proves that I care about them.

·         Lots of small task works well, as the variety keeps the students engaged.

·         Giving the students options, gives them independence in their learning.

·         The fact that I gave them time for questions about their homework gives them no excuse not to do it.

·         I could make my PowerPoint presentations more interesting for visual learners.