Reflection
Last week I had my observation. Overall, I was very nervous about being watched while I was giving a lesson. As I began to teach I could feel myself begin to relax. After my lesson was over and I talked to my CT, I personally was not happy with how it turned out. To start off, I tried to fit too much into such a short time frame. I felt that I was supposed to finish everything written on my lesson plan. However, my CT reassured me that even he has to make changes to his lesson plan in the middle of the lesson because he is running out of time. That made me feel a lot better. Another thing I noticed while trying to fit everything in, I begin to read too fast for the students to follow. One of my students called me out on this which made me happy that he felt comfortable enough with me to point this out. I believe that I handled the situation correctly and read the next section a little slower. After talking with my CT about my lesson, we both agreed that time management is something I need to work on in my future lessons. I know now that it is okay not to be perfect, I am in this class to learn and observe my CT. During my lesson, I need to find ways in which to keep my students engaged and following along with the readings. One way I plan on doing this is more of the underlining and circling. While teaching my next lesson, I need to work on walking around the room while reading or teaching. This is also another way I can make sure the students are paying attention and looking at their books while I am reading. What surprised me the most about my lesson was how fast time was moving. At the beginning I felt that I was moving along at a good pace and then I remember looking at the clock and seeing that there was only ten minutes left till lunch. After looking back on my video I feel a lot better about my lesson and feel more ready about my next one.
Analysis
Overall, I believe that the students learned what I intended on teaching them. During the fact and opinion section many could tell me what a fact and opinion were. I could see that they were understanding it because many of them raised their hands to tell me what that circled or underlined. I was happy to see that many of them knew that when they saw the word “believe” they knew that it was going to be an opinion. During my lesson, I couple of students had a difficulty with the fact and opinion. I believe is was not because they did not understand what I was asking them to do but the fact that I was reading too fast and these students had a hard time following along. I know for my next lesson, I will slow down when I am reading aloud giving them time to underline or circle. Connecting the section about artifacts to the student’s lives today helped them understand what an artifact is. Also, having them look at the artifacts on the page and having them tell me what they believe the artifacts helped them understand how artifacts could have helped them make their lives easier.
Last week I had my observation. Overall, I was very nervous about being watched while I was giving a lesson. As I began to teach I could feel myself begin to relax. After my lesson was over and I talked to my CT, I personally was not happy with how it turned out. To start off, I tried to fit too much into such a short time frame. I felt that I was supposed to finish everything written on my lesson plan. However, my CT reassured me that even he has to make changes to his lesson plan in the middle of the lesson because he is running out of time. That made me feel a lot better. Another thing I noticed while trying to fit everything in, I begin to read too fast for the students to follow. One of my students called me out on this which made me happy that he felt comfortable enough with me to point this out. I believe that I handled the situation correctly and read the next section a little slower. After talking with my CT about my lesson, we both agreed that time management is something I need to work on in my future lessons. I know now that it is okay not to be perfect, I am in this class to learn and observe my CT. During my lesson, I need to find ways in which to keep my students engaged and following along with the readings. One way I plan on doing this is more of the underlining and circling. While teaching my next lesson, I need to work on walking around the room while reading or teaching. This is also another way I can make sure the students are paying attention and looking at their books while I am reading. What surprised me the most about my lesson was how fast time was moving. At the beginning I felt that I was moving along at a good pace and then I remember looking at the clock and seeing that there was only ten minutes left till lunch. After looking back on my video I feel a lot better about my lesson and feel more ready about my next one.
Analysis
Overall, I believe that the students learned what I intended on teaching them. During the fact and opinion section many could tell me what a fact and opinion were. I could see that they were understanding it because many of them raised their hands to tell me what that circled or underlined. I was happy to see that many of them knew that when they saw the word “believe” they knew that it was going to be an opinion. During my lesson, I couple of students had a difficulty with the fact and opinion. I believe is was not because they did not understand what I was asking them to do but the fact that I was reading too fast and these students had a hard time following along. I know for my next lesson, I will slow down when I am reading aloud giving them time to underline or circle. Connecting the section about artifacts to the student’s lives today helped them understand what an artifact is. Also, having them look at the artifacts on the page and having them tell me what they believe the artifacts helped them understand how artifacts could have helped them make their lives easier.