Week 15 Nov. 28th - Dec. 2nd

Reflect on a lesson that went well. What factors do you think led to its success?

   One lesson that went extremely well was actually my Action Research lesson. The students would play the fly swatter game to study their spelling and vocabulary words. The fly swatter game consisted of splitting the class into two teams. One person from each team would come and stand in front of the board with a fly swatter in hand. On the board behind them, I wrote each spelling word on a post-it note and placed them randomly acorss the board. The students with the fly swatters will look at me while I read a definition to them. After I read the definition, the two students then turn around and who ever "swats" the correct word first their team gets a point. There were two rules: 1. You can only swat the board two times. If you swat it more than two times, then your team loses a point. and 2. You must repeat the correct definition back to me to earn the point. If they didn't get the correct definition the other team then had a chance to earn the point by saying the correct definition.
  At the end of the semester I had the students complete a survey rating the game 1-5 on how well they thought the game helped them learn their spelling and vocabulary words. All the responses were a 3 or better. Not only did all the students really enjoy and actively participate in the game, but I had fun watching the smiles on their faces, oblivious to the fact that they were learning.