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Lesson #5 Reflection Standard 4: Professional Growth and Responsibilities Component 4.1: Reflecting on Practice Performance Indicators: RIPTS 3,9,10, INTASC 9, CEC 6 WHAT? For this lesson, the students learned about the Penobscot tribe from Maine through a video, a compare and contrast activity, a read aloud, and a craft activity. The video was difficult for the students to understand due to the noise level of the classroom and the small speakers on the MacBook. All students met expectations during the compare and contrast activity, where they compared American culture today to the culture of the Penobscot tribe. The students seemed to enjoy the read aloud, “Many Hands: A Penobscot Indian Story” by Angeli Perrow. They also seemed to enjoy the basket making activity. This group of students enjoys hands-on activities that allow them to be creative. We were unable to finish the Blooket review game because the basket making activity ran longer than planned. We were able to get through ...

  Lesson #4 Reflection Standard 4: Professional Growth and Responsibilities Component 4.1: Reflecting on Practice Performance Indicators: RIPTS 3,9,10, INTASC 9, CEC 6 WHAT? This lesson seemed to be engaging for the students and they seemed to enjoy the activities we had planned. For our ice breaker activity, we asked the students what three things they would buy if they won $1,000,000 and the students had fun coming up with their responses. After the vocabulary activity and read aloud, all students were able to differentiate between human, natural, and capital resources, and all students were able to give a simple, one-sentence explanation to what economy means. The economy board game had a rough start because the directions were difficult for some of the students to follow but, as we played, they all appeared to enjoy the game and gain a basic understanding of money. We did not have time to get to the Blooket for this lesson. The vocabulary activity and read aloud took up mor...