For my first supervisor observation, I taught an ELA lesson that consisted of a mini lesson on prefixes, a vocabulary introduction, and a shared reading lesson that covered cause and effect. If I were to teach this lesson again, I would have spent less time on vocabulary. (About 15 minutes in) The students understood the vocabulary words right away and when I started to second guess myself is when they started to second guess themselves. However, I did think that incorporating the signs for the students helped to clarify some more abstract vocabulary words and the students really enjoyed it. I was surprised how quickly the students understood the concept of the prefix "un." We went over it once or twice (about 5 minutes in) and the students were able to apply the prefix to other base words to participate in a word sort. If I were to teach this lesson again, I would make sure that the students understand what is expected of them in a text dependent question. I would go over the necessary parts and make that expectation clear. Students really struggled with that concept. Another concept that my students are struggling with is cause and effect (the main topic of shared reading in this lesson). Unfortunately many students finished their independent work and still did not understand the relationship between cause and effect. I am working with my CT to find resources to help the students understand that relationship. Cause and Effect resource that my CT gave me. We used this to introduce cause and effect. Modeled cause and effect graphic organizer
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