Tuesday, March 6

Instead of meeting for lecture, today our class met within our content area groups to begin working on Project 2. Our assignment for the day was to complete parts A and B. We wrote out some objectives for DOK levels 1, 2, 3, and 4 and then checked that they each meet certain requirements. It took us a little while to determine what topic we wanted to cover, but eventually we decided to create a test on the seven major terrestrial biomes. It was nice to collaborate with other "teachers" to complete a project. As we worked, it felt as if we were really doing this at some school, that we were in actuality seated around some spare table in a teacher's lounge and planning a unit for the next few weeks. Days like today make me realize how exciting it's going to be to finally be able to create plans for my own students.