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Group 3 - Direct Lesson

Group 3 focused on the topic of trip to the bank. They had a lot of creative ideas, and there were many things that I enjoyed. The lesson were put together very well and I really enjoyed observing. 

One thing I really enjoyed about the lesson was the money boxes. Each group of students received a box and whenever the group was listening, paying attention, or answering questions they were rewarded money in their box. Also if students were miss behaving money was taken out of their box. This was a great way to keep students on task because they want to earn as much money as possible. I think Group 3 had the most control over the class because of this fun and creative method!

Another aspect of the lesson that I enjoyed was the video that went over all the new vocabulary terms. The topic of trip to the bank included a lot of vocabulary words that students needed to know, so I think that the video was fun and helped to reinforce the new words. Students seemed interested the whole time and really seemed to enjoy the video!

One final aspect of the lesson that I enjoyed was the activity where each student received a bag with picture and a sheet of paper and the students had to put the different pictured in sequence. I think the students really enjoyed this activity because it was hands on.

If I had to change one aspect of the lesson I would have tried to have students engaged at all times. during some of the activities after the group finished they began fooling around and getting noisy. Maybe students could have been given a fun activity sheet or something to keep them busy while other groups finished up. 

Overall you did a great job group 3! I loved your lesson and I really think the students did as well. I look forward to observing your indirect lesson.