Cooperative learning

For the cooperative lesson the students had to create a project and then present it to the class. Each group was given a different project to create. Each group had a rubric to follow so they would know what exactly their task was suppose to have on it.
 Each group had to state what colony they received, who the important people were, the resources of the colonies, why the colony was created, what people lived their and why.One group had a poster board and they were given pictures to place on the poster given to them. Another group had to create a brochure, another had to make a newspaper and the last one was a poem or rap. The students enjoyed this task. They all worked nicely together and had great end results. They all worked  together to have their projects all ready and then after they presented the students had to evaluate their self and group on a worksheet given to them.

Inquiry lesson

For our second lesson of field work we had to do an inquiry lesson. This lesson seemed difficult yo understand . I understood that the students needed a problem to solve and that they had to figure out the conclusion using the evidence they had. It was just difficult creating the lesson itself. The kids were supper excited when Hanna and I announced that they were going to be detectives. The students were given a crime and then evidence. They had to figure out in which colony the crime was committed and who did it. I loved the idea behind the lesson I just wish we had more time because the lesson could have went smoother. It also did not help that this day was a Friday and it was Halloween so the students were filled with energy. The final result of the lesson was a good turn out. I was very thankful that my classmates were very helpful throughout the lesson. Each one was at a table helping the children understand and go through their problem. I felt this was great and help Hanna and I out a bunch. I will admit trying to teach on a time frame is not to exciting . It makes everything stressful but it is wonderful to see the students work together and figure their task out. The students in our class were smart and always ready to learn social studies. This experience has helped me to learn for the next time I need to teach an inquiry lesson to my students.

Dine' tribe

I was given the task of teaching my peers about the Dine' tribe. After doing research about this tribe I found out that this tribe was also known as the Navajo tribe.  I used online resources and YouTube to  find information and videos for my presentation.

Dine' Tribe

Field work first day experience

 For my first day teaching at Bishop Dunn's 5th grade class. I taught with Hanna and we were teaching the students about the thirteen colonies, Our first lesson plan was a Direct lesson. A direct lesson is when the teaching gives the students new information. The students have to review in between slides to make sure that the students are paying attention and also that they understand. After watching all the other groups that taught their lesson I had a better understanding on how to teach direct lesson. I was very nervous at first because I was worried about time.   We made sure we reviewed over what the students should know . Then we started with giving them the information about the thirteen colonies . We split the colonies into the three parts and taught the New England colonies then went into the Middle and Lastly the Southern Colonies. We discussed how the colonies were formed , the resources in each colony and the important people involved. W e used  a power point to present are information and then did an activity together with the students. The students  were given a crossword puzzle for homework.
Power point for Direct lesson On the thirteen colonies

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