... to teach!

For those of you that didn't know or forgot, I was accepted into Central's Education Program at the GRCC Kent campus which has officially begun for me this fall. This quarter my science class split into teams of four to teach in different classrooms at a local elementary school. My team.
We each got to teach a lesson. I was the first one to go in my group, I taught on reflection and mirror images. I was super nervous at first, but the class was great. To start off I read the class a story I found at the public library on reflection, they loved it. Then I had the students split into their partners and find things that have a reflection and explain to me why they think it reflects. After this activity, they came back to their seats where I showed them other items I brought from home that demonstrated reflection such as sunglasses, a DVD, a metal thermos and an iron.
I gave the students each a mirror to play with which they also had to use to complete a worksheet I gave to them. I loved being able to return to that class with my team and to be able to collaborate with others in my class. We had a great time, especially going out for a snack afterwards!