Jigsaw Reflection and Types of Lesson Planning

Jigsaw 

• get into base groups 
• split into expert groups 
• come together in base groups to teach what you learned

I enjoyed the jigsaw activity. It was a fun and engaging activity rather than listening to a lecture. It was nice to see how the activity ran because I did it in a different way in another class. I think I retained the information more because presenting made me have to know my topic really well. It also allowed me and the rest of the class to assess where we are as future teachers and what improvements we can make as we move forward in the program.

Lesson plan powerpoint design improvements:

• less words 20-30 in size
• visual and engaging 
• make sure technology is working and have a backup plan if necessary 
• ask questions, engage, post test 
• select video in beginning and have discussion 
• use same video in closure as an assessment tool 

                                                              What I can do to improve my teaching:

• animations so all lines don't show up at once 
• slow down when speaking
• read from the slides less 

Modeling- think out loud when you teach, walk students through your thought process

Demonstrating- you physically show students what to do







Types of lesson plans:

• Direct instruction
• very detailed and explains closure, accommodations, objectives, introduction, guided practice, and independent practice
• teacher centered 
• teaches a specific topic
• Explicit direct instruction 
• is more detailed and gives a checklist for teacher
• Indirect instruction
• looks the same as direct instruction and includes all the same components
• has an inquiry section
• student centered 
• Cooperative learning
• has a monitoring cooperative learning section for how the teacher will implement it into her class
• students work together and teach each other 

Concept attainment:

• allows students to understand the lesson through inductive reasoning 
• inductive reasoning-making broad generalizations from specific observations
• 4 phases 
• teacher explains the aims for the lesson and gets the students ready to learn
• provide examples of concept and non examples
• test for understanding of materials
• get students to apply what they learned

Interactive lessons involve 2 way communication and discussions and sharing among students 

Talking circles:

• good for when there is no right or wrong answer
• allows students to express their feelings and resolve problems 
• gets students to share their point of view