REFLECTIVE JOURNAL 1

 

REFLECTIVE  JOURNAL - 1

Name of the teacher:  SREELAKSHMI A                   Name of the School :Dr. Ambedkar  Vidyaniketan school

Subject :  Chemistry                                                           Standard : IX

Unit : Atoms and molecules                                              Division : A

Topic: Introduction and Law of conservation of mass    Strength : 7

                                                                                                Period : 1

                                                                                               Date :28/1/2021

 

Introduction

I planned today's lesson plan for transacting the content ' introduction to atom and law of conservation of mass’ in the unit ‘Atoms And Molecules’ of Class 9. My curricular aim was to enable students to get a general idea about atoms and law of conservation of mass. My lesson plan has three parts.

1.     Curricular objective followed by the analysis of content, process and evaluation phase of the topic atom.

2.     The transactional phase consisting of the activities and analysis of feedback.

3.     Follow up activities.

1.Reflection on curricular objectives and related contents

The lesson plan was prepared by analyzing the content of transaction thoroughly. The activities and the transaction phase were planned according to the predetermined objectives. The objectives were planned by considering the content , intellectual level of students and age of students. The learning aids and required ICT materials were prepared and collected for the smooth content transaction. ICT materials were also downloaded from the internet resources. The prerequisite were identified and written in the lesson plan.

          The lesson plan was written well and gave confidence for taking the class. The lesson plan contained strategies and activities which were fitted for the scheduled time. Also the transnational activities were completed within the available time and time management was neatly done while writing the lesson plan.

2.     Reflection on the transaction  phase

Introduction of the topic was not well presented. It could capture attention and arouse interest and motivation to learn. The introduction helped to link with the contents easily. I thought that demonstration of a socially relevant issue could capture attention of students but students were unaware of the social problem introduced. Eliciting questions asked were good to some extent. The transaction phase contained image presentation, video presentation, experiment presentation and some activities.  Reinforcement given to the students was not satisfactory. Continuous evaluation of the students was well done. Echo from the speaker could have been avoided and selecting experiments for demonstration should be done more carefully. The voice was good and I could maintain a better communication and rapport with the students to some extent. Students should be encouraged to ask more questions.

          Additional strategies should be planned while writing lesson plan,  time management should be improved .

Almost all students were able to give proper answers for the home work questions. Efficient strategies should be planned to make all the students do their home work.

 

3.     Follow up activities

The conclusion to the content was sufficient. Knowledge was constructed by the students themselves. Evaluation questions were sufficient and could evoke thinking ability in the students. Scientific creativity could have been included.

4.     PowerPoint Presentation.

The power point presentation was well made. The contents were well organized. The important points were given in bold letters and colors which helped students to write it down in their notebooks. Images and videos were given in a logical sequence. The experiments and result were included

5.     Overall performance

The introduction was bad and confusing since teacher doesn’t have any knowledge about students since she is dealing with new students. it could arouse interest and motivation to learn. Transaction phase was carried out smoothly. The presentation of images, videos and audios was successfully carried out. Class room management was good. New strategies to improve the transaction phase have to be included in future classes. Different class room management techniques must be included. Time management should be improved. New strategies have applied to make students do their home assignment.