Mini Lesson on Vocabulary

In today's class we broke into two groups to present our mini lesson on vocabulary.  In my group, the members were Angela, Jessilyn, and Rachel.  Rachel presented her mini lesson first by writing some words on the board that related to the story she was going to read to us.  The story was really sweet about a little bear who just could not wait for spring!  It reminded me of my son constantly waking me up in the night because he was too excited for whatever event was happening the next day!  After reading the story, Rachel gave us one vocabulary word that we had to illustrate and that our other group members had to guess.  I thought this was a really interesting activity that could be used to assess the students in their vocabulary learning.  It was also fun to draw!

After Rachel's presentation of her mini lesson, I presented my own.  I used word "pops" as a teaching aid with the definition of each word written on the sticks.  I then had my "students" identify and define the words, while I wrote them on the board for the rest of the "class" to see.  After going through the words and their definitions, I read a silly story called, "Chimps Don't Wear Glasses."  After reading the story, I had my students write their own little silly story mirroring "Chimps Don't Wear Glasses," using at least five of the vocabulary words they had learned.

I thought the experience was really fun!  I was also very nervous to carry out my mini lesson with my peers, but overall was a great experience.  I cannot wait to see the other two mini lessons next week!  I would like to thank my students Rachel, Angela, and Jessilyn for being such awesome students!  Thank you!