Reflection On Literacy Observation - 1546 Words

My placement, at Alexander Goode Elementary School, is in Kindergarten and does not have a Science curriculum. While talking to my cooperating teacher, Ms. Gifford, she informed me they are so focused on getting behavior under control in the beginning of the year. Also, students enter the classroom with little phonemic awareness and prior knowledge to literacy concepts. The first lesson I observed was from 9:00 to 10:30 in the morning. The students began with morning meeting. They determined the day of the month, day of the week, and the month. While determining the various parts of the month, week, and days, Ms. Gifford related these back to a pattern and everything repeats eventually. She demonstrated this by singing the months of the†¦show more content†¦When everyone was sitting on the carpet, Ms. Gifford demonstrated how to cut the booklet out by cutting on the solid lines. Students helped her know when to stop cutting by saying, â€Å"Go, go, go, stop!† When Ms. Gifford was finished, she relisted the instructions. She called the students back to their seats and began cutting their booklets out. Once the booklets were complete, the students sat at the carpet and Ms. Gifford read the book, â€Å"David Goes to School,† by David Shannon. While reading this book, she prompted scientific questions, such as making predictions and analyzing the pages to understand the situation. For example, one question was, â€Å"Is David happy or sad?† Once students answered this question, she asked how they know this and they had to analyze the picture and words to show evidence for their reasoning. Although there is not a science curriculum, Ms. Gifford began some standards. The first standard is 1-ESS1-1, which is to, â€Å"Use observations of the sun, moon, and stars to describe patterns that can be predicted.† Ms. Gifford did not address the astronomical part of this standard, although she does address the patterns section in the first lesson when she was explaining the days of the week and the months of the year are a pattern. The second standard Ms. Gifford taught was ETS1-1, which is to, â€Å"Ask questions, make observations, and gather information about a situation people want to change to define a simple problem that can beShow MoreRelatedLiteracy Instruction Data Collection Tool Essay1275 Words   |  6 PagesLiteracy Instruction Data Collection Tool This lesson observation data tool is for the observation and support of literacy instruction and learning. Any data collected is to be used for instructional planning, modification, and/or reflection upon instructional practices. Data collected is based upon observation of a single literacy lesson. 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