Teaching

Today I helped teach part of a lesson for a second grade class. I’ve observed the lesson many times before so I was pretty confident is teaching this time. The lesson begins with the kids singing a song called, “Dirt Made My Lunch.” I like the song because it’s a silly song about how important soil is to not only wild animals, but humans as well. Afterwards, I started asking them why soil and how is soil important due to the examples in the song. Next I told them that we were going to make soil, so that it can be used at the WCS. The kids were excited so I had to explain to them how it was going to be made using an example chocolate chip cookie recipe.
“In order for us to make soil we have to follow the directions and have each measurement exact, just like when we make chocolate chip cookies.”