MissRoseEducationCreations

What? Opening When the students entered the classroom, they walked right to the table and took a seat. Once seated, the teacher reviewed the group expectations and agenda for the day. For the icebreaker, students and teachers shared three items they would take with them on a trip to another country. The students named many practical items such as clothes, toothbrush packs, money, etc. Some students focused on bringing gaming systems and toys. Seeing the diversity in students' answers and what was essential to each student was interesting.  The teacher introduces the agenda and rules and conducts the opening. Read-Aloud We planned on reading The Egyptian Cinderella by Shirley Climo for the read-aloud. The book was forgotten, so we had to improvise by using YouTube. We found a video of someone reading the book out loud, and the students watched and listened to the story. The video was hard to hear in the classroom using the laptop speakers, so the teacher would stop after each signif...

 What? Opening and Read-Aloud The lesson began with reviewing the rules we had agreed upon two weeks prior and the agenda for the day. The teacher decided to skip the activity so that students would have more time for the invention investigation, which would take a big chunk of time during the lesson. The students were read to from a book on Kindle Unlimited that reviews all the ancient Egyptians' inventions. The teacher did not read the whole book but read selected sections to the students so they would learn about innovations different from those in the investigation activity. The read-aloud needed to be shortened to ten minutes to complete the day's learning activities. The teacher reading the online book to students. Goods vs. Services  The teacher then introduced the concepts of goods and services to students. The teacher started by defining the word goods for the students. Goods are physical items that we can touch and see that meet our wants and needs. Then, she stated ...

 What? Opening Our lesson began with an opening activity. The students and teachers participated in a game called "Spiderweb Questions." Miss Ames began with a small ball of white yarn. She started by asking me, "Miss Rose, what is your favorite school subject?" while she tossed the yarn to me, holding the beginning of the string. I answered the question with science, and we continued around the circle until we got through all seven students. The students had fun and created unique questions to get to know one another. Miss Ames then reviewed the expectations for our group meetings with the students.  Spiderweb Questions Visual Schedule USA vs. Egyptian Rights After our introduction, Miss Ames engaged the students in a collaborative discussion. She asked the students to activate their prior knowledge by taking a moment to think about what they know about voting and freedoms in the USA. She used these particular words to guide students' thinking towards the votin...