My lesson reflection

I totally changed my original lesson as I took a trip over the break and had an aha moment along the way. My original plan was to have art pieces around the room and to do a similar lesson as April's. Instead, I got some amazing animal video clips at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado. Before the lesson, we reviewed verbs and adjectives. We made a small poster as a class, brainstorming examples of both types of speech. The kids had their writing journals out to take notes, and before I started the videos, I discussed note taking skills--writing down verbs and adjectives they see during the video so when they are ready to write, these words are not forgotten. We watched several clips on gorillas and grizzly bears and the kids jotted down notes as they went. Once we watched the videos, the kids wrote a paragraph about what they saw. The needed to use at least 3 verbs and at least 3 adjectives. Once they were finished, they were to take 2 different colored markers and underline the different parts of speech. We shared our writing with the class when we were finished. I find myself writing with my students as I like to model good writing habits. It was a fun activity and the kids loved seeing the real footage.