In class work day

Today we had another work day on our third lesson plan. I think it is important to have work days so students can work together to figure out their project. I like how the lessons were going to connect and relate across content. This could be like a unit plan but for different grade levels. Our group decided to do a lab activity with water in its different forms and then measure its density. I think we have found a good lesson plan and am very excitied about presenting this lesson.

The 5E's

I think the 5Es are important for students and teachers to know. I think the 5Es are important in the classroom because it really helps students make connections to science. I think it is important to engage the students about the activity because if they are not excitied about the activity they will not want to do it. It is important for students to explore and provide them with opportunities for students to test their hypothesis. Students also need to be able to explain why they got thier conclusion and also what they learned from the experiement. Elaborating is also important because it provides opportunties for students to develop deeper and broader understanding. The final E is to evaluate and from a teacher perspective this is important because it shows what students are learning from the lab and and how they solve their science problems. This is important because teachers also need to find what assessment can work for the students. Assessment is also important for the five Es because it makes sure that students are understanding the concepts.

In class Work Day

Today we worked on our lesson plan 2 that our group will be presenting next Tuesday or Thursday. We decided on using color mixes and read them a story about a bunny who dips himself into different types of paint and changes color. Our lesson plan is to teach students about when you mix different colors you get a color. I think students would enjoy this activity because they can actually mix the colors in their groups and make pictures with each of the color mixtures. I think it is a great activity and I am looking forward to presenting our lesson plans and hearing what the other groups are presenting.

Veternans Day

There was no school this day to observe Veternan's Day.

Our Groups Presentations

Today we presented our groups presentations. I liked the idea of the season's book and I think it went well. I presented the introduction about how we would ask students about the four seasons, how to dress during each of the seasons. We showed the video of how a tree changes during each season. I think children would enjoy the video because it has music that went with it and is very colorful. I think if we actually did this activity in class students would enjoy it especially when they presented their coloring books to the class. I think was a good lesson plan for students because they have a chance to present their books and create them and that needs to happen for students to develop and learn.