"The teacher is the one who gets the most out of the lessons, and the true teacher is the learner" - Elbert Hubbard

Week 8

Monday October 14, 2013:

There was no fieldwork today. Bishop Dunn had off for COlumbus day, so we met in the classroom instead. We used this time in the classroom to discuss how groups one and two did on their first two lessons. We also had time to work in our groups to finish other lesson plans. We haven't taught any lessons yet, so we are still working on our first lesson, the direct lesson. I like being able to meet in the classroom because we are all there to talk about it and can talk to other groups to see if they have any advice for us. Also, by being in the classroom, Dr. Smirnova is there to help us with any questions that we need.

Wednesday October 16, 2013:

On of the assignments for this class is to do a current event activity. in groups of three, we have to teach a current event lesson to the classroom as if they are elementary school students. Kristen, Christina, and Courtney were the first to go. They sent out an article for the whole class to read before we met today. Their article was a fourth grade level article on the government shutdown. The main idea of their lesson was researching the article using the 5 w's: Who, What, Where, When, and Why. After going over the 5 w's, we were asked to fill out a worksheet based on the reading. After filling out the worksheet, we were asked to switch our paper with another classmate and write a paragraph based on the information they found. They then had a representative from each group come up and fill in a part of the worksheet on the white board. Once, everyone had written their part down, they asked the whole class if we agreed or disagreed with the answers. I really enjoyed this activity!

Friday October 18, 32013:

Today was groups one and two's final days of fieldwork. That means next time, it's my turn. Both groups did a cooperative lesson. Group one had the class split into four groups. Each group was given a vocabulary word (artisan, merchant, manor, apprentice). The group members had to come up with a definition for this vocal word. After each group had said their definition, and the teachers ad gone over social skills that should be present when working together, the groups each did a "secret presentation." The four secret presentations were a skit, a song, and acrostic poem and an advertisement. Overall, I think this was a fun activity for the students and they really worked well with each other.
For group two's cooperative lesson plan, they split the class up into four groups and gave each group a folder. Each folder had a picture from the American Revolution. The goal of the activity was to figure out what picture they had and at the end make a big timeline. The students were able to realize when their event happened in comparison with the rest of the class and were able to finish the timeline. Definitely a fun activity for the students and group two did avery good job with the lesson!