Blog Entry #4

1 example of my teacher engaging students is when she was teaching the 5 senses. She started out by introducing the senses and then she played a noise over the speakers. Asking the students if they could guess what the noise was. As there were many guesses, none of them could guess it. This engaged the students by making them curious as to what the noise was. She then played the video/noise over the projector, so they then could hear, and see what was making the noise. It was popcorn. After they watched the popcorn pop on the screen. She then brought out popcorn, when she brought it out they could now smell the popcorn, they described what it smelt like. We then got them each a cup of popcorn so they could touch and taste it describing each sense in their own words. I thought this was a very good activity that was captivating and creative. And all students get a chance to actively participate. This also goes along well the quote that I read in the lesson, "If they aren't absorbed in what's going on, they will find something else that interests them." This was the perfect activity to get the kids to be absorbed in the lesson.

Another example of engaging students is self reflection. After my teacher is done teaching a lesson, they've done the activity, they get their journals out and reflect on what they have learned. This is a good way to help the students write down what they individually remember from the lesson. And helps them remember for the future. And gets a little bit of quiet time, to let them settle down from the previous activities.

And the third way that my teacher engages her students is when she has them respond to her teaching. For example, when she is teaching them about a letter, they repeat everything she says. Or they repeat her words when she is writing the specific letter. Start down, curve, finish etc.