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- The students were very engaged throughout the lesson. - I feel that the lesson flowed smoothly because it was carried out with control. - We ended up doing the sandpaper, linoleum, and turf together as a class. Then I had students get into small groups to do the carpet. I think it worked better this way since I only had two strips of turf which meant that groups had to share the strips of grass and the experiment would have taken more time. - I provided Noah, Collin, Arnav, Yousaf with the modified handout but it was still hard for them to do independently. I ended up sitting with them at a table and going through each question step by step. - We normally have a teacher that comes in and works with these kids but she wasn't there today. - JM was not having a good day. In the beginning of the lesson, he actively participated in the discussions. Then when we continued the lesson after extra recess, he refused to cooperate and do his work. He turned in his handout messy and incomplete. My mentor teacher ended up sending an email to his parents.