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__Analysis & Reflection__ I am very excited with the way the posters turned out. Going into the lesson, I was very worried about how students would handle the group work because it’s not something they do very often in first grade. Students seemed a little lost in the beginning with how to go about their individual responsibilities within the group. However once they started on the poster they were all actively participating. After creating the poster, all of the students excelled on working independently on their framed paragraphs. They had a lot of background knowledge on their presidents that it wasn’t difficult when it came to writing about them.

If I could re-teach this lesson, I would probably choose books more at their level. One of the books I selected for George Washington seemed to be at their frustration level. The reader in this group was struggling to get through the book and this led the group to lose interest and get antsy. I noticed this and told them to focus on the other resource. Then I quickly pointed out some key facts in the book that they were struggling with.