Fieldwork: Group 3 Cooperative

For our cooperative lesson, we started the lesson with a review of the previous material.  Since this was the third session, the students have really mastered the terms of the bank and were able to quickly answer the questions that were being asked.  When we reviewed with the class, the questions kept the Spongebob theme and gave the students situations that they had to label.  This seemed to work really well and give the students a better understanding instead of just memorizing.  After the review, we went over the way group work should go while explaining different group member responsibilities.  Once we went through the rules, we broke into groups.  The groups were preassigned so we didn't have any trouble makers together.  This gave us great control of the class.  We created three centers for the students to participate in different activities.  The first activity was run by Kiera.  This group had to create a poster that sorted items that you have to save for and that you can spend money on.  The items in the saving column were all very expensive items like a Nintendo switch, and Xbox, and a skateboard.  The items in the spending column included much cheaper items like a pineapple, a pencil, and a comic book.  This really showed that the students understood the concept.  The next station was run by Shannon and I.  At this station, we had the students create a Haiku poem that talked about the bank.  The students really seemed to enjoy this and had a fun time creating it.  The final station was run by Jen and Michaela.  This station was a store.  The students created a poster with the items they bought and how the price can differ.  Each station was extremely successful.  After 10 minutes, the students went back to their desks and were getting ready to present.  Shannon went over the rules to follow while presenting and each group did an amazing job telling their classmates what they worked on.  The audience was very respectful too! 

After the presentations, the students had to write a tweet explaining their activity and how they did.  They LOVED this idea.  They were super excited to write their findings.  After they finished, they had to rate their group members and their own personal work following our rubric.  This was great for the students to really show they are accountable for the work they give to the group.  Overall, this lesson was very successful, we had extreme control of the class, and they were able to really understand the concepts that were being taught.  I am so proud of us as a group!