The photos above are of pre-service teachers from Mississippi College leading fifth-graders at Highland Bluff Elementary School, Brandon, MS in the PLT Activity "Tree Factory."
M.C. pre-service teachers attended a PLT Educator Workshop in early March, 2010. They immediately put their training to good use by teaching fifth-grade students at Highland Bluff.
From the top down:
A pre-service teachers explains the lesson to students.
The class was divided into small groups with a pre-service teacher teaching the parts and functions of a "tree cookie."
Pre-service teachers lead students through the "Tree Factory" activity. Highland Bluff is unique in that fith- and sixth-grader are divided by gender. Pre-service teachers visited all boys' and girls' fifth grade classes.
The M.C. students concluded the lesson by re-forming the fifth-graders back into small groups, summarizing the lesson and verbally quizzing them. The results were obvious: The students had learned the parts of a tree and their function!
The staff of Highland Bluff were so impressed they scheduled their own PLT Educator Workshop!
