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I had to make some last minute changes to this lesson due to a change in schedule the previous week. I actually ended up combining an activity I had planned for my previous lesson into this lesson since we ran short on time. With this lesson, I felt pretty good with how the first part of the lesson turned out. However, I think I would modify a few things from my second half of the lesson. I was very excited to see that students really understood the term 'environment' and why environment is so relevant to our lives. They were full of great ideas when we created a web through Kidspiration on what they can do to help the environment. The use of technology and visual seemed to focus their attention. Until this point, all of the students were actively contributing ideas and very engaged in the discussion. Then when I had them sit through a 12 minute long video, they started to get a little fidgety. After the movie, I asked them to complete two different handouts at their desks. One was creating a book on how to save water, and the other handout was asking them to illustrate and write about one way they could help the overall environment. With this, some students struggled to follow directions because they got confused with what to do for which handout. Therefore, I had to repeat directions multiple times to straighten out their confusions.

I would revise a few pieces on my lesson plan. First I would find a different movie that is shorter and more 'fun' for the students. I say this because the narrator spoke in a dull monotone throughout the full 12 minutes that even I felt bored and lost interest after a while. Also, having to complete two different handouts one after the other was a bit challenging for these kids. It was just one too many directions thrown at them at once. I think it would have been better if I separated these two handouts to be completed at different time periods.