1.
I think our lesson went well. My group was not nervous and felt comfortable
in the classroom. This helped us
interact with the students. The students
were very interactive back which made the lesson go well. They were eager to raise their hands and
answer questions or observations. We had
4 in our group and the students were in 4 groups so we split up and were with
the same group the whole time. I think
this went well by asking the students engaging questions and staying with the
same group the whole time. We all worked
well together and made the lesson go well.
I think the closure of our lesson could have been better. We didn’t have much of a closure planned and
just tried wrapping up the lesson by reviewing students on pitch. The changes we made for day two were very
effective. After doing the peer teaching
and hearing the comments to change day two we did. For day two we changed it in which each group
was allowed to pick what variables they wanted to test and play with. There were different liquids and
containers. The students really liked
this and formed conclusions on pitch and sound waves.
2.
The students did meet our learning
performances. They did experiment with
different variables and learned how it affected pitch. On their worksheets they wrote that the
liquid, shape of container, material of container, and utensil affects the
pitch.
3.
With the enacted lesson plan with our
college classmates they did not care about who filled up the water or who
played the song, but in the classroom this was different. The students were all concerned about who
would fill up the Snapple bottles, play the song, or write on the
worksheet. We had to assign roles and
some students were not happy about not getting picked.
4.
I learned to not be nervous in the
classroom. The students responded well
to us because we were comfortable in the classroom. Also to think about every detail of the
lesson plan. We did not expect the
students would need to be assigned to certain roles of the lesson plan. I now know to expect this.
5. I think our day one went
very well with the Snapple bottles and the playing of the songs. For day two I would change a few things. I would give the students more options for
variables. I would give them more
choices for cups and liquid. We had four
different cup types and four different liquids.
I would also let each group be more student centered. We did not have the amount of time to let the
students do this part of the lesson with no guidance from us.
