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Good Things: What went well?

Some things that went well were the idea of the lesson. The kids enjoyed matching the shape on the SMART board to show me what they knew after the review to the tune of little, little, star using my shape cards.. They were excited to help me and their other friends work on shapes, so I am glad they enjoyed the lesson overall. They all enjoyed the book Mice shapes as well. They all participated in the singing of the review cards and got the shapes right after the second time before the matching quiz on the SMART board.
What did you like about your experience?
I enjoyed watching the kids faces light up when they knew the answer to the questions I was asking of them. I also, as weird as it sounds, liked it when the kids made a mistake because it showed them that it was a chance to learn rather than having to know each shape. I just told them "hmm that doesn't seem right, because that shape has 3 sides. Let's call on a friend for some help okay?" the student would then help the other correctly, then I would say everyone tell the student who made a mistake to say " It's okay friend! We are all learning! You're still cool!" they all repeated this back to the friend which created a more positive environment for learning while also teaching them that mistakes are okay. For the most part they got all the shapes correct and I was proud of my lesson. I was really sad that we did have some technical issues about half way through where I had to improvise. The touch screen of the SMART board wouldn't connect, so I couldn't have them drag. I quickly improvised. Even though this wasn't my fault, to be honest, it really embarrassed me because the kids had to do things in a more difficult way by using the computer mouse to click and drag. This was hard for them considering their age, but I was able to help. Even though things like this happened they still used technology and still got the concepts I was trying to get through to them. Sometimes things don't work, so I had to take a step back and realize things happen afterward..  Otherwise this went really well.

Areas of Improvement: What would you do differently next time?

I think next time I would have a better plan B just incase there were technical difficulties like there were. I immediately thought I wished I would have brought my i Pad, so we could have used KEY Note. This would have made it easier for my 3 year old's to click and drag as well as, use the pen for circling shapes like the original plan was. But me, the silly teacher did not think she would run into this issue. Things happen. I learned my lesson from that one, but am happy the kids and I pushed through and they still learned the concepts of basic shapes.

Assessment: Did your students meet the objective?  Why or why not? How do you know?

Yes, my students met the objective of learning their basic shapes. We will continue to review them to keep these things fresh in there minds. I know they achieved this goal, because after reviewing the shapes using the cards and my song they completed the song by themselves as well as did the matching game on the board with me correctly. The board was my way of testing their knowledge after going over this concept. While the read aloud book was playing at the end, my students were calling out the names of shaped they saw in the book aloud. In the end I was proud of my kiddo's for pushing through the difficulties of technology at such a young age, and still successfully learning the concept.

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My team of teachers that allowed me to use their kids and classroom. I couldn't use my students because of photo releases, so I picked a different classroom called Cricket 1. My cooperating teachers that helped make this happen were Melissa and Jenna.

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My team of teachers that allowed me to use their kids and classroom. I couldn't use my students because of photo releases, so I picked a different classroom called Cricket 1. My cooperating teachers that helped make this happen were Melissa and Jenna.

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I was thankful they allowed me to teach this lesson. They did a great job communicating back to me. These two are phenomenal at being teachers and I am so glad I had them by my side. Melissa was in the room when I did the lesson where as, Jenna approved the lesson and was not in the room. Even though her approval was late, I had to recreate my lesson, because the first teacher I picked did not respond. This approval not being turned in was not her fault and I appreciate her helping me out and letting me do this last minute. This teacher did great with communicating, patience, and helping me do this lesson.

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2 friends had photo releases, and could not be included in this project. I do not have very many pictures, but will include the ones I do have. Thank you for your understanding of parent wishes :)

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2 friends had photo releases, and could not be included in this project. I do not have very many pictures, but will include the ones I do have. Thank you for your understanding of parent wishes :)

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Introducing myself to these cute kiddos 

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Introducing myself to these cute kiddos 

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3 of my friends that I had previous, knew who I was and were excited. Some did not, so I decided to introduce myself.

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I used the shape cards to review the different basic shapes to the tune of little, little, star. For example, I would say "Little Little Dimond what do you see. I see a..." and the children would respond to the shape behind it like this "Circle looking at me." which was what came next (teacher) "Little, little Circle what do you see. I see a..." etc.

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Second we test their knowledge with a shape matching game. Sorry all of my pictures where when I had to improvise. 

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Second we test their knowledge with a shape matching game. Sorry all of my pictures where when I had to improvise. 

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Here is a  picture of a student pointing to the shape I was holding up. I then asked him to come over to the mouse since the board stopped working. He clicked and dragged the grey Dimond marker and placed it over the circle, since a circle was what I was holding up for him to find on the board. Of course these 3 year old students needed help with the mouse, but they understood the concept while using the computer as technology. This was my third friend to match shapes.

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This friend of mine successfully found the rectangle and clicked and dragged the grey circular marker over to the rectangle. This is a mid process picture, but a good one I thought.

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I asked him to go click and drag after he named the shape. He named the shape, but then I found out the board did not work with this kiddos turn. 

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I asked him to go click and drag after he named the shape. He named the shape, but then I found out the board did not work with this kiddos turn. 

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We also learned technology does not always like us and we have to improvise.

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He wanted to point as well, before he clicked and dragged the cursor over the shape using the mouse. This is where we learned mistakes are okay. He got it right the second time I asked though. 

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He wanted to point as well, before he clicked and dragged the cursor over the shape using the mouse. This is where we learned mistakes are okay. He got it right the second time I asked though. 

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This friend of mine is in this classroom, but is one of our newer students and younger ones. He still knew his shape he was asked to find. he pointed at it and came over to my lap to receive help (hand over hand) using the mouse to click and drag. Even though he is younger, I still wanted to make sure and include him. He was understanding the concepts which was good.

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Not only did he use the mouse, but also got to point to the shape I asked him to find!

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Not only did he use the mouse, but also got to point to the shape I asked him to find!

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Find the star friend...

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Thank you for your attention! Documents for this project will be added to submission.

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Here is a email approval and the lesson plan template link.