The students did very well on the timeline multiple-choice questions and the two short answer questions. I believe the timeline activities in class and the formative assessment questions at the end of each reading attributed to the success of the students on these portions of the test.
Not including the student who did not take the test, all but one student made significant gains. The students who made significant gains increased their scores from 3 points to 17 points. The one student who did not make significant gains only increased her overall score by one point. She did much better on objective 2 this time, but only increased her initial objective one score by one point. This student is very bright and is pulled out for gifted, so I was …show more content…
I was able to have parent involvement, technology integration, project based learning and small groups. I wish I had one extra day because I would have spent that day on review or continuing our discussion on primary and secondary sources. The day off for the Presidential Election caused me to lose a day on my unit. I think something interesting to add to this lesson would be a novel where we could incorporate a research project once again. This time I chose the Presidents due to the election, but in the future it could be fun to tie in a novel from the Magic Tree House Series and allow them to use primary and secondary sources to research the …show more content…
I think thematic units are great for planning purposes and really allow the teacher to provide activities that build upon the students understanding. I also believe thematic units help tie ideas together and almost help the student make sense of the topic they are learning. I believe the students would have been extremely confused if they were introduced primary and secondary sources completely independent from the thematic unit. I believe the only disadvantage to teaching thematic unit is having enough time to do it successfully. Thematic units can sometimes take a lot of time up, especially if there is plans to pre/post assess the students. Overall, I am so happy I finally had the opportunity to create my own lessons in my thematic unit and truly feel like a
Not including the student who did not take the test, all but one student made significant gains. The students who made significant gains increased their scores from 3 points to 17 points. The one student who did not make significant gains only increased her overall score by one point. She did much better on objective 2 this time, but only increased her initial objective one score by one point. This student is very bright and is pulled out for gifted, so I was …show more content…
I was able to have parent involvement, technology integration, project based learning and small groups. I wish I had one extra day because I would have spent that day on review or continuing our discussion on primary and secondary sources. The day off for the Presidential Election caused me to lose a day on my unit. I think something interesting to add to this lesson would be a novel where we could incorporate a research project once again. This time I chose the Presidents due to the election, but in the future it could be fun to tie in a novel from the Magic Tree House Series and allow them to use primary and secondary sources to research the …show more content…
I think thematic units are great for planning purposes and really allow the teacher to provide activities that build upon the students understanding. I also believe thematic units help tie ideas together and almost help the student make sense of the topic they are learning. I believe the students would have been extremely confused if they were introduced primary and secondary sources completely independent from the thematic unit. I believe the only disadvantage to teaching thematic unit is having enough time to do it successfully. Thematic units can sometimes take a lot of time up, especially if there is plans to pre/post assess the students. Overall, I am so happy I finally had the opportunity to create my own lessons in my thematic unit and truly feel like a