- My university supervisor observed me today. My personal narrative lesson about adding sensory details went really well. Both my university supervisor and my teacher thought that I did very well on it. My teacher said that it was my best lesson yet and that i looked really comfortable. If I had known that this lesson would go this well, I would have had them observe this lesson together. After the lesson, I had a very long meeting with my university supervisor to catch up and get advice on student teaching. Later, my teacher informed me that I passed my midterm.
Surprise Math Time
- My teacher had to run an errand during SSR time. After a while, my students became a little antsy so I decided to move on. I didn't have anything in my lesson plan book for the time slot, I had finished my science unit on the previous day and we were not prepared for the Indiana History unit yet. I knew that my teacher wanted to head into comparing and equivalent fractions soon, so I did an impromptu unit introduction lesson. One of my students looked at me like I was lost and informed me that it was science time. I replied to her by saying that the science unit was over and we weren't ready to teach the social studies lesson yet, so I figured that I would just introduce them to fractions. My teacher had been trying to introduce the students to fractions, but the students are not comfortable with multiplication and division. At the beginning of the lesson, 3/4 of the students admitted to being frustrated. I described how to compare fractions in as many ways as I could think of. Eventually, only a little under half of the students admitted to being frustrated. I hope that my lesson helped some of the students.
Tutoring
- It was fun creating the addition flashcards after school. Even though it seemed relaxed, I realized that my teacher was actually having the student practice her multiplication facts. I will keep that trick in the back of my mind.
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