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Guided Field Experience
Holly Palmer
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In this Guided field experience I assessed, did an experiment, and did a post
assessment on a class of first grade students.
The standard that goes with this is
4.3.3 which is when we talk about safety when it comes to the weather In this
area, southeast Kansas, we are used to many different kinds of weather. One of
the major storms that we must be very careful of is tornadoes. Most students do
know what to do in the event of a tornado at school as we have tornado drills
every single year multiple times a year. Our school has multiple tornado safe
rooms, and we practice going into those rooms.
To assess the students first we did a worksheet that was fact or opinion on
things about weather. Some examples from that were hurricanes are not scary,
Snow happens when it’s cold outside. This was something that I could really tell
what they knew and how much they knew. This aligned with the standard because
I was able to see if students knew how to keep themselves safe or not. I was able
to tell if they knew anything about the weather and get a general idea of the
things that they needed extra work on. After we did the worksheet and went over
what was fact and opinion we went on YouTube and looked up different types of
weather. I showed them what tropical storms were, what snowstorms were, and
had them give me examples of types of weather so that we could visualize what
they were learning. After the videos of the different types of weather I had a book
ready for them to read. We listened to and read a book called a Wonderful World
of Weather by Kay Barnham. This was a book that all of the students were really
interested in and loved reading.
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After we finished reading the books each student was given two 2 liter
bottles of water and tape. We taped the two liters together with the water and
showed the students how to twirl them into hurricanes. This was something with
a class full of 16 kids and two adults was a lot however we were able to have the
gifted student help the other students as well as the Para was able to work with
the two students who had IEP’s The students really loved doing this project. Each
student was able to take something home and each had their own project.
Students loved making this and really were able to learn hands on how hurricane’s
look and work. During this project we talked about safety and how to protect
ourselves during storms such as tornadoes. We talked about when we are at
home with the students’ parents or loved ones, how are some of the ways that we
can keep safe. Students all mentioned things such as keeping their shoes on,
staying in the middle of the house or going to a basement if they have one. They
mentioned coming to the school and staying in one of the tornado shelters we
have here at the school. Students have heard about when we had the Joplin
tornado of people putting mattresses over themselves in bathtubs to keep
themselves safe. We talked about how to keep safe during mudslides and during
snowstorms. When we are without power for sometimes days at a time how are
some ways that we can stay warm and safe. The students did such a great job of
wanting to interact and learn throughout the entire lesson.
After the lesson was over and we were finished without hurricanes we
asked the students several questions as a class. They were all very engaged and
were able to answer all the questions and tell us everything that they had learned
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throughout the lesson. I loved doing this lesson with the students. They were all
so very eager to learn and was so interested in seeing the different types of
storms and types of weather. The students were very excited about the hands-on
portion of the lesson and that they were able to take something home to show
their parents. One thing that I learned was that for 16 students and 2 adults and
one para making sure that each individual student had their own hurricane bottle
was a lot. For something like this I would make sure that we either did it in groups
of 2 or possibly have more than two adults. The students really did enjoy the
project but at the end of the day it was a lot making sure that each was taped
correctly and working correctly. The safety of this lesson and project is so
important and one that I will make sure I continue to do with our students. We
can always prepare our students for the weather when they are at school but
sometimes it happens when they are at home and parents don’t always go over
things like this with them. This is something that we can do to protect all our
students and home and help them learn at the same time.