Tuesday, December 19: I went to Frau Krumrück's 7th grade class, the class that is working on the Scotland unit, and we did some arts and crafts, putting together some paper models of Scottish buildings. I had already put together one of each model the night before, so I was able to help the students when they ran into difficulties.
Thursday, December 21: I visited all three 8th grade classes to give them a Thanksgiving mind map assignment. I asked them to go to the website popplet.com and create a mind map about what they already know about Thanksgiving and some words that they associate with the holiday. I designed the activity for the online class I am taking, Planning for Instruction, and I was excited to try it out.
Tuesday, December 26: I went to one of Frau Wollenberg's 8th grade classes and facilitated some activities about Thanksgiving. I first asked students how they liked creating the online mind map, and we put together a mind map together on the board. Then the students used the words they had learned to do a fill-in-the-blank worksheet that would also teach them a bit about the history and celebration of the holiday. We ended with something fun but something that still reinforced the new vocab, a word search. The lesson went pretty well; overall, students were really engaged.
I also used this fill-in-the-blank activity with my 7th grade group, and they had some fun with it, although it was a bit more difficult for them.
Thursday, December 28: I did my Thanksgiving lesson two more times, once in Frau Krumrück's 8th grade class and once in Frau Wollenberg's other 8th grade class. Both classes were double lessons. In Frau Krumrück's class my lesson was interspersed with other materials she had prepared, so it was a nice co-teaching experience. In Frau Wollenberg's class I added a conversation, asking students how they would celebrate Thanksgiving if they were in the United States, with the extra time.
I also used the fill-in-the-blank activity with one of the Polish students I tutor. It was nice doing something other than just reading passages together.
Friday, December 29: I visited the 7th grade German grammar class I have been going to, and I turned out they were taking a test, so I wrote the test, as well. It was unexpected, so I didn't study at all. We'll see how I did...!
This Friday I also had a quick chat with Frau Krumrück, because I really don't know what the teachers at the school expected as far as my roll here, and I wanted to make sure I was living up to the expectations. She didn't directly answer my question, but it sounds as if things are going alright. She pointed out a couple classes I helped with over the past few days and indicated that I have been helpful. She also outlined some ways I could help in the future, so I think my relationship with the school is doing alright.
- Amy
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