Celebration of Learning!!

Today was our final day of fieldwork in our fifth-grade class.  We had so many fun things planned for the students to celebrate their learning!  We first started by asking the students if we did a good job teaching them and if they remembered the preassessment that we did way back in the beginning of the month.  After we got the students feedback on how good of a job we did teaching them we gave them a quick test to see what they remembered from all of our groups teaching them.  While the students were taking the test the teachers were walking around the classroom and helping the students if they needed help.  Once the students had finished their tests we played one of their favorite games, Kahoot!  The students were so excited that we were playing this game with them one last time.  The game consisted of different questions from all of the different groups that taught throughout the month.  The students were getting very competitive during the game at some points we would have to remind them to stay quiet so that we could read the next question.  It was good to see the students competing in a fun manner and at the same time showing what they knew from what we taught them.  After playing the game we presented a gift to the class which was a two-volume set on the voyages of Columbus so that they could learn more about Columbus and the voyages that he took.

We then presented the class with certificates to celebrate their achievement of completing the unit plan that we had planned for them.  The students were very excited that they were getting certificates for all of the hard work that they put into each of our lessons.

After presenting the certificates to the students the teachers gave their feedback on what this experience has been like for them and what the students helped them to realize.  The students taught us to be knowledgeable about our topics and material because they asked a lot of good questions.  The students also taught us how to manage a classroom, when they were getting too louder or when they were getting off topic and we had to get their attention back to us.  Overall it was a great experience getting to teach to a whole class of students and getting to work with a group to create three different lesson plans.  The different skills that I learned in this experience I will definitely be able to use in my future classroom.