Another week done!

Just finished our second whole week and this week we got to teach 3 times!  I am going to talk mostly about our Friday!

#1  Our day started like it usually does with the students coming in and getting done with their math self starts.  After that they did a class review for their math test they took the test and there weren't too many raised hands during the test so hopefully they understood better!  Then we got to go on what they called a dinosaur walk in the 4th graders classroom where they had made papermache dinosaurs.  They looked awesome!  When we go back it was our turn to teach our last lesson on ancient Egypt.  We started with just some simple direct instruction all about the everyday life of an ancient Egyptian.  After we were done giving the lesson we did a blow the roof off activity.  We wanted to do this activity because our cooperating teacher preferred if we did something that she could give them points for.  We made up a little ten question quiz on the 5 subjects of Egypt we focused on.  This was also our way of assessing what percentage of the students learned more then they already knew about ancient Egypt.

#2 My favorite part of the day was our activity we did.  The blow the roof off went really well!  At first they had to go slower and figure out what they were supposed to do.  After they understood they LOVED it! I was so happy to see them all running around one at a time and trying to go really fast.  It was a great way to see them engaged and using all the props we brought in for them.  I think it really helped a lot of them on their short quiz because we go most of the questions from the blow the roof off activity.

#3 What went well was our overall lesson for the day.  We did really good with our timing and making sure we had enough time to get in the lesson, activity and ending assessment.  I think maybe the only thing we could of done better was maybe be able to have they students do the blow the roof off one more time but we really only had 45 minutes all together and the lunch helpers had to leave early so we had to make sure to get everything done!

#4 To help my students I would maybe make sure to give the less "jumpy" activities in blow the roof off to the quiet and more reserved students.  I know there were a few students who were not as comfortable as others doing goofy Egyptian stuff.