End of The Semester

Hello,
Well this semester kinda went by pretty fast. I am very happy about that too. I did enjoy this econ class this semester. I thought our professor was always up beat and taught us new and interesting ways to teach economics. I did have a nice time doing Junior Achievement, I feel as thought it has helped me improve on my teaching skills.

This week is finals week and I am not looking forward to any of my finals. Especially when the weather is so ugly. I am planning on graduating in May and then hopefully getting into the teaching credential program here at SDSU.

Wish everyone luck on their finals and hope everyone has a great holiday.

Danielle

junior Achievement

Last week I did my last two teaching lessons for Junior Achievement. It was a bit difficult because I had to do two in one week. I tried to prepare as much as I could for both lessons but my performance teaching was affected. For the 5th visit, I felt as if I was prepared but for some reason I could not get my point across to the students. I mean it was difficult for me to spit out words, I think at some points I made it more confusing than it really was. I feel as though it was the same thing for the 6th visit. I knew what I wanted to say, and everything I wanted the students to take in but for some reason I had a difficult time explaining it correctly. During my 6th and final visit, I did have a fun time with the students. I thanked them for being such a great group of students and also thanked them for helping me in my future career of teaching. I also asked the students to tell me how they thought I did, and what they thought I could improve on. I got really positive and helpful feed back from the students which made me feel good.

This is all for now...
Danielle

Presentation and Lesson Plan 3

Hello,
I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and enjoyed their little break from school. I want to start off by commenting Mondays presentation. I believe the individual who presented in Chelsea. I thought Chelsea did a great job with her presentation. She had a clear and loud voice. The thing that stood out to me most was her confidence in presenting and positive/excited attitude. I think her energy was great, she did not stand at the podium the entire time, she moved around; which is great. The only thing that I feel could have made her presentation better was her activity. I felt as though if she were explaining it to a class or another teacher they might not understand the procedure and the significance of the activity. Other than that, great job Chelsea.

Lesson Plan 3
I have to say I thought it would be easier doing this lesson plan in a group. I was a little wrong, it was more difficult than I thought. The only hard part was trying to get everyone in the group to meet up and get everyone on the same page. Other than this, I like working with my group. I think after we met up and figured out what topic we would be covering and who would do what it was all up hill from then on.

This is all for now,
BYE