Chapter 4 talks about the 5-E Model of Instruction: Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, and Evaluate. Following these steps will help me as a future teacher to make sure that I help all the students understand the content of the material. If we start by engaging students in an activity they will remember the steps as they explore and as we answer their inquiry questions we can explain and elaborate the problem and evaluate as we review the content with them. The model of instruction can be used in al grades and subjects. Children do not know what they are learning, if we keep the materials fun we can keep them engaged. As I was teaching a social studies lesson, I found myself using the 5-E method. Even though we were reading a chapter I had the students look at the pictures before and ask questions, as we started reading the chapter we answered their questions and explored. This is the method my clinical teacher uses; as she’s reading the chapter she stops and explains the material to the students. She gives them examples that relate to their prior knowledge and then builds on that knowledge. I plan to implement the same structure in my classroom.
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The 5-E model is not a recipe to follow nor is it a style of teaching. It is way of planning instruction, to be sure. Using this model well will result in lessons that look and feel different from the way you or I were taught in school. It is not an approach that you can try on like a new piece of clothing only to be discarded in favor of something more fashionable.
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