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Kelly Nolan Dr. McKool The Tiny Seed Reflection April 26th, 2011

On April 26th I did an interactive read aloud using the book “The Tiny Seed” by Eric Carl and I tied it into changing predictions as we read. This was my last lesson in my Kindergarten class a Wicoff school. I had been nervous before every lesson I taught but surprisingly I was not really nervous for this one. The lesson met the object which was that students be able to ask and answer questions, make connections too, and make and change predictions about Eric Carle’s “The Tiny Seed.” The students we able to meet the objective because they made predictions in the beginning and I then prompted them to change their predictions when they were read something inconsistent with what they predicted.

In my opinion this was the best read aloud I have done so far because the students were all engaged, they all very much enjoyed the book and they listened and asked and answered questions to the best of their ability. I think that my book choice was the key to this lesson because it was interesting but easy to understand. Also the book was long enough for them to get something out of but not so long that they became bored and disinterested. I also made sure to prompt them to make and change their predictions which helped with comprehension. Management wise the lesson was not my best. Although I made sure to remind them at the beginning of how they were supposed to behave quite a few children were still calling out and I had one student who I believe was not feeling well laying on the rug.

One thing that I learned from this lesson is to not assume that students know the meaning of words. I made sure to ask the students what Autumn was but I did not realize that they may not know what a weed is. I had a few students in the afternoon class ask me what a weed was and why it took the water and the sunlight from the little plant so I took the time to explain it to them. In my own classroom I will make sure to think about what words students many not understand and take the time to make sure they do when I am reading.