Reflection Paper On Christopher Columbus

The process of constructing the plan took a long time. I read books on Christopher Columbus, Marco Polo, Walter Raleigh and Ferdinand Magellan. I was planning to cover all of the explorers in my four lesson plans. Each lesson would cover one explorer and we will read the book together in the class. I talked to my teacher about my plan but she told me that I should do Christopher Columbus. So I chose Did Columbus discovered America? However, as I was discussing with my teacher again, she suggested that I should change my book. I had to change my book again and I was frustrated at first but soon I realized that Mrs. L made a good decision for me.

By focusing on Christopher Columbus, students were able to learn detailed information on the explorer. The book contained too much information that was hard to cover in one or two lessons. I decided to read two chapters in each lesson. I wanted to do creative activity in my unit, but we had limited time for reading. There were not enough books for all the students so they could not read at home. As the result, students had to share the book and read during class time which took half of the class period.

A week before I started my lesson, I found out that I am teaching students in Mrs. L’s reading class. There were seventeen students in the class. Among them, I knew only four students who I see every day. This was challenging because all of my lessons that I prepared through observation would not work. As I was getting to know each student and building relationship, I learned so much about their family, background and life. However, I had to teach students from another class whom I barely know. I did not know their names and their background. I was worried that students would not listen to