First Day of Fieldwork!!

Today we got to meet the fourth grade students at Bishop Dunn Memorial School. These are the students that we are going to be teaching our science lessons to throughout the semester. The students were so excited to see us and were eager to see what was in store for them. We started off the first day with an icebreaker. Each group had their own type of icebreaker to do with the students and we would rotate students every couple of minutes so that we were able to see all of the students in the class.

The icebreaker that my group had consisted of different colored Popsicle sticks and questions about the earth, moon, sun, and also about me. The students would go one at a time and pick a Popsicle stick from the jar. They would read the question aloud for the rest of the students to hear and then they would answer the question. If they did not know the answer to some of the science questions they were able to ask a friend for help. The different science questions about the earth, sun, and moon were the different topics that we are going to be teaching them in a couple of days! So this activity was a pre-assessment for us to see what they know!

By doing this activity we were better able to get to know the students better. We also got to see how much they knew about the earth, sun, and moon. The things that they did not know we were able to include when we were planning for our lesson.

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