Lets Go, #ONE!

This week began one of the most important fieldwork experiences that I have done yet, but we can't all start first. This week was done by Ms. Shannon and Ms. Sara. This was the first time that most of us taught a full class, so it was very new and slightly intimidating. To make things even more scary, they had to teach a lesson with their peers writing down their every move. However, you could tell that both of these girls were natural born teachers. They had three days to do the three major types of lessons: Direct, Inquiry, and Cooperative. Ms. Shannon and Ms. Sara made teaching look easy. Though they slipped a couple times by saying "guys", they possessed all of the necessary skills to be a great teacher.

Ms. Shannon and Ms. Sara were given the first Social Studies chapter for the second grade class. This covered the beginning of North America and really focused in on Native American life before the colonists arrived. During all three lessons, they activated prior knowledge and taught lessons in an interactive and engaging way. They had good voice projection and explained the information of the topic very clearly. Throughout the three lessons, Ms. Shannon and Ms. Sara brought along manipulatives to support students learning and made sure to ask questions throughout the period. They also brought in some very engaging activities for the students to do, like exploring artifact bags and creating posters of what they had learned. Overall, I think that Ms. Shannon and Ms. Sara deserve fireworks for the time and effort that they put in for their fieldwork, and even bigger fireworks for going first.