Mrs. Angle and Her comparing lesson. Matt Perry. Strategy Journal 1

Right now at Chesapeake Middle they are all in an achievement test freakout mode. So they are going over material that they know will be on the achievement test. In 1st and second periods on Thursday they were doing an activity about the difference between a right and a responsibility of citizens in the United States. This left many of the 5th graders confused; I feel that they had a very poor understanding of the differences. So Mrs. Angle whipped out the ole overhead and did a nice comparing exercise with the entire class that I think did a good job of explaining Marzano chapter 1. She presented the students with two little phrases like " serving on a jury" "going to church" The students were then to figure out which on was a responsibility of an United States citizen and which one is a right. The students struggled at first but with the use of little devices like right means you get it and responsibility means you do it the students got the jist of the differences. This was a very simple and easy to do exercise that hopefully will help the students do well not only on the achievement test but do well in the class because this area was a source of great confusion for the class.