Candidate Name________Liz Gregg__________________________Date___October 3, 2013_________ School___Kelsey Norman__________Teacher__Mrs.

Sherrod___Grade level_3rd_____ Practicum Reflection-Guided Reading Lesson Name of Book____________________________________________Level_________________________

1. What was the area of focus today during the lesson? What activities related to the area of focus did the teacher include in the lesson today? Todays focus was writing and supporting evidence. The students did a whole group activity where the students reread the passage An Eye Out for An Owl and checked to their answers to the questions. Once the students figured out the right answer they then found the evidence inside the passage to prove the answer is correct.

2. What went well with the instruction? What did students learn? The students participated well in this activity, it seemed like everyone was learning. The students learned how to support their answers with evidence from the passage and why it is important. 3. Explain a growth moment for yourself where you realized, learned, or confirmed something from today dealing with student achievement in the area of reading. (phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, before/during/after reading A growth moment for me was when I realized why the students were learning how to find evidence in a passage to support an answer. They were doing this as a comprehension strategy. By understanding which part of the passage the answer came from the students know that the answer is correct and it makes them look at the answer at least twice. I was never taught this type of strategy so when I answer questions on a passage I normally just answer the question from memory but this strategy would have made me think about it more.

4. Describe a moment when a student grasped an idea/concept-that got it! kind of moment. How was the teacher able to facilitate this experience? Explain the situation. A moment when the students seem to grasp the concept was when the students were using the pictures as evidence for the answer to the question. The students didnt realize that they could take the information they read about the picture to answer the question.

Adapted from Developmental Reading Reflection document created by Sarah Mwangi, 06/13

Adapted from Developmental Reading Reflection document created by Sarah Mwangi, 06/13