Emma Newton Week 1 GLT Reflection

       The first week of my GLT went fairly well I felt.  The children seem to be understanding and learning a lot about retelling stories, but I do feel that they need some practice with sequencing events in stories when retelling, and I plan on doing that this coming week.  When I ask why it is important to retell a story the students always answer, "It is important because it is a way to check for understanding!" this I feel is a result of relating retelling to the "Check for understanding" the students do during Daily 5 when they Read to Someone.  This has made me realize the importance of presenting information to students in a way that will allow them to relate it to prior knowledge.  Additionally,  I have both read a story and had the students retell it and showed a short film for them to retell.  The students loved the short film, and, given that there was not any words in the short film, it really pushed them to pay attention to details and expressions made by the characters.  The short film also sparked the students' attention and drew them in to the lesson- and that was very exciting for me to see!
      I am looking forward to this coming week and working on sequencing with the students.  Although there is some details I would change to the lessons I have done this week, I feel that the students are on the right track to meeting the learning goals I am looking to meet.