Video Reflections

I kept these reflections on a word document so I could post them together. That way they would be easy to find.

Pre- reflection –
This lesson is about fractured fairy tales. The teacher will read aloud to the class a fractured fairy tale The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig by Eugene Trivizas, illustrated by Helen Oxenbury. Once the reading is done, the class will participate in a story arc which will retell the story and important elements from the story. Finally the students will create their own book or journal to free write their own story or fractured fairy tale. I am excited about the lesson, it should be a lot of fun, and the students should enjoy the story and creating the book/journal.

Post-reflection –
The lesson went fairly well. The students enjoyed the book and they were engaged and participated with questions and comments regarding story. The story arc was more challenging than I had anticipated. It was the first time I had done a story arc, and I was a little nervous. I think I need more practice with this element of the lesson. Finally, the students took much longer to make the book/journal than anticipated. It is a free write journal/book so they can write at home. I think overall this is a good lesson, and I would repeat it in the future.

Post editing –
This video gives a brief overview of my lesson and illustrated how reading aloud helps students with fluency and vocabulary, how the story arc draws on the student’s knowledge from the story to recall key elements from the story and the journal/book is for the students to free write. My site based teacher came back from a workshop and explained to me that even though the kids practice writing, the workshop explained that a good activity to promote writing for younger students is a free write. Free writes are not for a grade and instills confidence in the student to get over their fear or hesitation of writing.