Candidate Name_Elizabeth Gregg__________Date__10/10/13_______________ School______Kelsey Norman_______________Teacher_Mrs.

Sherrod_____Grade level__3____ 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? The focus of today was assessment. The students were supposed to read a passage then retell it. This activity showed the students comprehension level. 2. What went well with the instruction? What did students learn? The students didnt learn anything new today. They were taking assessments. The assessment included a retell of a passage using information from the passage and they had to determine what the moral of the story was, then they had to use evidence from the story to prove it.

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 myself was when I realized the difficulties the students had with comprehension. The child that I was working with had to reread the passage over and over before understanding it. It did work well when I had him tell me the story in his own words then they would write a few sentences before we talked again. At first he didnt like it when I asked him to tell me what was going on but after he realized that I was just trying to help him, he seemed to like the help. So I understand how important it is for students to have the chance to talk it over with someone.

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 growth moment for the students was when he thought he was done with the assessment, then I made him listen to what he wrote. Just by listening, he was able to catch the mistakes he was making.

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