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Hall C m5 Reflectivejournal Lplan2
Hall C m5 Reflectivejournal Lplan2
Describe
The social skills lesson plan assignment included a video from The Compassion
Project. I then created discussion questions that allowed the students to put what
collaboration means into their own words. Next, I gave them a scenario and they
created a skit to explain what compassion means to them. Finally, I found a website
that puts them in different social situations and they have to figure out the best
outcome. Although I intended for this lesson to be completed in one day, I soon
realized the lesson is actually a 60 minute plan in practice.
Synthesize
This week I utilized a curriculum program that was not vetted by educational
journals. I recalled the article that explained how best practices could stifle
innovation (Ermeling, Hiebert, & Gallimore, 2015). With that knowledge in mind, I
decided to give The Compassion Project a try. The original social skill I worked on
was aligned with my subject area. The week before the compassion lesson, I
introduced netiquette (internet etiquette), which was a successful lesson that the
students enjoyed.
Take away
Reflecting back on this past week, I realized this lesson plan is one my top 5
most effective and most important, and we barely even used computers. I enjoyed
seeing the students lead the lesson and build their own self confidence in the
various roles they played in their production. I was not expecting such a favorable
response, especially from my techie students, who also evidently have hidden acting
abilities. Watching the students handle the props, act as narrators, and become
actors, with the least amount of assistance from me, was an enlightening moment. I
discovered it will benefit the students to incorporate social skills videos into our
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monthly units as a reminder of how to treat each other and themselves. Finally, this
lesson plan would not have been possible if it wasn’t for the comfortable and candid
atmosphere my co-workers and I fostered during this course.