Teaching Reflection: Week 1 (measurement)
I am learning an indescribable amount from being in my practicum class consistently every single day. I am building my rapport with my students which helps with transitions, and establishing a positive teacher presence. I am working on getting to know my student in the class. She is slowly starting to warm up a bit. Both my SA and I are taking small steps at a time with our new student G, there are some good days and there are some days G is not really cooperative. I learned from Mr. D our Youth Worker in the school that this is G’s 3rd kindergarten school this year. We are trying to recognize and praise good behaviours whenever we can as well as helping G start to build new friendships in the class. In terms of lesson structure, I am learning that I need to work on clarity and the amount of instructions I am giving my students for their tasks. I am working on how to scaffold or design my tasks so students who are struggling to finish wouldn’t feel too far behind the rest who have finished already. I learned from my FA, Claire, that we don’t and shouldn’t expect all of our students to complete all the given task. It is okay to set the minimal expectation first, and then let them know they can continue to work on it at another set time (e.g. 1 on 1 special time with me during centre time to further help them)