Group 3 (Cooperative Learning)

Alyssa, great job today! You were more confident and spoke and were able to manage the class better. My only critique is on the review. Instead of just asking the students the names of the people you went over, have them tell you something interesting about that person and then repeat it just in case the whole class didn't hear you. Other then that nice work!

Mackenzie, you had a nice review of what teamwork meant, and got the students inspired to work on their next task!

Letter--> Chris, well done. I thought that was an excellent idea to write a letter to the president. I think the students thought that was pretty awesome too. It was also nice that everyone in the group was working on making their own letter, then as a group they combined all of their ideas and made one fabulous letter. 

Play-->Alyssa, I loved this! You're extremely creative and that is an awesome quality to have. All of the props were a great touch to the lesson. I really think the students had a fantastic time with this 

Poem--> Giving the students the option of creating four different kinds of poems was a great idea. Students work better when they actually have a say in what they are learning. Each of the small groups were extremely creative and I couldn't help but smile at how much work they were putting into the project.

Victory Poster --> Melissa you had a difficult group of boys to work with, but you pulled the best out of each of them. They came up with a creative title, expressed themselves well, and backed up all their facts. Well done!

All: Group 3,  there was only one thing I would change. When you're working in groups, make sure that you have a visual for the students to look at. You had it in your other lessons and they were really great. Your last lesson was a complete success!! Each one of you should be very proud of yourselves! Also you're the only group that ever ended on time, give yourself a big pat on the back for that!

It's the last day of field work for Dr. Smirnova's class. We're sad to say goodbye, but I think we have all had a very good run. We learned from our mistakes, and most importantly we learned from each other. We will take these experiences with us and continue to better the quality of our lessons and perfect our performance. As a goodbye present, we put all of our favorite pictures and videos together, and made a virtual scrapbook for our favorite 4th grade! What a great experience!