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Nice job incorporating several technologies. I am sure that students (especially at this young age) love to work on a SMART board. Encouraging them to become familiar with the keyboard is very important. Early building of these skills will help them quickly move on to greater skills. Students will learn a few basics by inductive reasoning from your class talk and demonstration. I liked how you had students work together with peers at the beginning to practice their skills. Peer motivation, encouragement and review can help students who might be intimidated by a large class setting. It was great how students were given individual assessment time to show what they have learned by using deductive reasoning. Although as a teacher, it may be challenging for you to watch all students complete the assignment using the “shift” key. This is one challenge I see, being able to watch every student and assess during this time. This is an important task to learn, but made simple enough for kindergartners to grasp and successfully complete their learning goal and task.

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What a great lesson idea! With today’s generation, this is a perfect skill for the students to learn. I absolutely love the idea of having an animated duck lead the students through the steps. This will keep their attention throughout the activity (you have definitely thought about your audience and how to connect with them). The excitement to use SMART Boards is contagious, so using this technology tool will engage the students. I like the idea that you can record your voice for this activity. You do not have to keep repeating the directions for each small group of students that come to your center. You can simply play the directions for them…less time spent on prep work for you. The task of creating 2 capital letters within a sentence is challenging yet the students will rise to the occasion because of the opportunity to work with the SMART Board. Having the students work with a partner during this activity is a great idea. They can help each other when need. With the teacher being at the center as well, she can scaffold when necessary. This lesson accommodates the learning styles of many different learners, as you have hands-on learning, visuals, text and voice to help the students understand and achieve the objective. This lesson incorporates inductive learning, as the teacher is showing the students how to accomplish a task, and then the students are to test their understanding by following the steps that were provided.

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