Teaching like a Pro!

Another great teaching day complete! Today was group two's second day teaching. Today's lesson really tied everything group two had taught together. The students were all given 3 different play-doh colors. Once again great choice of manipulative's.



Since the students don't use these type of things in class often it excites them and interests them, and they were very excited today! It's so crucial to introduce objects that grab students interest, it creates a more engaged learning environment. A lot of students learn by doing and supplying hands on activities expands their knowledge greatly.  Group two made great usage out of materials.

The students were given instructions to create a rock, classify it as igneous or sedimentary and leave a clue to the observer to guess its classification. 

Students used the steps of inquiry to solve the question. 

The teachers did not model or tell the steps of inquiry to the class, they were given a worksheet following the steps. My group made a similar mistake, the purpose of explaining it to the class is to allow for multiple opportunities for students to hear directions and to receive directions in different formats. It's beneficial to provide different formats of direction because all students learn differently, some auditory and others visually. The opportunity we have to teach the whole class and observe other teacher candidates is very crucial. It's all a learning opportunity for us to prepare us for edtpa and the future in general.