Reflection for lesson 2

1. Instructional Decisions/Teaching (InTask Standard # 9): Discuss the implementation process and describe
• What went well and what didn't go well during the implementation of your lesson?

 I thought that this lesson went a little better then the first lesson that I did.  I felt better prepared and more comfortable teaching this lesson.  I thought that I could have done my introduction to the lesson a little bit better by giving more background knowledge about coin counting and the values of the coins.  I was glad that I had brought a hard copy of the book because the book online from the tumble book library froze and I was able to pick up where we left off in the book.  I also thought that integrating the smart board to have the students practice as a group counting various coin amounts went well.

• How well was the alignment to objectives and standards maintained?

The objective: Students will use combinations of coins to show specified amounts, after playing a coin game, and will answer 3 word problems using coin manipulatives was met successfully by the students.  The students were able to select the coin values of their choice to show the amounts given in the word problems.  Students also were able to play the online coin counting game successfully on their own completing the entire series of ten problems.  The standard of  solving word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, using $ and ¢ symbols appropriately was met fairly well.  After looking at this standard again and viewing the assessments, I realized that they only used coin manipulatives to show values of money and did not do any writing of amounts using the appropriate symbols to represent dollars and cents.

• Describe any modifications made during the implementation of the lesson

 There were not modifications that were needed for this lesson.

1. Mechanics:
   • What technologies did I use (for the teacher and the learner)?
   • How were the technologies used (by whom and in what manner)?
   The students and teacher listened to the book "The Coin Counting Book" by Rozanne Lanczak Williams accessed from the Phoenix Public Library tumble book collection on the smart board.  The students also used the smart board to play coin counting games as a group.  Students then practiced individually using the same program on their own computer.
   
   • My lesson was within the correct time frame
     • It was short because I had a little bit of time left over at the end.  I think I could have done a little more modeling with the group lesson and allowed more time for the students to explore with the coins.
2. Assessment of Learning (InTask Standard # 6): Refer to Assessing Student Learning
• Include at least 2 digital artifacts that demonstrate what you or your students (peers) have created as a result of your lesson
• Describe your students' level of success in achieving the standards and objectives for your lesson based on your assessment

• The students were successful in achieving the standards and objectives for my lesson because they were able to show the correct amounts in the three word problems given.  They were given many coin choices and were able to select coin values that appropriately represented the amount in the word problem.

• Describe the level of success you had in teaching the lesson
  • How do your individual reflections support this?
  I felt that this lesson was more successful then my previous lesson.  I felt that this lesson was more interactive and incorporated more learning styles into the learning process.  As a teacher, I enjoyed coming up with this lesson and enjoyed the experience along side the students.
  
  • How do the comments from your classmates support this?
   The comments from my classmates said that I was well prepared and integrated technology well.  The online book that I used was a little repetitive and I liked the idea of stopping the book to explain what was going on a little bit more.  The game I choose to play was a good choice according to comments from my classmates and they would have liked to have had more experience using it in a group setting with the smart board.  
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