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Today was the first day of Science fieldwork in the 4th-grade classroom at Bishop Dunn! This past week my group & I have been planning for the getting to know you activity, and our lessons, which we teach on Tuesday & Thursday. I was so excited to meet the 4th-grade class. The 4th-grade class seems like a wonderful group of students. They are so active, engaging, and all have a personality of their own. We began the class by having the students complete a pre-assessment on the topics that will be covered throughout the unit. From walking around the classroom it seemed to be that the students will be learning a lot that they didn't know before. Many students were asking questions about the questions along with asking for help. For today my group and I planned to get to know the students through Jenga. We wrote questions to learn about them, and questions about weather & water, which our unit plan will be about. The students knew some information about weather and water but not that 
much. That gives us a great lesson to teach the students! A lot of the students knew about the water cycle, which is a big part of the unit plan I will be teaching. There were 4 groups of around 5 students in each. The students were so active when they were working with us. They loved the idea of Jenga. I got to learn so much about the students personally, and what they know about weather and water. This was a great getting to know you activity being that the students were so interested and seemed to love the activity. I can't wait to see what the 4th-grade class has to offer. I know I will be teaching them, but they will also be teaching me. Teaching is ALL about learning in my opinion. Teaching the 4th-grade class will be a wonderful experience. I hope they are ready to learn about Weather & Water! I can't wait to teach on Tuesday!!!!! :)
     



  

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