Ah! Its our first day of teaching!

               For our first day at Bishop Dunn, my group did our direct lesson plan. The students were very excited to have us in the classroom. As a teacher I was very nervous. For our lesson, we began by labeling different things around the classroom as goods and services. We did this to pre-assess what they students already know. The students had a good idea of what goods and services are. The students liked this but we could have gone into more detail. All of the teachers dressed up as different services  It would have been better if we explained the services or acted like the people we were dressed up has. We went through a couple of slides about goods and services   and some examples. The students were engaged in the lesson. We also did an interactive SMART board presentation where the students came up to the board and sorted goods and services. This activity could have gone faster because all students wanted to come up and touch the board and answer the questions. Students who were not up at the board were disengaged and seemed not interested. Another way to do this activity would have been to have one of us teachers do the sort but have the whole class answering the questions.  
 For another activity in this lesson, we had the students do a goods and services sort. This activity was a little time consuming because the students had to cut out all of the pieces. It would have been easier if we cut the pieces out prior to class so then the students could do the activity faster and as a class. Because all of the students were cutting at different paces it was hard to have the whole class do the sort together. Even though it was time consuming it was a great way to know how the students understood what we taught them. 
Another problem I saw with our lesson was that the closure could  have been better. We definitely need to learn how to manage the time better during our other lessons because the end of our lesson felt rushed. Although we were nervous, I definitely think my group worked well together and taught an effective lesson.