Back to work

     After having a week off for spring break, it was time for all of us to get back to work.  Today fieldwork group four began to teach.  I thought they did an amazing job!  All of them were well prepared and confident in the front of the room.  I would have been so nervous to teach because these four college students did not have a lot of time to prepare with one another because of spring break but they rocked it.

     Today, group four instructed a direct instruction lesson plan on important vocabulary that goes along with the BizMovie project.  They then had the students create sentences using the vocabulary they had just learned.  I was amazed on how well the companies did with this assignment.  With some assistance, the companies came up with educated and sophisticated sentences using the vocabulary.  For the most part, group four followed the steps of direct instruction lesson plans.  They got the attention of the students, explained the vocabulary to the students, thought out loud, provided them with examples, and gave them a guided practice.  

     After learning the vocabulary, the companies had an opportunity to make their movies for the first time.  Our company, Sparks Fly, was not so focused during the movie making time.  Some students worked hard on the movie while others were very distracted and distracting.  Hopefully, Sparks Fly will be more on task next session.