I actually enjoyed teaching the 4th graders on the first day of teaching. My partner in my group was Edward, and we were teaching compost. Marco was also a part of our group, but his teacher didn't allow him to go. It was a little stressful at first because we did not know where to set up. We decided that we were going to set up behind the garden shed because that was the only place left that had room. We were finally ready to start teaching. The kids finally arrived, so we brought them behind the shed. We started off by introducing ourselves first. We then passed around the ball/cube around so everyone else could introduce their selves, and one thing they already knew about composting. We then passed it back again in order to say one thing that they enjoyed doing in their free time. This really helped understand what the kids were like. After introducing ourselves we went on to our next activity, which was the scavenger hunt. We got the kids to go into group of 2 or 3 depending on the size of the group. We then brought them over to the compost pile, and allowed them to get their own piles of compost. There was a problem with this. Since all the groups didn't plan out the timing of getting compost, there was a big build up of kids at the pile. This caused a lot of the kids to just be standing around waiting. We finally got our kids ready, and brought them back over to our station. We explained to them what they were looking for, and if they ever found anything to call us over. This part of the lesson was pretty easy, and went by smooth because the kids were really interested in the scavenger hunt. After around 10 to 15 minutes we got the kids to stop what they were doing in order to start the next activity, the trash timeline. This was the hardest part of the day because some of the kids weren't paying attention. They would fool around and be confused. They would also look at the back of the cards and tell everyone where they were. This ruined the game because the kids didn't really have to figure it out for themselves. After we were done telling who was where, we decided to pass the ball around again, so the kids could say one thing they learned that day. This part really finished fast, so we tried asking the kids questions, but they either answered really fast or not answer at all. This left us with a lot of awkward silence because we didn't know what to do. We just made the kids scavenge a little more whenever their was time left. Overall, it was a pretty good experience. I enjoyed teaching the kids because most of them really interested and surprised by some of the facts. It made me feel happy seeing them have fun.
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