Day 1
01 Workshop Opener 02 Prev., on U3 03 Break 04 Model Lesson U3L6 05 Reflection 06 Debugging 07 Lunch 08 Curriculum Investigation 09 Assessment 10 Break 11 Conclusions and Connections 12 Scenarios 13 Wrap Up 14 Debrief

Session 5: Model Lesson Reflection

20 minutes

discussion-based

Purpose

This session is designed to highlight choices and teaching strategies used in the model lesson. The goal is for participants to reflect on how they might implement similar strategies and techniques in their own classrooms.

Objectives

  • Understand how to make appropriate choices when delivering a lesson
  • Identify ways to incorporate formative assessment and referencing resources into a lesson
  • Understand how the role of the teacher changes throughout a programming lesson

Supplies & Prep

Room Setup:

  • Participants are seated in pairs

Facilitator Supplies:

Teacher Materials:

  • Journals
  • Pens

Agenda

Model Lesson Goals (7 minutes)

Highlight and Discuss Choices (6 minutes)

Role of the Teacher

Facilitation Guide

Model Lesson Goals (7 minutes)

Remarks

Our goal in this model lesson was to demonstrate key pedagogical choices made in a lesson that help incorporate formative assessment and referencing resources.

(7 minutes) Think, Pair, Share

Prompt: “ What are examples of times in the model lesson when you noticed the teacher formatively assess student understanding and further develop the practice of referencing resources?”

  • (1 minute) Think: individual reflection
  • (2 minutes) Pair: discuss with a partner

Discussion Goal

There are two goals of this discussion:

  1. Participants recognize that formative assessment should be incorporated into lessons, even when students are primarily working on computers
  2. Participants are able to identify opportunities for formative assessment within a lesson
  • (4 minutes) Share: share and discuss with the whole group

Highlight and Discuss Choices (6 minutes)

Facilitator Note: After the group share out, highlight specific choices made during the model lesson and stress that these were not prescribed by the lesson plan, and are the sort of choice that a teacher can make for any lesson.

(2 minutes) Whole Class Video

The teacher utilized the discussion prompts in Code Studio to ensure students grasped core concepts before moving on in the bubble progression

(2 minutes) Pair Programming

Pair programming was only used in the second half of the lesson. This was an intentional decision to ensure that all learners understood the core concept of creating a Sprite before they moved to working with a partner.

(2 minutes) Create a Shared Reference Resource

Creating a shared reference resource served two purposes:

  1. Formative assessment - as learners suggested items to add to the poster, the teacher was able to listen for evidence of understanding and hints of misconceptions
  2. Referencing Resources - the “Sprite” poster will now serve as a resource that students can reference both during this lesson and later in the unit when they are working on their end of chapter project

Role of the Teacher

(1 minute) Journal

Prompt: What was the role(s) of the teacher in the model lesson? How did the role(s) of the teacher change throughout the lesson?

Discussion Goal

As the day progresses, the conversation around this topic should mature. At this point, if participants are answering with surface level responses, try to encourage deeper conversation. (Can you tell me a little more about that? Can someone expand on that idea? Are we starting to see any themes?)

(6 minutes) Share Out

As participants share out with the whole group, add to the “Role of the Teacher” poster from the opening session.