Reflection Three

A constructivist lesson plan is designed to allow a teacher to look back on what it is that they wanted to accomplish at the end of the day. While this lesson plan is designed with six parts, each part is different and serves a different purpose in its on way. These six parts are: situation, groupings, bridge, questions, exhibit and reflections. In situation, you are creating a problem where the students would be able to answer or participate in questioning. Just as an objective lesson plan, in the situation section you must say what it is that you would like for the student to complete. With groupings being the next section, it is divided up into two different parts. Part one is grouping students. Grouping students could either be done by putting them into small groups or allowing them to work on their own. Part two of groupings would be grouping in materials. Materials are arranged in ways so that the student will be able to describe and answer questions based on the situation. Bridge, the third section on the lesson plan is basically what the word means. A bridge is built by taking what the student already knows and putting it with what the teacher is going to provide. One of the good ways to do this is by getting the students involved by playing a game. After bridge, questions follow in the next section of the lesson plan. The good part about the question section is that it can be used through the whole day of the lesson. It challenges students and allows them to use their mind to breakthrough back to the situation section of the lesson plan. With bridge it is good to include all of the questions from the day’s work. The student then exhibits what it is that the teacher has assigned the group. This brings us to the following section. What ever the teacher has given the group whether it is a power point, a research paper, or a digital story, the group must then present their work showing what it is that they have found. The final part is the reflection. The reflection allows the teacher to see what it is the student has learned. The reflection includes questions that help the student to go into detail and discussion about what they have learned. It is basically like a review for the student to refresh their memory. As a future educator, I feel like the constructivist lesson plan is really good for grades six and up because it deals with groups and presentations.