Last week, my class started teaching second graders at Bishop Dunn Elementary School. The first lesson was designed as a direct instruction lesson. In a direct instruction lesson, the teacher models for the students and guides them through the new ideas or concepts. Group one's lesson focused on goods and services. The goal was for students to have a strong understanding of goods/services and how they are connected to each other. The group did an excellent job of explaining goods and services to the students. The only suggestion that I have would be to hide the answers to the questions from the students prior to asking. This gives students the opportunity to activate prior knowledge and share what they already know. It also gives the teachers the chance to see how much the students know and what they may need to focus on throughout their remaining lessons. Overall, I thought that Group 1 did an excellent job and the students really seemed to learn a lot from this lesson.
Group 2's lesson focused on from the factory to you. Their goal was to teach students how goods get from the factory to your home and how we can be both producers and consumers. I thought that Group 2 did an excellent job of activating the student's prior knowledge. They really got them thinking about how things get to the store and what steps are involved. They also helped the students make a strong connection between the factory and goods/services. I think the students now have a strong understanding of how things are made and what is involved in getting those things from the factory to a store where we as consumers can purchase them. Overall, I think that the first day of teaching went very well and I was really impressed with the lessons of both groups!
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