SIOP LESSON REFLECTION QUESTIONS (be sure to elaborate on your answers...

a short

paragraph for each question should be sufficient)

Below are the reflection questions for your live lessons that begin today. Create a "live lesson"

tab in your portfolio, which will include your final lesson plan, any materials (worksheets,

videos, PowerPoints, etc...) and the reflection questions. I would complete these sooner rather

than later, so the lesson is fresh in your mind

1. Did you achieve both your language and content objectives? How can you be sure?

a. Our content objective was “Students will be able to list the steps involved with

setting up a fish tank” and our language objective was “Students will be able to

differentiate between different species of fish after reading descriptions of each.”

I think that we achieved both in this lesson. Students successfully completed a

pre-learning activity that asked them to number the steps of setting up a tank in

order, satisfying the content objective. In the final assessment activity, students

differentiated between different species of fish and learned about the husbandry

requirements of each. They applied the knowledge they gained by selecting a fish

species and researching what care requirements the fish had.

2. Do you feel you "immersed" the students in the vocabulary? Based on your assessment,

did the students have their own understanding of each of the vocab words?

a. Students were immersed in the vocabulary during this lesson. They used the

vocabulary words they learned to complete the pre-learning activity and the final

assessment activity. Students’ understanding of the vocabulary was strengthened

by them asking questions about what certain words mean and having the teacher

elaborate on the meaning of certain words.

3. Do you feel you had enough interaction, giving students the chance to apply the

language/content with other students? Why or why not?

a. Our lesson plan incorporated multiple opportunities for interaction and

collaboration. The discussion at the beginning of the lesson was a class-wide

discussion that everyone participated in. We allowed the students to work with a

partner on the pre-learning activity, allowing them to interact with one another to

complete it. We also went over the final assessment activity as a class, giving

students the opportunity to interact with the teacher and clarify anything they did

not understand.

4. What are three aspects of the SIOP process that you find effective and truly need to be in

your lesson plans (especially if ELLs are present)?

a. I think that the building background aspect of the SIOP process was highly

effective. Building background gives students the opportunity to recall what they

already know about the topic and use that information as a foundation to build on

when learning new material about the topic. I think this worked well with a

lesson about setting up a fish tank, as many people in the class did have prior

experience with fish to some extent.

5. Looking back now that you've completed the lesson, what is one thing you would have

done differently? Why?

a. One thing I would have done differently is find an easier way for students to

access the link to the website we had them use to complete their final assessment

activity. Having them type the link into their computer manually took valuable

time out of the lesson and also created opportunities for errors and technical
difficulties to occur. Perhaps emailing the link to everyone in advance would be a

better choice in the future whenever an external website needs to be accessed as

part of the lesson.