Lesson 4

We taught our fourth lesson on March 28th. We covered the last two regions. The lesson went very well and the students did a very good job of staying on task. We left time at the end of the lesson to have the students gather around some chart paper and discuss each region and some of the important info they had learned in the past week. They all had their Virginia Journals they had worked on and the various handouts they had received. We also gave them a review sheet and an important things to remember sheet for many of the students who had missed class periods in order to catch them up.

As the students were gathered around the chart paper it was very clear that 5 of the students were very knowledgeable of the information and were eager to volunteer what they knew. However, in order to get a gauge of what the other students knew we had to focus on the children who were quiet to see what they had learned. All of the students seemed to have a pretty firm grasp of the information. However, having the students gathered around the chart paper all at once caused some disruptions due to some students not staying on task. However, I still think it was a very beneficial exercise.