End of Fieldwork

After completing fieldwork and watching four groups including my own group instruct lessons I have learned so much. Each group had instructed three different lessons for their unit plans.
Generally, the first lesson for each group was the Direct Instruction. Like I had already blogged, Direct Instruction introduces the topics and goes over the unit. They go over different vocabulary and definitions so the students can understand. After Direct Instruction comes Inquiry. This type of lesson is to review what was taught during Direct Instruction and also test the students knowledge. The final lesson is the Cooperative Learning lesson. This is a review of the first two lessons and also more group work activities for the students about the unit. 

Here is the cycle:

Direct Instruction

Inquiry

Cooperative Learning

After seeing all the groups present their lessons, I have learned the many different teaching skills people use. Many of the lessons were taught both the same and different in some ways. Each teacher included a powerpoint for the Direct Instruction and included vocabulary for the students to review. For the Inquiry some teachers did a full review while others did a brief review and a longer activity. Both are fine as long as students understand the topic. For the cooperative all teachers included a fun filled group activity. Cooperative differed between groups in some ways. The main occurrence was that each group allowed students to have roles in their activities. Some teachers assigned the roles while others allowed the students to pick the roles. I think it is better to let the students pick their roles so no feelings are hurt and no one is left out. Altogether, every group did a fantastic job teaching their lessons and units to the second grade class!