Field work reflection day 1

DAY 1 REFLECTION:

My groups first lesson went pretty well with the 2nd grade students at Bishop Dunn and i believe that the students learned a lot of new connections and knowledge from our lesson. We decided to base our first lesson on intoducing the vocabulary of producers and consumers and getting the students to comprehend the process of how cereal is made based on the 2nd grade topic of from the factory to you! We began our lesson by getting the students to use their prior knowledge and asking if anyone knew what a consumer was, following with the question of what a producer was. In addition to asking these questions we used a powerpoint with a lot of visual images and little information so that the students did not feel overwhelmed with a lot of information on the board beacuse they are only in 2nd grade. Once the students understood the difference between a producer and consumer, our group took turns reading a book to the students about how cereal is made. We discussed the process with the students about how the grains of the cereal are produced on a factory, then a truck transports the grains to the factory where the cereal is made, and lastly once the cereal is complete at the factory, the cereal is brought to the store where people (the consumer) can buy the ceral, take it home and eat it! After the powerpoint, we had the students do a hands on activity which i thought was very successful and we got the students under control and quiet by telling the students that only the people who sat quietly and raised their hand could participate in the activity. We had the students come up one at a time and place the pictures on the board in the appropriate order of from the the cereal starting on the farm and eventually being bought at the store. The students seemed to enjoy this activity and benefit from it. At the end of the lesson, we wrapped it up by adressing the producers and consumers and how cereal is made once more. I believe that our first day of teaching was a great experience and that our lesson made the students gain a lot of knowledge.