A Bear of a Poem: Reflection

     I must confess I have bit of trouble taking a look at a literacy lesson, for much younger kids, and breaking down the various components that make it sucessful in such setting. That's because my experience has been mostly in high school and middle school, while teaching Social studies!
However, I found the activities in Mrs. Wilhelm's lesson rather coherent and creative. Using the power of poetry in the lesson really brings a challenge that can be fun, will reinforce many of the skills we have discussed (in previous post) are important for literacy and gives students opportunities to be creative individuals, something we lack so much in many of our curriculums.
     If there was one think I would like to add to this lesson, is a reflective piece where students shared input on each other's work. I think would reinforce the idea of thinking as writers and readers, and would allow students to -perhaps- get constructive feedback. This, of course would require some training and prior to....  I would definitely like to add a couple of components to the  lesson to encourage students to move around somewhat.  Adding kinesthetic component would really help engage those students who benefit from such experiences. Lastly, I would love to add a technological piece into the lesson to make it more interactive and lively. This could be in the form of a task where they would read their final product into a video camera, or create a performance where they interact with their edited work.