Karli Merson

Chesapeake College

PSC-220-701

Dr. Deanna Reinard

May 7th, 2023

Lesson Plan Reflection

I'll start with the weaknesses of my first lesson plan. I was too worried about not talking

so much that I felt a lot of room for improvement with instruction explanations, specific rules to

follow, and questions that were asked of me. I also hoped my students would talk more about

their projects, but I kept my first number small. Another issue I noticed was that in practice, I

should have had two colored markers for the students to come up to the board and pick apart the

drawing I made. It could also be fun for guided practice to have them redraw what I had made

using the shapes they had all found together. (on that note, I need to draw more of the

recommended shapes for them to discover). I was also hoping that from the unit before, the

students would have known many of the shapes they had seen.

As for my strengths, I was pleased that my actual assignment work turned out just as I

planned. In the future, I'll have the instructions written on the board, and hopefully, all of my

students will have some math notebooks that they can keep with them (or maybe a folder) so

they always have something to look back on. The lesson was to build up to the next class, where

they would use their broken-down drawings as a blueprint plan to build something using the

shapes they had learned, and the concept will work well. Especially for my students who may

have problems with drawing or writing, having the pipe-cleaners can be a tremendous advantage

since they'll all have to build in a 3d space anyway. I will be refining this lesson plan for future
lessons and use, as I aim to make math fun and exciting, and hopefully, my students will find it

to be just as exciting as well.