On Friday Nov. 21 I did my 4th Junior Achievement teaching visit. I am happy to say that I was able to identify all the students by their names by the end of the class. I really enjoyed this visit more than the others. I am not too sure why, but I did. I was not nervous getting started, I just dove right in. I felt very confident and I think it showed in my teaching. The students did a great job with their behavior once again. There are some that I feel are losing interest, but there are still a lot of are still very interested. My goal for next for my next teaching visit is to try to get those kids that I know are losing interest to get their interest back somehow. How I am going to do this is still unclear but I have plenty of time to think about it.
I thought the presentation that was done on Monday was very good. I thought the speaker was very very prepared and knew what she was talking about. I also thought having a student present was good for the class, something new for the class. So good job Allie, I think that is your name.
Bye for now,
Danielle
Monday, November 24, 2008
Friday, November 21, 2008
Lesson Plan 2
I only saw the presentations of the second lesson plan on Monday, not Wednesday. I thought everyone did a better job with their presentations this time around. I thought it was good that most of the students took into consideration about being more creative on their presentations. Most of the students used powerpoint, which provides a lot of different ways to present materials.
I was unable to do my second presentation due to a personal issue, but I took mine in a different direction. For my presentation I did not really go over the objectives and procedure. I decided to make my presentation as if I was presenting it to my class. Exactly how I broke it down in my lesson plan, I did the same in my presentation. At the end I just explained my activity that I had planned for the lesson. So basically, my presentation was more me teaching the class than describing the lesson and activity.
I look forward to everyone 3rd presentations.
Hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving
I was unable to do my second presentation due to a personal issue, but I took mine in a different direction. For my presentation I did not really go over the objectives and procedure. I decided to make my presentation as if I was presenting it to my class. Exactly how I broke it down in my lesson plan, I did the same in my presentation. At the end I just explained my activity that I had planned for the lesson. So basically, my presentation was more me teaching the class than describing the lesson and activity.
I look forward to everyone 3rd presentations.
Hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving
Monday, November 17, 2008
Junior Achievement
Hello,
So it has been awhile since the last time I have posted anything. So that should mean I have a bit to say on my blog today.
I will be blogging about my second and third Junior Achievement teaching experience. So here I go...
I did my second Junior on September 31, and the lesson I did is titled You Decide. This lesson was intended to for the students to learn about reflective decision-making. The students also participated in a game titled Choose Your Success, in which reflective decision-making is applied to their education and career.
I did not meet my goal I set after my first visit, which was to learn the students by name. It had been a while from my first visit to my second; due to personal problems. So I was disappointed at that, but did not let it bother me too much when I was teaching the class. So I set this goal up again for my third visit.
The students had a lot of fun with this activity, it also helped them a lot with learning the objective of the lesson. I also felt more comfortable speaking in front of the class this time around. I found myself asking the students more questions than I did the first time. I also noticed there were more students asking me questions and speaking aloud in the class this time around compared to the first time.
Overall, I really enjoyed my second Junior Achievement teaching experience.
My third Junior Achievement teaching was on Nov. 14. This lesson is titled Choose Your Success where they also played a game with the same name. The purpose of this lesson was for students to recognize the importance of staying in school and to understand the relationship between education and success in life. I really feel for the most part that many of the students already understood the importance of education in their life.
During this lesson, I felt very prepared. I even used the teaching tips on the side of the guide, they helped me out a lot. I did not remember every student by name but I did come pretty close. The students enjoyed this activity a little more than the others, I assume it is because they were in groups. When the students became more talkative and when they were getting off topic I decided to end the activity. I figured if they were talking about things other than the activity then they must be done.
I am very excited for my next visit, I find myself getting more confident the more I teach in front of the class.
Well this is it till next time
Danielle
So it has been awhile since the last time I have posted anything. So that should mean I have a bit to say on my blog today.
I will be blogging about my second and third Junior Achievement teaching experience. So here I go...
I did my second Junior on September 31, and the lesson I did is titled You Decide. This lesson was intended to for the students to learn about reflective decision-making. The students also participated in a game titled Choose Your Success, in which reflective decision-making is applied to their education and career.
I did not meet my goal I set after my first visit, which was to learn the students by name. It had been a while from my first visit to my second; due to personal problems. So I was disappointed at that, but did not let it bother me too much when I was teaching the class. So I set this goal up again for my third visit.
The students had a lot of fun with this activity, it also helped them a lot with learning the objective of the lesson. I also felt more comfortable speaking in front of the class this time around. I found myself asking the students more questions than I did the first time. I also noticed there were more students asking me questions and speaking aloud in the class this time around compared to the first time.
Overall, I really enjoyed my second Junior Achievement teaching experience.
My third Junior Achievement teaching was on Nov. 14. This lesson is titled Choose Your Success where they also played a game with the same name. The purpose of this lesson was for students to recognize the importance of staying in school and to understand the relationship between education and success in life. I really feel for the most part that many of the students already understood the importance of education in their life.
During this lesson, I felt very prepared. I even used the teaching tips on the side of the guide, they helped me out a lot. I did not remember every student by name but I did come pretty close. The students enjoyed this activity a little more than the others, I assume it is because they were in groups. When the students became more talkative and when they were getting off topic I decided to end the activity. I figured if they were talking about things other than the activity then they must be done.
I am very excited for my next visit, I find myself getting more confident the more I teach in front of the class.
Well this is it till next time
Danielle
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