This was a crazy week! This week we had Angela Evans start as a student teacher in the room so there are 4 teachers in the room everyday. We did not have school on Monday because of a snow day (again!).
On Wednesday I taught my first lesson. I taught one of the sections out of everyday math, and overall I thought it went over well. I started the lesson with a review of telling time. For the most part the students did very well, but they struggled with where the hour hand was placed for “a quarter til”. After this we reviewed the “What’s my rule?” tables out of the Everyday Math books.
I had students come out to go over an example on the overhead, and then they worked in their math workbooks. They seemed to struggle with subtraction so we had to do a review of that. While I was teaching there was a student, “John”, who was trying to draw attention to himself, but I just kept going with the lesson because I knew I had to get through the material before recess. When the students were working individually I went over to “John” and had him explain to me what we were doing and worked on a problem in his workbook with him. This seemed to help him become more focused. Mr. Larrousse also told me after the lesson that he liked the way I did not give “John” attention when he wanted it because it distracts the entire class and interrupts the learning process.
On Thursday we continued working in the Everyday Math books. We had the students use pieces from the Base Ten blocks to measure items around the room. This was also the first day that I saw the first grade classes switch. Mr. Larrousse’s class went to Mrs. Bucholz’s room for science, and Mrs. Bucholz’s class came to our room for social studies. It was interesting to watch how the classes were different. Mrs. Bucholz’s class was much more subdued and relaxed, waiting to be called up; whereas my class across the hall was energetic and shouting out answers. It was interesting to see that Mr. L’s teaching style didn’t really change between the two classes, though.
On Monday Angela (Miss Evans) takes over teaching math, so that will be interesting to see what I will get to do in a few semesters!
aault09 said,
February 25, 2008 at 2:39 pm
Sounds like your lesson went well! Thats good to hear! Wow, it seems “John” really put your classroom management skills to the test!
This will be an interesting experience having four teachers in the room. I feel that this would be a great learning experience because not only are you able to see how Mr. Larousse works with the class but also how Alison and Angela handle the class as well. You would be able to pick out what you like from the other teachers and see what is not your style. I bet it is great having a student teacher in the classroom. This will allow you to have a glance at how student teaching works as well as ask questions/advice of Angela prior to your student teaching.