Last Week of Fieldwork

Group 4 taught their first lesson today on Plate tectonics! They had a very extensive lesson and I thought they did a wonderful job. In my opinion, this was a hard topic to teach, but I think they did a great job and the students understood the material well! For some reason, the students were extra chatty and energetic today. Throughout the lesson they were talking so much and distracted a lot. I think my fellow teacher candidates did a great job of trying to get them to settle down and refocus their attention back on the material!

My favorite part of their lesson was their continental drift activity. They had the students fold up a piece of construction paper like a fan. Each student had the continents of Africa and South America. They students were instructed to
lay the construction paper on their desk and place the continents on top. Then, they pulled the paper
apart so the continents drifted right in front of them! This was a really great activity and captured the attention of the class. It also helped to make the content material more realistic for them, because they saw it happening right in front of them! 

Group 4 taught their final lesson on Tuesday. We did not have class on Thursday, so they went a week without teaching. They did a very excellent job with this lesson. What I really liked was that they did stations. There were four stations that the students rotated to. Unfortunately, time ran out so the students only got to go to three of the stations. Overall, I think the lesson went very smoothly and you could tell the teacher candidates were a lot more comfortable in front of the classroom. 

I can't believe our time at fieldwork is over! It flew by!! It was very enjoyable and definitely a learning experience. It has helped me feel much more comfortable in front of the classroom and helped to give me even more experience writing lesson plans:)