This lesson is appropriate for a grade 3 English class as it highlights the differences between fiction and nonfiction.

This lesson was completed with a partner, then submitted for feedback in EDCI 250. After we received some initial feedback it was edited and presented to our second year university education class. Following this presentation another round of edits were made before it was submitted to a forum for our classmates to have access to it.

Being as this was the first lesson plan I created it was an excellent learning experience. To begin this assignment, I needed to become familiar with the new curriculum website and how to navigate it. This was important as it allowed me to make sure the lesson coincided with the curricular expectations for grade 3 language arts. Other knowledge that went into the creation of this lesson was a familiarity with assessment techniques, First People’s Principals of learning, and an understanding of the structure of a lesson.

Throughout the progression of this assignment I greatly appreciated the time we were given to observe our peer’s lesson plan’s. Having an opportunity to see other’s lesson plans and give them feedback has given me a lot of new ideas to explore in my own classroom while also encouraging me to think critically about my own lessons.

Reflection:

Looking back on the creation of this lesson, I am grateful to have been given opportunities to create a lesson, get feedback and improve the lesson as every time someone else looked at it they helped me to make new considerations. Therefore, I formed an understanding of the importance of reflecting on and revising lessons. When creating a lesson on paper, it is hard to account for every situation or circumstance. It is not until you present a lesson that you are able to see the flaws in it and thus make adjustments to improve it. For example, when first creating this lesson it was not split over two days, however, after receiving some feedback, it became clear to my partner and myself that it needed to be split over two days to allow more time for student work. Once split over two days, the lesson flowed more easily, felt less rushed and allowed for an extra introductory and closure activity to be inserted which increased the amount of review that could be done.

I am excited to try this lesson in a classroom of my own in the future and look forward to seeing which parts are or are not successful so that I can continue to make changes for the future.

BC Standards of Teaching addressed through the creation of this lesson:

Effective practices in Planning, Instruction, Assessment & reporting: By creating this lesson I was required to think critically about the planning of a lesson. By presenting this lesson to the class, I was also given an opportunity to practice the instructional aspects of the lesson. Lastly, by creating means of assessing student progress, I began to develop an understanding of how a teacher might assess a student’s work in a constructional way.

Knowledge and understanding: This lesson plan show’s my knowledge in the field of language arts and more specifically my ability to teach the difference between fiction and non-fiction.