This week I began working on my 5-Day Unit Plan and for my 7th-grade class, we will be covering Ancient Egypt and the Nile Valley Kingdoms. I'm still unsure about what activities I want my students to do but I have a few ideas such as decoding hieroglyphs or having students build a pyramid. I have 2 major goals with the activities I want to cover the first goal is to keep the students engaged I want the activities in class to keep students focused and interested in the topic at hand and so far with my field experience, 7th-graders don't sit still for very long. My second goal with my activities is to have the students take away a lesson or knowledge from the activity, for example, the pyramid activity will be focused more towards bonding with the students rather than teaching them but also having them work in groups is nearly always a positive as it helps students socialize and feel a little more energetic.
This week I completed my lesson covering the Kingdoms of Ancient Egypt with Mrs. Fox's 5th and 6th period Social Studies Class. On the first day when I first introduced the topic to the 5th-period class, I was very nervous and had a hard time keeping my mind on track so I ended up making a few mistakes. My first major mistake was talking far faster than I should have which made it a little difficult for students to keep up. My second major mistake was when I finished the lecture portion of my lesson I had an activity prepared for the class to get them a little more excited for the rest of the week by having them build pyramids out of plastic cups. This activity was just a test for me to see if having a fun activity can help build up a relationship with the students or interest in the topic and it had mixed results I would say. Yes, the students did get very excited about the lesson but I did not give directions that were very clear and left the explanation vague which led to a bit...
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