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When I completed this lesson I actually felt I should re-think my decision to become an educator. Mrs. Anderson makes this job look easy. I had prepared my science lesson plan Monday and scheduled to start a 3-day lesson on Wednesday. I tried to keep my lesson close to the basal/textbook. I feel as though the students responded positively. They were responsible in raising their hands to answer questions. I had a note to “slow down” in my notes. This helped me pace my lesson appropriately. I felt confident….and then I did not! HOWEVER, this time I did not speed up my speaking and rush through the lesson as quickly as possible. I added a few examples that were not on my plan with the hopes to explain matter to the students and I believe that helped one or two students. I felt, as a class, we stayed on topic the entire class. There were a

The teacher demonstrated her patience by helping the student with his presentation and not hurrying him or making it seem like she was just ready to get it over with. I also learned that students respond to positive emotions sent their way. Another one of the things that I thought she did that was important was changing her lesson so that the students that were not interacting with other students on their own could feel included. I believe that may be the most important of all the aspects of the emotional regulation she chose to use. I know I will definitely be using her “student artwork” idea throughout my classroom as well as having a calendar to celebrate student birthdays so as to not make any feel left out. Overall I enjoyed this observation because I related to it some with my past and I know if I had a teacher like her in my life, I may have developed differently in a more positive light. The reason why I want to be a teacher is to make a difference in children’s lives just like my observation teacher has done in her classroom and continues to do every

Today I arrived at 8: 30. I organised the classroom and made it ready for pupils to come. After assembly we did some time table practice. Next we had a new lesson for numeracy skills and I supported a group of students. L. O. Was about the name of 2 D shapes and how can we recognise them. First Miss B explained about the topic and she draw the shapes on the bored.

Through completing this activity, I learned more than I have with any other activity I have done thus far while earning my Education Specialist degree. I had to observe a teacher and provide constructive feedback using the Framework for Teaching. This observation included a pre-conference where the teacher told me what she wanted me to pay particular attention to. It required that I observe in real-time, rather than simply using a video where I can pause frequently. I then had to analyze the data I collected during the observation, in order to determine strengths and areas for improvement that I shared during the post-conference. The teacher was a master teacher and thought the lesson went very well. She was shocked when I had some ideas for how to improve her instruction. I mentioned that students seemed fidgety, and she could incorporate more cooperative structures to get students more active in their learning. I also thought she needed cooperative roles for students when they completed their group work, that way everyone was accountable for the work.

After this, the students talked to each other and they decided that they enjoy it when the teacher reads to them. The teacher read the book and the students followed along with the reading. When the teacher finished reading, she asked various questions that the students had to answer. The students, had to discuss the question and the answer with their group members. The teacher, asked each group to give their answer and, all the students participated in the activity. They had a good teacher and student relationship. The students respected the teacher and she did an awesome job with the lesson. The teacher, talked to us and, explained that when she creates her lessons she tries her best to incorporate group work and class discussions. Her goal is, that her students are engage in the lesson that she created.

Set Up- Since my communication with my supervising teacher wasn’t as strong as it should have been, I didn’t get much time to set up with my lesson. I didn’t know when in the lesson I was going to be teaching, so I was kind of thrown into it. My cooperating teacher gave me a group of students before I set up my lesson. So, I had to set up while entertaining children. I think this made me feel rushed and not as

The day started off fairly well. Hatfield hadn’t told his students I was going to be observing, and thus they assumed I was his daughter or a substitute teacher. After giving the students their bellwork, he quickly dove into the lesson. Hatfield had taken a day leave the day before, so the classroom was a bit scrambled with what they did with their substitute. It was an interactive day with videos, discussions, and written work. The good thing was that he really seemed to love what he was doing and could keep the students under his reigns fairly well. There were some attitudes from some of the students that he dismissed with ease and it was palpable that he had been doing this for years.

I felt sad for all of the children. I tried to maintain focus on the each child assessing them all. Then finally after helping him with his math I began to speak,

As I went in the classroom I tried not to look like I was crying while everyone was looking at me. As I sat down everyone started asking my name, and where I came from, and started calling me there best friend. When the day was over I went out and saw my grandpa and ran with joy! As we were walking home I was telling him all aboyut my day and how fun it

In the future, I will also keep all of the worksheets until I’m ready for the students to complete and follow along with me. In the future, I will also use a projector to model what I want the students to write down on their paper. During instruction, I will make sure that I give out clear directions and make sure that I have all of my students’ attention during the lesson. I will take the feedback from this observation to grow and also make sure that I teach all of the standards for the lesson. I also will make sure that I appropriately close the lesson so, that students fully understand the

By this point I had loved this teacher, not for letting me take my exam at home, but by teaching me a true lesson of life. I couldn't thank her enough. The second half of the school year was the same.

Thanks for another great week of teaching and learning. I really enjoyed this week because I had the opportunity participate in CPL and visit several classrooms. Having the opportunity to see the students actively engaged and see the teachers excited about teach was awesome. I find myself wanting to get involved in your lessons but I don’t want to interrupt your plans. While observing one of our great educators I wished I had invited another educator with me to observe the instructional strategies and classroom routines being utilized in this classroom. I know that I previously communicated to you earlier in the year about observing your co-workers but I want to stress the benefits of observing your co-workers. There are several books that

I made a few adjustments in my plan today. Instead of playing my sight word game, we read a story that I decided to bring last minute. I figured if the students got bored we would read it. I was so thankful I brought it! With this story we wrote sentences and drew pictures to match. This was the perfect time to review with the two students from yesterday who needed their picture to match their sentence. I also finished the morning meeting way sooner than I had expected. For the five minutes we waited on Ms. Pray we did DEAR time. I thought this was a good idea because it gave the student’s choices in what they were reading.

My lesson went smoothly and I was excited to be in the classroom finally working with students again! Following the lesson, I have a better understanding of what to expect next time with regard to how willing the students are to respond and participate in the lesson and how to time the different sections of the lesson plan.

What did you learn about the challenges of mathematics teaching and learning? One thing I learned about the challenges of teaching mathematics was how hard it is to not interfere as soon as a child is struggling with a problem. Sometimes you have to allow a child to struggling through a problem because that how they learn. That immediately helping them and telling them what to do isn’t going to help grown their understanding. Other thing was the multiple ways that you can think about math. How you, a teacher, think about a problem and how you would solve it isn’t necessarily how all your students will think and solve a problem. Just since it isn’t that same doesn’t mean their method is any less correct. You need to support all your