New strategies! New inspiration! New Ideas!
Observing my peers teach a direct instruction lesson plan has taught me a lot, things that I never though of to make a lesson more engaging to students when you are just providing facts and concepts. The students today not only learned about facts, they gained a skill. One group had the class write an autobiography while having them listen in on the facts and concepts within the lesson. They learned what an autobiography is and how to start the process of writing one using the information that they were provided. There were a lot of things that went well, the groups new there roles and someone always took charge. There was a predominant leader in each group, but each team member still played an important role.
The students really seemed to get a lot out of each lesson and were clear on what the task was. However, there were some pieces that could have been improved. When assigning groups in one of the lessons, the students were very unsure about where they belonged. It was not clear who was in each group and it felt kind of rushed. I would have liked to see the groups get more direction to which group they fall within. Another part that I think needs improvement is the equality among the group members. It did not feel as though each team member played an equal role in delivering the information. I think that every group member needs to realize their importance to the team and take a dominant role in delivering the information. 
I learned a lot of things and even some things surprised me. When learning about John Smiths life, I learned many facts that i was not aware of before. It was great to know that as a teacher I can learn from my peers and take on new information and strategies. Overall the teams did a great job providing the information to the students. I want to remark that I would LOVE Corey as my teacher, he was hilarious and the students really responded well to him ( he also provided A LOT of great information! GREAT JOB)
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