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Group 4 - Indirect Lesson

Again this was another good lesson put together by group 4, especially working with some undesirable conditions. During this lesson the 2nd grade teacher informed the group that there was going to be a fire drill about 15 minutes into the lesson. Knowing this the group started a little bit early to make up for possible loss of time. Though there did not end up being a fire drill, the group did a great job working during the stressful situation. Again their were several parts of this lesson that I really enjoyed.

One aspect of the lesson that I thought was done well was during their presentation the projector overheated. This was very inconveniencing because their lesson was all on a PowerPoint, but this did not stop them. Group 4 simply went on with lesson and taught from memory. They made sure to give students all the information they needed to move on with the lesson. 

Another aspect of the lesson that I really enjoyed was that they used the artifact bag activity that we had learned about in class earlier in the semester. I liked being able to see this method done in an elementary setting. I thought it was great that all groups had different artifacts in their bags, but they all related back to the idea of Native Americans and how they used these items and how the item they had could be traded. I really think the students were very excited about this activity. 

One final aspect of the lesson that I thought was done well was students were given jobs and told exactly what they needed to do. For the most part I feel like the students stuck with their jobs and at the end the final product turned out nicely. 

If I had to change one aspect of this lesson I might not have used the SOAPS idea or might have focused more time on teaching it to the students. This idea seemed hard for many students to understand and they really did not fully understand what it was used for. I do think that it would work much better in a classroom with slightly older students, because I do think it is a good tool that could be very beneficial.