SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

Lesson Evaluation Checklist

(For Pre-service Teachers)
LESSON: The effects of smoking on CLASS: 8:50– DATE: 15th Oct
being active 9:50 am 2018
1. What I intended Students to learn during this lesson
 I intended for my students to learn three things during the lesson:
1. Apply: To Implement current understanding to make predictions of
the experiment.
2. Analyse: To Examine the reasons why smoking effects someone
being fit and active.
3. Evaluate: To Critique the predictions and results as to why you felt
this way during the experiment.
 I also intended for my students to explore working in groups for
discussions and brainstorms. The students were also to explore to
practice summarising through the 66 words activity.
 The final lesson of this lesson was for students to understand that the
reflections had to be completed as a exit ticket for recess.
2. Changes I made to the lesson plan during the lesson and why
 One of the changes I made to my lesson plan during the lesson was in
giving the students more time to explore the straw experiment during
the fitness activity. Throughout the game some students didn’t have
much chance to explore the straw activity, as they were tagged
straight away. I changed the lesson to give all students a fair go.
 Another change I made to the lesson was in doing some of 66 words
together as a class, as some of the students were confused by this
activity. As a class we brainstormed some of the words to give the
students a clear example of what was expected of them.
3. How the Students responded to the lesson
 All of the students responded really well to the physical education
fitness activity at the beginning of the lesson. Many of the students
have a passion for sport, so I incorporated this common interest into
my planning.
 Most of the students were engaged in the ‘predict, result, reflect’
sheet. However, some students became disengaged and began rushing
through their answers. I used simple encouragement and questioning
techniques to spark more in depth answers from these students.
 During the 66 words activity, most of the students lost their focus and
I could see that many were not comprehending the activity. As soon as
we become to work together as a class, this gave the students a
starting point and they all finished the activity focused and engaged.
4. What I think Students learned from this lesson and how I know
 Most of the students demonstrated their understanding of why
smoking effects how active and fit someone is. This was identified in
the reflective section of the sheet completed throughout the lesson.
The students use scientific vocabulary, and clear explanations of how
the straw activity linked into how smoking effects how active we are.
 All of the students established their knowledge of how to describe how
their breathing and body felt after doing exercise and breathing
through either one straw or two joint straws. The students all
expanded their vocabulary to explain how ‘smoking’ effected their
levels of fitness.
5. What I could have done differently to improve the outcomes
for Students
 If I were to do this lesson again, I would plan for a different fitness
game to be played where every student is constantly on the move.
This way, the student outcome of how out of breath and tired
‘smoking’ makes exercise, could have been experienced by everyone.
 Another way I would improve my lesson would be through planning to
work through a few examples of the 66 words activity, before allowing
the students to work on this individually.
6. What I learned from this lesson
 Regarding, my personal learning from this lesson, I know understand
that I need to make sure I model ‘I Do’, ‘We Do’, ‘You Do’, as a way to
check comprehension and facilitate learning.
 I also learnt to be more thoughtful in my planning for a back- up plan
if things don’t follow how I wished them too. This was an importing
learning experience, as even though my improvisation worked, it would
have been more efficient if I had carefully planned about plan B.