Reflection #4

WHAT?: This week was a huge eye opener for me in class. When I first seen that this week's lesson was going to be on drama I just couldn't picture how to integrate drama into the classroom with all different subjects. I think that drama is so fun to incorporate in the classroom, because it keeps the children involved, and it is VERY fun! I had a blast in class learning all the new activites in class, and I loved the presentation that we did with the book at the end. It kept me so involved while you were reading the storybook to us.

SO WHAT?: This week in class we learned so many fun, drama activities. I am excited to present to the classroom our book and our drama tools. I think that when we do these activities it helps learn so many new ideas on how to integrate drama into the classroom with all subjects and standards. I think one of my favorite ideas was the way we presented the story book to the classroom. I loved how we used a simple storybook to accomplish different subjects and standards while doing fun activities with it. While reading through the 21 process drama tools there were many activities that I really liked, one of my favorites was the "thought-tracking" idea. I think that this drama activity would be so interesting to do in class!

NOW WHAT?: I didn't really realize that there were so many ways and ideas to integrate drama in the classroom, like I said up above. I think it is so important to incorporate drama in the classroom because for one I think it keeps the children more involved with all the activities. When you do these fun activites the students have a chance to be apart of the lesson. I think that doing activities like the examples are ways that the children will remember what they are learning in all subjects better.

I think by integrating drama with all subjects it keeps the children staying creative because they have to put themselves into the lesson. Also, when you are doing an activity with a teaching lesson the children really have to keep paying attention in order to complete the activity or role that they are suppose to. Also, using drama in the classroom really shakes things up with the students. It gives them something to do rather then sit there and be lectured the whole time, which is fun for us teachers as well!