Reflection on teaching:
Day 3-Cooperative Learning
Topic: "The Declaration of Independence"
Lesson Plan
Presentation
Materials-Declaration sheet,homework,group evaluation form
Today, my group and I presented our cooperative learning lesson. The main goal for this lesson was for students to learn about the different parts of the declaration and be able to write their own declarations. I started the beginning of the lesson by pre-assessed students' knowledge by first asking them what they remember from last session. Then I showed the students a picture of the Declaration and asked them if they remembered what the picture was. When the students told me "Declaration of Independence", I then asked them to define what the word "declaration" means. Then Laura went into the development and explained what the 5 parts of the Declaration of Independence included. The 5 parts are: 1) The Introduction, 2) The Preamble ,3)The Indictment, 4)The Denunciation, 5)The Conclusion. Rachel went over some key words that are found in the Declaration which include: rights, values, responsibilities,and freedom. Anne described how to work together in groups. She explained the value of "PIGS" : positive interdependence, individual accountability, group processing, and social skills. Then Rachel explained the directions to the students. The students were being split up into 5 groups. Each group would be assigned a different part of the Declaration to write. The students wrote their own Declarations based on getting freedom from their parents. The students had 10 minutes to complete the assignment. When the time was up, the closure of the lesson was for the students to present their parts. They went in order of how the actual Declaration is written. Together, they all created their own Declaration of Independence! We collected their papers, and typed their Declarations out for them to keep. The students were presented with group evaluation forms. This allowed them to give constructive criticism of their group members and rate their overall performance.
Group Reflection: I felt that we were much more organized this lesson. Both of our lessons ran smoothly. We were able to transition easily and more quickly. We actually got to finish our lessons on time. The students told us they had fun doing the project as well. Each of us sat with each group and helped them come up with ideas. With our guided practice, students were able to construct good ideas that made a great Declaration. During this lesson, we also were able to communicate and help each other out more. If someone did not know something, another teacher would help them. I was overall satisfied with our performance today as a group. We got our lesson across in a clear and easily flowing manner. Things we can improve upon: we need to check each paper before we print it out. There was a typo on the group evaluation form. Even though a typo could be such a simple mistake, it turned out to confuse the students and we did not want that to happen.
Reflection of my own teaching: I feel that this lesson was probably the best out of all my teachings. I used the correct terms and did not stumble over my words. I was also able to help my other group members out when they needed assistance while they were teaching. I enjoyed working with the students during guided practice. This allowed me to give individualized help to the students. I was able to provide the students with thoughts and ideas in order to construct their parts of the Declaration. When I was giving directions, I think I did a good job of clearly explaining them to the students.
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