7 June 2019
Maori Gods Lesson.
Vera our teacher for this PCT course instructed us with a challenge to co-teach four year 4 students about anything at all. The criteria was we needed at least 4 activities.
My partner and I decided we would base our lesson around the Maori Gods of creation.
Recalls
- Before the lesson, I was nervous due to the limited time for preparation. The nerves soon disappeared when we got chatting to our students.
- I believe the lesson structure worked extremely well and flowed very smoothly. The students were clearly enjoying themselves. My partner and I decided to cut one part of the lesson out as it would have broken the flow of the student's creation. I also decided to cut another activity short as I could see the student's attention start to fade.
- The students started to take the learning into their own hands developing the task further without teacher instruction. This was great to see and proved that the task was rich and engaging.
Insights
- I noticed that the Ice breaker we used was very successful in allowing the students to feel comfortable and to have a bit of fun before the lesson. It was a competition and both my partner and I were in the game which the students enjoyed. After the ice breaker, everyone's nerves seemed to have gone.
- With the nervous gone it was a perfect platform to teach a small amount of movement based on the Maori gods. After they learned this movement it allowed them to feel as though have achieved something already. One student before the lesson said she was scared and she didn't like to dance. After the whole lesson, she was creating movement and really enjoying herself. I believe this was due to the appropriate scaffolding of the lesson. easing the students in step by step.
Question
How could we have gained evidence of the students learning?
