And Then There Were Pilgrims.....

This week, Group two proved that they were here to take over the land of teaching. They showed an extreme level of organization and teamwork during all three lessons, and you could tell that they worked exceptionally hard to make their PowerPoint as engaging as possible for the students. Ms. Maureen, Ms. Susan, and Ms. Kristen's topic of the pilgrims coming to the New World proved to really grab the students attention, and I was astonished by how engaging they were able to make their Direct Lesson. The video below was so perfect for their lesson.It personifies Plymouth Rock, who tells his side of the story of the pilgrims coming to the New World.  The video was grade level appropriate, went through all of the material that they needed to teach, and it was a very humorous way of teaching American History. I highly recommend the use of this video when teaching students about the pilgrims in any elementary level classroom. 

 The only real complaint that I had for their Direct Lesson was that they had a second video, which was boring and drawn out. Along with their first lesson, they had two great lessons following. For their Inquiry lesson, the girls had their students go on a treasure hunt with iphones. It was wonderful to see students so excited about learning, and it really went back to the whole idea of how important technology is to 21st century learners. The students absolutely loved this activity, and it was amazing to hear how well all of the students worked together. 

The last lesson that Ms. Maureen, Ms. Susan, and Ms. Kristen did was a Cooperative lesson. They had groups readily picked, and once again you could see how accustomed these second graders were to working within groups. Like the first group of college students, these girls also decided to do a poster. The students in this class absolutely LOVE creating posters, especially the glueing aspect. You could see how eager they all were to present what that had learned throughout the three lessons. The girls did a fantastic job! Their lessons were well done and their activities were so engaging. *FIREWORKS*