This week on Monday we finished up all the student lesson plans. Everyone has got a chance to teach the class so we have got to watch about twelve other classmates teach. Through this process I have observed ways of teaching that I will bring into my future classroom and also some things I saw that were ineffective and I will not bring into my future classroom. From gym class to high school math, there is always something to take away from the lesson plans.
Today we had the opportunity to get taught by Sarah. This was the best experience I have had so far in Education 250. I am very happy that Sarah was able to come in and present a lesson plan to our class. I learned a lot from her teaching. She was very calm, confident, fluid and know her content. I loved that she started her lesson out with a video. This was a way to grab our attention and get us focused and interested in her lesson. She did a great job of explaining her lesson and getting the students involved. She called on students to answer questions, which kept us all involved and paying attention so if she called on us we knew what she was talking about. When a student asked a question she did not get nervous and not know what to say, but she immediately came up with an example and a way to explain the answer to her student. When her students were talking during her lesson, she didn't yell at them or stop what she was doing. She simply either just said "I don't talk when y'all are talking" or "please pay attention" and continued with her lesson.
From watching Sarah present, I know that in my future classroom I want to be as calm and fluid in teaching as she was. I want to start my lesson off everyday with a hook that will grab my students attention like presenting a video off of youtube everyday that relates to my lesson. I also plan to start each lesson with "today I am....So I can.." which she did in her lesson as well.
As time goes on and we write more and more lesson plans, they will become better each time. Watching peoples' lessons plans and writing our own will make us experts by the time we have to actually write them for our classes. I plan to work hard and improve each of my lesson plans so I can have the best plans possible so my students will enjoy learning and want to be in my classroom!
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Wednesday, November 11, 2015
Lesson plans round two
This week on Monday we finished up with lesson plans. This was a great opportunity and experience to be able to present our own, but also listen to our other classmates present. You can learn something different from each classmate, whether it is something that you want to do in your future plans or something that you do not want to do.
I am so glad that we got to hear a lesson plan today from a student that is getting ready to be a teacher. She has had lots of experience with lesson plans so that gave us a better idea of how it will get easier and what our lessons should look like in a couple years from now. Maddie used all of the stuff that we have learned so far in Education 250. She did a great job of using TPACK. She used her content knowledge, pedagogy, which is teaching in great ways and technology. She did not use technology to teach her whole lesson, she just used it to help her teach with the content knowledge she already had. This is something I need to work on because as we all know, I am not the brightest when it comes to technology. However it is the 21st century so I do need to learn how to incorporate technology into my lesson plans.
To incorporate technology in my lesson plans, I can use games as some of my other classmates have done in their lesson plans or I can also just use the smart board to write on and have my students get involved as Maddie did today as a good visual.
I am also very happy that we got to read and watch a personal philosophy from a future student who is now a teacher. This helped me out with my philosophy a lot because I had a lot of corrections to make and wasn't sure exactly how it was supposed to be written.
Hearing from older education students and seeing their work really helps out a lot and gives me a better perspective on what teaching is going to look like for me!
Wednesday, November 4, 2015
Teacher or student?
Today I got my first experience actually teaching a lesson plan to the class. Although it wasn't actual second graders, Brittany did a GREAT job acting like one haha! Writing the lesson plan, rewriting the lesson plan, rewriting it again and preparing for it was definitely stressful. I was really nervous about teaching the class until I actually got in front of them, and then it wasn't too bad.
I do think that I was prepared for my lesson and planned my time well. However next time after I read the story out loud, instead of having the students read the story again, I will just have them get in groups and talk about it and answer the questions to save time and to not put students that are not good readers on the spot. I thought it was great that Brittany acted as a child that didn't understand anything because it made me have to think about it and explain it in more details like I will eventually have to do with my real class some day.
I am glad that we get to watch other classmates lessons because I think it will help us out and give us ideas for future lesson plans. I really liked Colleen's lesson plan and thought she made it very easy for students to understand. She was talking about rounding and used a hill with 0-4 on one side and 5-9 on the other. If I ever have to teach rounding to my students, I will most likely use her example because I think the students will really understand how to round being taught that way.
Today we also talked about relevancy and how we need to make our lessons, topics, and materials relevant so they students will be more interested and want to learn. For me what I will have to do is be more caught up on world events and what is happening around me, especially within education. If students ask me questions, I want to be able to relate to them and be able to help them understand how the world events relate to what they are being taught so they have a purpose for learning.
Lastly, we learned about the four C's of common core. Creativity, Collaboration, Communication, and Critical thinking. We need to structure our lesson around these four words. We need to be able to let our students communicate with one another so they can use critical thinking and collaborate their ideas to come up with a final product or end results that is creative. If all of these are used in a lesson, it will most likely turn out to be a successful lesson that they students enjoy.
I do think that I was prepared for my lesson and planned my time well. However next time after I read the story out loud, instead of having the students read the story again, I will just have them get in groups and talk about it and answer the questions to save time and to not put students that are not good readers on the spot. I thought it was great that Brittany acted as a child that didn't understand anything because it made me have to think about it and explain it in more details like I will eventually have to do with my real class some day.
I am glad that we get to watch other classmates lessons because I think it will help us out and give us ideas for future lesson plans. I really liked Colleen's lesson plan and thought she made it very easy for students to understand. She was talking about rounding and used a hill with 0-4 on one side and 5-9 on the other. If I ever have to teach rounding to my students, I will most likely use her example because I think the students will really understand how to round being taught that way.
Today we also talked about relevancy and how we need to make our lessons, topics, and materials relevant so they students will be more interested and want to learn. For me what I will have to do is be more caught up on world events and what is happening around me, especially within education. If students ask me questions, I want to be able to relate to them and be able to help them understand how the world events relate to what they are being taught so they have a purpose for learning.
Lastly, we learned about the four C's of common core. Creativity, Collaboration, Communication, and Critical thinking. We need to structure our lesson around these four words. We need to be able to let our students communicate with one another so they can use critical thinking and collaborate their ideas to come up with a final product or end results that is creative. If all of these are used in a lesson, it will most likely turn out to be a successful lesson that they students enjoy.
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