Liz Arizona ! Eds 190! Fall 2013!

! November 8 2013 reections! ! Interactive modeling reection:! !

The interactive modeling practice that I did with my third grade students at Balboa Elementary was for lining up at lunch time. We took about 10 minutes to do this modeling practice. I had talked about it with my teacher, and she had not heard of the technique before. I modeled walking to the door myself as my table was called. The students watched me and then made observations about what they saw. Then, I had one student model the same thing. Students again noted what they saw, such as walking slowly, waiting at the door without talking, etc. next, I had a whole table model the practice. After, the whole class did it. The CT and I were both amazed because the class usually struggles to do this. Although we didn't have enough time to do this as slow as I would have liked to, it worked really well with my students. In fact, my CT has adopted it as a main way of teaching students to be on task doing lessons and group work. !

! ! 3:2:1- interactive Modeling ch 3&4 ! !

There are many interesting ideas found in this weeks chapters in Interactive Modeling. One main idea I noticed was the importance of the time in between lessons. Instead of just assuming that students will know what to do with this time, or will tradition well from one task to another on their own, it is crucial to show students what your expectations are for the transition times in class. Another main idea in the text is that interactive modeling can be a great way to teach students how to move as a group in an organized and safe manner. I realize that this type of interactive modeling is what I helped work on with my class because we practiced lining up so that we could go to lunch. Lastly, I noticed that both chapters from this weeks reading required a signicant amount of planning ahead for doing these interactive modeling practices. In other words, you should prepare not only to do your art lesson or activity, but you should also plan ahead how you will teach the students to respect the art materials and how to transition to the art lesson. With all these steps needed for a successful lesson, I wonder how you can have any successful lessons early on? Also, is there anything that you can not or should not teach through interactive modeling? I think the transitions in my class between coming back from lunch and class starting tend to be somewhat challenging. This may be a place hat I could do an interactive modeling practice with my students. !