Today I was able to spend the day as an observer in the Ag room at Derry Area High School. Halee is doing a great job teaching a wide variety of classes from Introductory classes to Ag Construction.
She incorporated all aspects of a PSU lesson plan into each of her classes. She made sure to catch the attention of the students at the beginning of the class, after getting them started with bellwork relevant to the day's activities.
Furthermore, she eloquently checked for understanding with each student as they completed the days activities. In her first class, Halee, discussed with the students how animals perceive things like noise, light, depth perception, and humans in general. Afterward, the students completed lab that had them think about the way they perceive things versus what they actually are.
The Ag Construction class is working on a community project that they have a lot of autonomy in. They are creating wool displays with a group for the fair. These projects were completely designed by the students and are looking great. The students worked well with each other under close supervision of Ms. Wasson and Mr. Campbell.
Halee also had time to show me around their facilities, some of the projects they are working on, and experiments they are doing.
On a side note- we had some time to talk about some of our assignments for Penn State and catch up there. Also, we were able to compare some of our students' work and bounce ideas off of each other!
Also, found a fellow cohort member on the wall!
It is always a great idea to visit other departments. I always find some new ideas to bring back to my classroom.
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Karlie, glad your visit was such a positive and fun one! What was one thing you saw at Derry that you'd like to bring back to your own classroom? Thanks for including so many great pictures!
ReplyDeleteI loved Carly's classroom decorations!
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