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Kelly Nolan Dr. McKool If You Give A Mouse A Cookie Reflection March 29th, 2011 On March 29th I did an interactive read aloud using the book // If You Give A Mouse A Cookie // by Laura Neumeroff. This was my first lesson using a big book and I was quite underprepared. Many of the words were at the bottom of the book and I could not see them when holding the book on my lap. It was because of this that I was forced to use an easel. Despite the fact that I was unprepared for the big book I believe the lesson still met its objective of students being able to make predictions and ask and answer questions about the book //If You Give a Mouse a Cookie// by Laura Numeroff. This lesson succeeded in that the children were extremely well behaved. I believe that this is because I was very explicit with my expectations. I made sure to take the time to remind them that they were too be sitting nicely and listening. I also reminded them that they must raise their hands to answer questions. It also succeeded in that students were successfully able to complete the comprehension worksheet given to them once the lesson was over. The biggest issue for me during this lesson was that I needed to be more prepared in using the big book. I will continue to work on this throughout my field experience and student teaching. I know that this will be an important still for me to have when teaching in the early childhood setting.