Reading Reflection Chapter 10

1. Setting aside time for reflection is very important. For a teacher she can reflect on her own lesson and the success or failure of his or her lesson, so that the lesson can be improved upon in the future. Foe students it really gives the teacher insight as to what the student was thinking as well as how to help the student in the future. This practice also shows the student what he or she learned. (mentioned on 147- 148)
Example: If my students were recording information on their customers for the farmers' market I may find that I was not very clear on what I expected and I may notice that students seemed to not have had a very good introduction to this section. I may then decide to bring in a cashier or other sales professional to explain how they give special offers to their customers in order to find out information about their customers. When I survey my students I may find that the students learned a lot about entering data into a spread sheet, but they did not learn a lot about marketing. Students may find they want to know more about how these charts will help their booths produce the correct goods.

2. Students need reflection and elaboration so that teachers can know what the students are trying to explain. This may also help both the students and the teacher narrow down a topic so that they can explore the right kinds of things together. (mentioned page 149)
Example: My students wanted to know more "about growing plants". This was very broad and vague. I told students to reflect what they already knew and go from there. Once my students reflected they knew that they wanted to know how to grow exotic flowers like orchids.

3. Schools build tradition and identity by trying new exciting things, inviting the community to get exited and be apart of it, and by doing it again the following year. (mentioned on 150- 153)
Example: We will plan on making our farmers' market an annual thing each year. We may even have our students sell produce more than one time each year if students are able to grow enough produce and flowers. We will invite community members to stop in and give the children information and to participate in the purchasing of a good or service.

4. It is way important to celebrate projects to really drive home what students learned. It also makes what they learned seem more important than when students just get a grade at the end. It also gives students authentic real world practice planning events if you have them plan their own celebration. (mentioned on page 154)
Example: Our students will celebrate during and after the farmers' market. Students will also decide what we do with the money we earn from the market.

5. The actions listed above benefit our project in many ways. Some specific examples are listed in the example section.