Lesson Study Reflection

Etiquette:
 Thank the presenter!
 All lesson developers use “our” lesson.
 All observers who did not contribute to the development of the lesson refer to “your” (plural) lesson.
 Presenting teacher goes first.
 The facilitator publicly records responses to questions with “sign off” from team members to ensure the
responses are accurately recorded. And, facilitator will follow up by sending a transcript of recorded
responses to the team.

Question 1: How did it go?

 Presenting teacher speaks first, explains how s/he feels the lesson went and identifies any
difficulties in the lesson. Any difficulties identified by the teacher will not be reiterated by the
others.
 Observers share how they think the lesson went and identify any difficulties they saw in the
LESSON.

Question 2: What guided our decisions in planning the lesson the way we did?
Question 3: How did the lesson as it was carried out compare with what we
planned?
 Look at lesson objectives, materials, structure, time, checking for understanding/assessment,
student response, etc.

Question 4: What data did we decide to collect and what do we see?

 Data should include student work (writing), comments/conversations, questions. Look at
patterns, things that stand out, trends, things that we wonder about - NOT WHY – NO
INFERRING HERE.

Question 5: What might be some possible reasons for the things we’re seeing in
the data?
Question 6: In what ways did our lesson promote student learning and
development?
Question 7: Based on this lesson, what is our initial response to our research
question?
Question 8: What is especially powerful about this lesson?

Question 9: Where might we want to make modifications?