Looking back on my lesson, I think I had many strenghts that made the lesson an overall success. I provided clear instructions and expectations to students by beginning the lesson by setting behavioral expectations and modeling the activity. I also implemented instruction that promoted active student involvement by planning a lesson that gave teh first grade students a hands-on experience by having them use teddy grahams as manipulatives to practice addition. I also believe that I used observations, questions, and other appropriate techniques to monitor progress, because I continually rotated around the room while I was calling out the addition problems and asked questions about how we could get to the correct answer if a student answered incorrectly.
Although I felt very pleased with my lesson, I did have some weaknesses that I could improve on in my future lesson planning. I feel that I ended my lesson rather quickly because it was time for recess for the class, but I need to make sure to conclude lessons appropriately by summarizing what was learned and hear student's feedback. I also could have differentiated my instruction by providing extra challenge to those hwo needed it or remediation to those who needed it. In conclusion, teaching this lesson helped me realize my potential for teaching a first grade math lesson, but there are still areas that I would like to improve.
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