This week, we worked on our inquiry projects. We had to pick a topic and make a worksheet and then place the worksheet with answers on our wiki. Since my field is elementary, I chose to do mine for a 4th grade social studies class and the topic was the Virgina Colony. Our assignment had to align with the Tennessee Standards for fourth grade social studies and the Technology Standards. This is really the first time that I have encountered the standards and had to look at them. That was definitely helpful since I will deal with those throughout my career and they are very important.
I loved using the wiki again and I am definitely going to use this in my classroom when I become a teacher. It is such a good resource for the students to learn a lot of information while only being responsible for one topic. I think what I got from this the most though is that I have been underestimating elementary students. I asked pretty basic questions on my worksheet, and at first didn't even require complete sentences. After I thought about it though, I realized at fourth grade they should be practicing sentences and critical thinking, so I changed it to require complete sentences. That is something that I will definitely remember when I begin teaching.
This was a really helpful activity and overall a fun project!
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