Today was our first day of fieldwork! I was a little nervous to meet the class, and our group specifically, but it went very well. The kids were very energetic and a lot of them told us that their favorite subject was social studies. As a kid in elementary school I did not like social studies much so it feels good to have kids that are already interested in it to begin with.
Today was a very mellow day because it was mainly a day for introduction, and testing the students' prior knowledge. We had about 5-10 minutes with each of the four groups, and spent that time introducing ourselves to each other and showing the kids pictures that will be discussed in our lessons to the class.
To test for the students' prior knowledge we brought in a sheet of construction paper with four pictures; a Native American and two pioneers, a prairie dog, a grizzle bear and the Rocky mountains. We began by asking the students to make predictions based on the first picture. Many of the students were able to tell us that there was a Native American in the picture. They were able to back this up by telling us that they could tell this because of the clothes that they wore. For the other pictures, students were stumped by the prairie dogs, but were familiar with the mountains, and the grizzly bear. Aside from the prediction about the Native American in the first picture, the students did not offer many other predictions.
I am very excited about fieldwork this semester. The kids seem great, and I feel very good about my group.
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