On May 2, 2016 I presented my lesson at Ekstrand elementary school. My host teacher name is Mrs.Tonia Dirksen she has been teaching for nineteen years. The student that I will be presenting this lesson to are second grade students. Ekstrand elementary is located in a rural area in Dewitt, Iowa. In the school there are 95 percent of Caucasian students, 3 percent of African American students, and 1 percent of Hispanic students. In the classroom there are twenty-two children in the classroom. There are fifteen boys and seven girls. There are six African American boys, nine Caucasian boys, and seven Caucasian girls. The age range of the students are six and seven. The lesson we will be working is on “Neighborhood”. The lesson will be taught during
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While I was at home I practice the lesson with myself and my son. Before the day of the lesson I went to Frances Banta Waggoner Library which is also located in Dewitt, Iowa to print out the worksheets for the students and the student’s permission slip for our walk. When I begin the lesson I knew students were going to have prior knowledge about the lesson because they were learning this beforehand. So I gather the students on the carpet and grab the black dry erase marker. I wrote “NEIGHBORHOOD” on the board in big bold letters. I ask the students what does neighborhood mean. The students were talking over each other so I told the students they had to raise their hands one at a time in order for me to understand what they were …show more content…
I brought out the white big paper so we can jot our answer out altogether. Everything we saw, heard, or smell we wrote it down. This was a great fun experience for me all the students participate I even had a couple of parents to join us for our walk. I feel like this lesson was successful. If I could do this lesson again I would definitely do it. After I was done teaching the lesson I gave each student’s an assessment to see if they understood the objectives of the lesson. If half or more of the students did not get the lesson, I would have gone back and seen what I did wrong and did it over again one on one or individually. Overall, 85 percent of students succeed the
While I was at home I practice the lesson with myself and my son. Before the day of the lesson I went to Frances Banta Waggoner Library which is also located in Dewitt, Iowa to print out the worksheets for the students and the student’s permission slip for our walk. When I begin the lesson I knew students were going to have prior knowledge about the lesson because they were learning this beforehand. So I gather the students on the carpet and grab the black dry erase marker. I wrote “NEIGHBORHOOD” on the board in big bold letters. I ask the students what does neighborhood mean. The students were talking over each other so I told the students they had to raise their hands one at a time in order for me to understand what they were …show more content…
I brought out the white big paper so we can jot our answer out altogether. Everything we saw, heard, or smell we wrote it down. This was a great fun experience for me all the students participate I even had a couple of parents to join us for our walk. I feel like this lesson was successful. If I could do this lesson again I would definitely do it. After I was done teaching the lesson I gave each student’s an assessment to see if they understood the objectives of the lesson. If half or more of the students did not get the lesson, I would have gone back and seen what I did wrong and did it over again one on one or individually. Overall, 85 percent of students succeed the