In today's class session, we had to micro-teach our second mini lesson, which focused on vocabulary. Dr. Rivera had us broken down into two groups of four and within the group we took turns being the teacher and taught our lesson. Evin was the first to teach his lesson, his theme was "At The Beach." After listing down our vocabulary words, the students (Rhea, Amanda, and I) wrote sentences using three of the vocabulary words, then chose another three and drew a picture of each. He then moved on to an antonym activity, where we had to match the words with it's antonym. I enjoyed the activities that he share with us today and can see myself using them in my classroom.
Then it was my turn to micro-teach. I had the class take turns reading the story, "Lily's Purple Plastic Purse." After reading the story, I asked the students to go back to the story and find one word they are not familiar with or do not know the meaning to. Once they chose their word, I wrote it on the board, allowing them to create their own vocabulary list. I passed our a new word grid worksheet and had the students complete it by writing their word, the definition they had found in the dictionary, their personal connection to the word, and finally illustrating what they feel best represents that word. At first I was kind of nervous sharing my lesson with my classmates (mostly because I did not know we were micro-teaching it), but at the end it was really fun and I'm glad I was able to share it!
Kelsey, your lesson sounds awesome! I actually saw the worksheet you used and I really like it! Can you send a copy to me please? I would like to add it to my list of reading resources. Great job!
ReplyDeleteHi Kelsey!I really enjoyed your lesson today. I think it really gives students a better of the words when you have them define it. I also liked the worksheet you had for us. It allows the students to use their prior knowledge and helps them relate to the word and its meaning. Great job Kelsey!
ReplyDeleteKelsey, I really wish I was a part of your class too! The title of your story sounds really cute and it makes me want to read the book too! I really like how you incorporated the use of the dictionary in your lesson because every child should break it open once in a while instead of going straight to the internet! I was also nervous to teach my lesson, but I figure that all these micro teaching experiences should add up to take away all of our stage fright!
ReplyDeleteGreat job! I really liked your lesson. It was nice to also do a class read aloud and find words that were difficult to us. I think it has provided me a different view of how to look for vocabulary words.
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