Reflection:
In this lesson there were a few things that I didn't expect to happen. For example, I was not planning on having the students turn and teach each other the definitions, but last minute I chose to have them do that and it ended up working out great!
If I was going to teach this lesson again, I would focus on classroom management and utilize the techniques that I CT already has in place. Overall, this lesson was successful! The kinesthetic hand motions that I added to the vocabulary words really drove the meaning of the words home.
Analysis:
My stated objective was mastered. Even later in the day, one of my students was describing something to me and she used the word humongous and showed me the hand motions. The students are already used to making kinesthetic connections to abstract concepts. This lesson fit right into how they were already learning. The students were actively listening for the vocabulary words to stop and give the definition. They were able to do this most of the time. Every once and awhile, I had to stop and remind them of the word, but as soon as they were prompted, they recited the correct definition. Overall, this lesson was a huge success, much better than my last one.