Time: 1 hour
This is the third of three “reviews” of the lessons you could have written a
lesson plan for. If you did not chose “Lesson 4-1: Binary” in
the Lesson Planning activity, then you will read the lesson here.
As you did for Lesson 1-2, consider the following questions while reading:
- How would you implement this in your classroom?
- What challenges might you face?
- How will you ensure every student has a voice during this lesson?
After reading, write 2-3 sentences answering each question.
If you built a lesson plan for this lesson, you will complete a self-reflection
exercise instead. You will critique you own lesson plan from multiple
different perspectives or lenses.
First, examine the lesson from your own perspective, as if you were expected to
teach it in your own classroom. This may involve physically pretending to teach
the lesson to imaginary students. Ask yourself:
- What parts or activties within this lesson may be the hardest to teach?
- What assumptions does the lesson make of prior knowledge? Are any of these
problematic?
- Where might additional support be needed?
Next, put yourself in your students shoes, and try to imagine how it would feel
to learn this information for the first time. Ask yourself:
- What parts are complicated or hard to grasp for the first time?
- What parts feel like “busy work”, or are too easy?
- Where could the lesson be more engaging?
Feel free to jot down all of these ideas with your written lesson plan.