Comparison of Using A Conclusion in my Lesson Versus Not
Lesson with a conclusion
- With a conclusion the students get a
chance to review the concepts that
they have learned throughout the
lesson
- Students are able to see and review
what the most important concepts are
- Students can see what the teacher
views are the most important concepts
- There is a connection between the
objectives that the students are
supposed to be learning and what they
are concluding the lesson with
- With a fun and engaging conclusion
students are better able to remember
their learning for the next lesson. I
learned this with my snowball
conclusion/assessment
Comparison of Two Specific Lessons- One that had a conclusion and one that did not
Watercolour Art- With Conclusion
- I find art is the hardest to find time to
conclude as there are so many other
things to worry about when wrapping
up the lesson. Students need time to
clean up and to finish their art which
always takes longer than expected
- This lesson concluded with talking
about what we learned about water
colours, a review of expectations for
painting and the reason why we were
do the art
- Students understood the reason that
they were working with watercolours
and had a purpose for their project.
This helped them find a reason for
creating their art piece.
- By reviewing expectations the next art
Lesson without a conclusion
- The lesson ends without the students
understanding what the most
important concepts are
- Students are not able connect the
lesson to the objectives
- It is more difficult to get the students
to recall knowledge in the next lesson
if students do not get a review at the
end of the lesson
- I have found that without a conclusion
the students feel in limbo. The
conclusion helps draw the lesson to a
natural close
- I feel slightly lost in my lesson when I
do not do a conclusion as well. It
leaves me feeling like something is
missing.
Snowflake Art- Without Conclusion
- The students lacked a conclusion as I
did not leave enough time to clean up
and properly conclude the lesson
- Students were not able to review how
the snowflakes were made and the
strategies necessary to create unique
snowflakes
- The next time that snowflakes were
made in class the review of how
snowflakes were made had to be
essentially retaught
- Students lacked a review or purpose
for why they created the snowflakes.
- I did not get a chance to reshare the
message that snowflakes are unique
and each one is different which I
touched on in the beginning of my
 lesson involving water colours will be lesson and I would have liked to talk
smoother as students have already about again.
reviewed and learned from their first
time

What I learned from both of these lessons, especially with art, is that a conclusion is invaluable.
With the conclusion students understand why they were doing the art they were and what the
importance of the skills they were practicing were. With the watercolour lesson students
understood that they were practicing proper brush strokes, effective colour usage, and using
water colours appropriately and effectively. What I missed in the snowflake lesson was a reason
for why they were practicing their cutting skills and the importance of snowflakes. I wanted to
do more talking around snowflakes being unique and that was missed as well. Whereas when I
was doing the watercolour lesson students were able to recognize that they were creating a
project that involved practicing with water colours and using oil pastels to create a multimedia
project. I also learned that reviewing the steps of what they were doing at the end was important.
I saw this with the snowflakes as the students all needed help reviewing the steps and I feel that
with a conclusion some of that could have been mitigated.