Science Experiment

When my FA was observing me, I thought I was organized and prepared to teach my lesson to my class. I initially thought this would be my best lesson compare to the other lesson that I was going to teach later on (I was still feeling iffy about my second lesson). Unfortunately, my lesson didn’t go well the way I thought it would be. My lesson was a small science experiment using two different brands of gum. The purpose of the experiment was to see if the mass of the gum would decrease or increase when it is being chewed for few minutes. I think my lesson itself was not bad the students were extremely happy and they were able to finish the assignment in the given time. The problem was that I still struggle with management. I didn’t have a wait time, the students were calling out and I had no control of how to handle the situation. I guess I was nervous and I haven’t taught since October. It was a good wake up call, and glad that I taught before the long practicum, because I will definitely create lesson plans on classroom management with my students and implement couple of house keeping rules when I teach the class. I think this will be great, because students will know what I expect from them and vise versa. Moreover, I need to always have a plan B. This is because things happen and it may not go your way or if students are one step ahead what can they do while waiting for everyone to be on the same page. Furthermore, I will do this experiment again, but being more alert and aware of my surroundings.

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  1. It is great that you are looking at this lesson as a learning tool and have come up with ideas to try next lesson. That truly is what teaching is about! It is also good to see the positives within a lesson that you weren’t totally happy with so you can keep those parts and use them again. Your management and confidence will both grow with practice and successes!

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