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

Yes I achieved both my language and content objectives. Because I walked around and checked

the student’s work. I also brought everyone together to discuss what they predicted and they were

using many of the vocabulary terms in their descriptions. Furthermore, the students were

questioning whether a certain term happened or not and I had to rewind the video to see if they

were correct or not.

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?

Yes, I do feel that the students were immersed in the vocabulary. They were discussing amongst

each other whether the term occurred and kept using the terms when talking to me and each

other. Yes, they did have their own understanding of the terms based on my assessment. They

were able to predict with some accuracy if a term occurred during the match. The only challenge

to that was looking away from the video.

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

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

Yes, because during the guided practice I made sure to explain further what could happen and

how the terms could possibly look in matches. Once the independent practice started, I would

only add comments for context or answer questions. The students went into discussions about the

terms all on their own. They were even questioning whether or not they saw a move and we had

to rewind the video to see it happen.

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)?

Practice, Application, and Interaction. The practice is important because if you do not give the
students enough of a base they will not be able to do what you are asking. Applying what they

learn is also important because if they are not applying what you are teaching you really do not

know if the students understand the lesson or if they are just nodding their heads. Interaction,

because the students seemed to learn and understand the content better when they were able to

bounce ideas or thoughts off of each other. I think that the interaction is probably the most

important of the three.

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

differently?  Why?

I think I would have tried to go more in-depth with the possible moves. Because I think that if I

explained what happens before a move is hit it would have helped the students better predict

what was going to happen, or at least see it better. Furthermore, I think I should have assigned

the groups to get more interaction because Gabe was not really involved too much.