Reflection On Science Lesson

What were the objectives of this lesson? How well do you think your students understood the overall purpose and relevance of the lesson? (APS 4.A–C)

In conclusion, the sensory bin I used was based off of the book, “Ten Little Ladybugs.” I chose this book because I had a lot of ideas for the bin and thought the students would enjoy the sensory element in the actual book. The bin mimicked the outdoors; this was by layering brown paper (dirt), green ribbon (grass) and the animals and insects on top. I incorporated many different textures in the bin, some that were similar to nature and some that were not similar to nature. Overall, I believe the students enjoyed the sensory

1.  (a) Independent variable’s include, the color of the mice’s coat, the color of the soil, and the amount of moonlight, which are included on the x axis.  (b) The dependent variable is the number of mice caught, which changes with the difference in moonlight or color contrast.  The dependent variable is located on the y axis.

1. During gym class, four students decided to see if they could beat the norm of 45 sit‐ups in a minute. The first student did 64 sit‐ups, the second did 69, the third did 65, and the fourth did 67.

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1. (10 points) Write out your pre-lab prediction, including what evidence or previous knowledge you have to support that prediction.

For this scenario, I am a general education 6th grade math teacher, at the amazing campus of Our Lady of the Lake Middle School. The school that I work for has 8 periods each day, and I teach 6 out of those 8 periods. The classes do range for each period, but I roughly have 23 students in each class and with a diverse set of students; Hispanic (50.1%), White (40.8%), Black (4.8%), two or more races (3.1%), Asian (1%), and Pacific Islander (.2%). At Our Lady of the Lake Middle School the student’s population is broken down to 46% females and 54% males that attend the school. Socioeconomic details for the school is broken down to; eligible free lunch (43.3%), eligible fore reduced lunch (8.2%), and ineligible for free/reduced lunch (48.5%).

: In this vivid picture book kids discover a variety of shapes all around them. This book help children to learn about the shapes as well as some Spanish words. For instance, rounds are tortillas and moon, squares are board game, clock, and photo frames, park, and fountain, rectangles are ice cream cart, stone metates, and flag, and furthermore triangles are slices of water melon and quesadillas. The good thing about book is that there is a glossary at the end of the book which translate the Spanish words.How would use this book in the class: During the class time we can cut the paper in different shapes, like square, round, rectangle, and triangle, and let the students to match every shape. Also, we can ask the children about the objects,

Since I was unable to help the children with their understanding of the new concept, I spent extra time going over it with them again. The students began to connect previous knowledge to the new concept using descriptive words, sensory words and emotions. As they worked in groups, they were able to think up different points of view for different characters. They played with creativity while giving human characteristic to objects. Students showed a good understanding of the material. One group in my first class gave me a great idea. As they stood up to share the point of view of a specific object, they did not tell us what object they had until the end of their writing. This made the class guess what the object was. I noticed all the students attention became more focused on what they were saying as their brains were churning. Since this was such a fun experience, I decided to continue it with my next couple classes. I was pleased with the outcome of the second lesson and how much the class not only learned from this lesson, but also how much fun they had doing

Three reasons for believing in the accuracy or inaccuracy of sensory information is perception, interpretation, and knowledge. Perception is our sensory experience of the world around us and involves both the recognition of environmental stimuli and actions in response to these stimuli (Bagley, 2004). Through the perceptual process, we gain information about properties and elements of the environment that are critical to our survival. Perception not only creates our experience of the world around us, and it also allows us to act within our environment. Interpretation is a communication process, designed to reveal meanings, and relationships of our cultural and natural heritage, through involvement with objects, artifacts, landscapes and

Furthermore, while students were touching and experimenting the mixture, I was around them asking questions such as, what do you think? Is ooblick solid or liquid? How can you tell? Can you roll the substance into a ball? How does the substance feel? Or describe in your own words how does the substance look like. The strategy of asking meaningful questions while students were exploring the mixture made the learning experience more meaningful. Before writing the driving question on the board I played a YouTube video of the book by Dr. Seuss, called “Bartholomew and Ooblick.” It was a long story. Hence, it made it difficult to keep students fully engaged. Next time around I plan on renting the book and reading to students. I enjoy reading to children and I’m a very interactive reader, so that won’t be a

My second observation also took place at Benito Juarez, a middle school located in Crystal City, Texas. I observed Ms. Balderas sixth grade science classroom. Even though some of her classroom management methods were questionable she had some teaching strategies that were effective. She also motivated students by giving them extra credit to improve their six-week grade. All in all, the teacher had some effective and ineffective methods to manage and teach the classroom.

What is your objective(s) for this lesson? Identify what the students will be able to do following

As a future teacher, you will be self-reflecting on your teaching and the activity that you had the class complete as part of the lessons. By reflecting on what you presented in class, you will learn how to and what to modify in future lessons which will help you become a stronger teacher (Ed-TPA). Please answer the following prompts (honestly) with a minimum of 4 sentences for each section.