Christy Rose

Mini Lesson Reflection

Scott Reilly

ELL

1. For our Mini-Lesson on Similarity, our goal was to introduce similarity in a way that allowed

students to work with the material in a hands on way, as well as giving them a chance to use the

newly learned vocabulary. I think we achieved this goal in that all of our students, most of whom

were part of the group itself but are not math students, were using the language and were able

to go up to the board at the end and give explain how they got the answers to their problems.

Our objective was for students to be able to summarize their answers using the vocabulary

words and to evaluate the similarity of two polygons. By the end, the students had completed a

vocabulary activity and multiple examples in their groups and with the teacher. The goal was

certainly achieved as demonstrated by their explanations on the board at the end.

2. We were aiming to challenge the students in vocabulary which I think we achieved. We had

numerous vocabulary words, each of which we defined and used throughout the class. I tried to

encourage the groups to talk amongst each other using the vocabulary words so they could

practice using them in a sentence and become more familiar with the words. The teams

managed to work through all of the activities and discussed at length with one another.

3. While the lesson went smoothly, I would have liked if the other teachers had a better idea of

what was going on. There was not a lot of team work per se and it felt like, as the leader, I was

expected to also be the teacher. The lesson could have gone smoother if I wasnt the only one

who understood similarity and the vocabulary words. Im sure it was obvious but I was the one

who made the lesson plan, who told them what to say, who found all of the activities and who
 taught the lesson. I might as well have been doing a solo project. To be honest a solo project

would have been easier than trying to help them look like they knew what they were doing.

4. If we were working with actual ELL students the lesson would likely happen at a slightly slower

pace. Id really try and be familiar with the students current language knowledge and try and

use that to build upon the new vocabulary words. We did that in our original lesson but we

would have emphasized it a lot more. I really think to vocabulary activity we did on the

computer would have been especially helpful for the ELL student as it was fairly simple and

straightforward but it helped reinforce the lesson in a slightly different manner.