Aspects of my lesson were implemented differently than I had planned was the book I wanted to read to the class I looked everywhere for a more interactive book about zigzag movement but none where available for the time I needed so I went to the school library and got ZigZag Movement by Lola Schaefer. I were to do this lesson over again in with this class I would read another book or come up with an activity that would be helpful for the students and to get them actively involved. Because they seemed to lose interest in the lesson. I would keep the activity of them making the chart because it helped them remember the different movements. One instance that is perplexing to me is that even after repeating myself a couple time of what is expected of them many of the students still drew arrows or lines of the movement instead of an object moving in that certain way. My teaching methods were effective because many of the students learned about zigzag movement and what it looks like, I know this because many of the students used examples from the book or things we talked about in discussion to help them draw their pictures. The activity was effective because students were able to show representation of the information they just learned or learned in previous lessons. Students to use their science journals so they can look back into their journals for way objects move. A student that had a tough time during this lesson was CK because even though he knew information he did not want to follow the instruction for the activity. I account for this behavior because he is questions his ideas but doesn’t questions to clarify if he is doing an assignment the correct way. I believe JJ did an excellence job during this lesson because she was an active learner in this lesson and followed the instructions given to her. The next step I would take with this group is having the group do experiments with different objects to see the ways they move. This teaches the students about predictions and they will be able to objects in motion.
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