phase 3

1. Each member of the teaching group must individually reread the entries throughout the Blog and then reflect on the overall experience. Describe (a) how your understandings for each the categories listed below changed based on your experiences this semester and (b) describe how this might impact your future teaching experiences.
   • Assessing Prior Knowledge- My understanding was that most students know there alphabet and sounds so they could handle all 26 letters of the alphabet, but thats not the case every time.I cant assume that just because they a student should know something doesn't necessarily mean they do.
   • Planning Instruction- I thought I had planned well enough, but after really doing the lesson, kindergarten is a lot of planning. Next time I will have my materials more prepared
   • Designing Instruction- I thought the lesson was appropriate, and everyone seems to agree.  I would do the same thing in a regular classroom, probably just have the room set up differently and better materials.
   • Planning Assessment- My assessment could have been better, I totally spaced about the planning an assessment. This I will take into consideration, that I need to be able to plan to assess my students correctly
   • Instructional Decisions/Teaching I think I could have made a better decision when people were talking or disrupting, but I was nervous, I didnt want to hurt anyones feelings but I needed to have classroom management.
   • Assessment of LearningMy assessment of learning was just through observation, but with more time I could  have more assessments to measure the students growth.