Vegetative Organs and Plant Tissue Part 2!!

Vegetative Organs and Plant Tissue Part 2!!

Days two of this lesson was focused on indirect instruction, meaning the students were more engaged in this lesson. This day was the chance for the students to ask any questions they have, put use to what they learned in day one and gets hands on. From the very beginning, the lesson was engaging. It started off by the students answering questions on what was taught last class. Then a video was shown and an activity on the iPad was presented. Although they ran into the problem of the iPads being dead, they proceeded with confidence and a plan. This is the down side of working with technology, you have to expect the unexpected and always have a backup plan. As a teacher, you should always have a few ideas in mind when it comes to teaching any lesson.

One thing the teachers of group 2 did was incorporate a funny/fun, but on task, aspect to the lesson. At the beginning as part of the pre-assesment, they showed a funny video of a horse speaking about what exactly the students would be working on today. Although some of the students were more focused on laughing, most students were paying attention and intrigued to what was going to happen. They also made sure to have the three questions the students were answering on the board upfront throughout the whole lesson, which is great because then the students don't need to waste time trying to remember what the next step is. Overall, group 2 had many good ideas and activities for the students this week. You could tell the students really enjoyed the lesson and learned a lot of new information. For my group, I could use a bunch of the ideas that group 2 presented!