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Leigha Thompson
ELED 3223-002
I liked how the students would give thumbs up for connections they had during
the lesson. The teacher would help make these connections by asking questions like, Did
you have to adapt from 4th grade to 5th grade? I thought this did a good job at making the
information from the text relatable. Also, if they found powerful words in the Social
Studies Alive! text they would circle the words and if they found unknown words/phrases
they would underline them. I observed the teacher asking what words the students had
trouble understanding. She would pull up pictures to help explain the words. For
example, the word harpoon students were having trouble with. My teacher found a
picture of a harpoon to show the students that it looked like a spear.
Overall, I think the students understood the environments the American Indians
lived in and how they adapted. The teacher made the information relatable for the
students. I believe this helped the students make sense of the history that was being
taught. Also, I found it beneficial that the teacher had to scaffold the students towards
understanding the meaning of certain words. This helped with their reading
comprehension of the content.