Round Two

   The second group's lessons kept getting post-pined due to the school's 2-hour delays. Despite all of the confusion with the delays, group 2 did an amazing job! They really kept the theme going about the students being explorers. They did a great job keeping all of the students engaged throughout the entire lesson by circling the room and having them put on their "explorer hats." The symbols the teachers put on the board to warn them that they'll have to write something down or put their explorer hats back on was creative and effective. Overall, there weren't really any parts of the lesson that I think I would change. There was one part towards the end where the teacher told the students to fill out an exit ticket in order to "get off the boat," which didn't really make sense because they never mentioned a boat prior to that. It was a cute idea, but it wasn't executed properly!
   The group's second day also went really well! The teachers gave a lot of rules and instructions for the students to follow throughout the inquiry lesson, which was a web quest that the students seemed to like. The introduction was definitely way too long for the inquiry lesson; I think some of the information could've either been left out or pushed over to the cooperative introduction. Their inquiry and cooperative lessons were linked; the students were required to create a poster about what they learned from their web quest. I think it was a great way to make the lessons seem like they were blended together and really only one, so the students weren't being asked to do two unrelated tasks. It's definitely tricky to teach two separate lessons within the one hour timeframe we have, but I think that group 2 did a good job getting the important parts of the lesson done, even though they didn't get to independent practice either!