Reflection

Thinking about the past weeks of fieldwork, I can say that I have learned several things about the importance of reflection and constructive criticism. Our unit plan on Henry Hudson was a good topic and the students enjoyed learning about Henry Hudson. Lauren and I hoped that things would have gone a little better. Our Direct Instruction lesson lacked content and could have been more detailed. I learned that the Direct Instruction lesson sets the tone for the unit. The Cooperative and Inquiry lessons build on the content that is taught in the Direct Instruction lesson. During, the moment we were receiving feedback, it appeared as though we did not care or did not want the feedback, but we listened. At the end of the day, I want to be the best teacher that I can be for all of the students that I teach. In terms of planning, I think that we did a good job planning how we wanted to teach Henry Hudson and his journeys. I think if we had more time we could have really expanded and included more of his voyage of the Hudson River. 

Overall, I enjoyed our fieldwork experience. I was grateful to have Lauren as my partner. We spent a lot of time working on our unit and we shared our ideas and discussed various ways to engage the students.