Student Work from first observed lesson
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In my first observed lesson, I asked the student to compare and contrast the colony of New Amsterdam to today's Lower Manhattan. After the lesson, the students were to complete an exit slip for me, listing three things they learned from today's lesson.
This is a student who always does her best in class and is very advanced for a fourth grader. While it was a bit of a tough lesson, I thought she did a great job, especially with her first answer.
This is a student who always does her best in class and is very advanced for a fourth grader. While it was a bit of a tough lesson, I thought she did a great job, especially with her first answer.
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This student's work is typically on the lower end of the class, especially when it comes to writing and making connections. I still thought he did a phenomenal job making connections between the two maps since the task itself was more difficult than usual. Comparing two maps is hard when they are from two different time periods; however he was still able to make connections between the two and was able to notice the change in land size, just as the previous student did.
Student Working on measuring using fractions
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I taught the students a mini-lesson on measuring in inches, to the nearest 1/12th of an inch during their fraction unit. This was an integration of social studies and math, as well as technology because the student's assignment was to create their own Dutch House, during the colonial times unit. In order to make the house, they had to create a blueprint, measuring the sides in inches and the angle of the roof using a protractor. Keep scrolling down to view the students at work!
This photograph shows two students working together to measure their houses to the nearest twelfth of an inch on to their blueprint paper. The students were so excited about this project because it was hands-on and they did not even realize they were learning.
This photograph shows two students working together to measure their houses to the nearest twelfth of an inch on to their blueprint paper. The students were so excited about this project because it was hands-on and they did not even realize they were learning.
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This is a photo of one of the students creating an outline of the side of her house. The students were to all create 90 degree angles in the sides, and had to have the measurements match those of the actual house.
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This student is in the construction phase of creating her house. She has done the measuring and the blueprint work and is in the process of cutting out the side of her house using a coping saw. Of course before using the tools, a safety demonstration was done, and the students had to use them in the presence of an adult. The class as a whole was really mature when it came time to use the tools which is always a good thing.