6. Submit a Log

I thought this lesson went really well. The students had already used this routine previously and were able to remember each section of it; however, as a precaution, I still explained each section of the routine as a reminder for those who may not have remembered immediately. At first, a challenge I thought might happen was the students not being able to remember details from the movie to help carry the discussion and find enough differences because it had been about two weeks since they had seen the movie. However, I was pleasantly surprised at the amount of specifics they were able to recall. As a result, they found it quite easy to fill in each of the sections with just a bit of prompting from us. If I was to use this routine again comparing and contrasting a movie and a piece of literature, I would be sure to lessen the amount of time between seeing the movie and reading the story.

This lesson went well with our class.  The students had already used the Concept Comparison Routine in a previous lesson so they had no difficulties remember what to do in each section; however, as a precaution, I still explained each section of the routine prior to completing. The students had watched the latest movie version a couple of weeks prior to actually having to use the details to compare/contrast to the book.  The students had no difficulties remembering details in order to complete the table after reading the book, which was a pleasant surprise.  The students actually recalled very specific details, with little prompting from us.  The only challenge we thought we might encounter was the students not remembering details from the movie to help carry the discussion; however, as stated above, this did not happen.  If I was to use this routine again comparing and contrasting a movie and a piece o f literature, I would be sure to lessen the amount of time between seeing the movie and reading the story.

I struggle with like categories when instructing a comparison table.  Co-instructing helps to hear another team member (Dana) present her interpretation of the like categories.  In planning our presentation we problem solved a variety of examples to make this more clear when instruction was provided to our team members.  Next time I would review some of the examples provided in the book and offer one to the team for clarity.  Our math instructor especially, appreciated this concept and would like to use the fraction and decimal examples provided.  The extension activities is where the trainer found creativity in presentation to explain classroom application.  

After completing them I would have  loved to have these when making my lesson plans. Great way to highlight important parts of lesson.  It would be a great way to study for students.

Overall, working with the CCR has gone well. Student engagement is high and students seem to be making connections to their notes and lectures in a more visually accessible way. One challenge is time, as I don't see the students every day and often, doing a CCR or CMR diagram can take 10-15 minutes, longer than a traditional exit ticket. Next time, I think I'll have Dana take a small group and offer a few options as a word bank so students can have additional opportunities to identify critical information. 

It was good that my students had prior information in setting up a bar graph and circle graph.  They were able to give information.  This particular class likes to let a few select students answer most questions but I think there was a little more variety today because they were comfortable.  The challenge was coming up with the name for the categories (the larger topic).  I will need to develop better inquisitive questions to promote better answers.  We were able to develop individual class surveys, conduct them with each other, make a table to collect the data and represent as tallies, fractions, decimals and percents.  Then students put them into bar and circle graphs. Evidence is posted in Drive.  I should have used this when teaching area and perimeter but think it will make a nice review for the SOL test coming up all too soon.  We have already started on the Concept Comparison Table for mean, median, and mode for next week.  Excited to teach it again.

I feel it went really well.  I was unsure how the student would do with us videoing them.  Some were still afraid to speak.  I guess the most challenging thing was getting them to talk and forget we were videoing.  The actual videoing.  We had technical issues.  The actual routine completion went well.  They seemed to do well completing it.  I feel this is a great tool to use when reviewing vocabulary words.

I feel it went well.  The kids seemed to like this better than an venn diagram. They were very engaged.  I feel like this is a excellent resource for them to use when reviewing vocabulary.  We had some issues with our video but that was the technology.  I feel I will use this again as a tool for review of vocabulary.