A good class starts with a good introduction

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After many weeks of anticipation, I finally received word about my school placement and had my first full day in the classroom on Thursday. So far, I am thrilled with the teachers and classes (I was blessed with two!) that I will be working with. I eagerly started planning my first activity from the moment I left the school (and finished preparing it that night), so I am all set for next week.

As always, I learned and observed so much from this week’s practicum, but the main point that I want to stress is how important it is to make a strong introduction.

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What makes a good teacher?

Today we did an activity where we were asked to brainstorm ideas about “what makes a good teacher”. Given everything that we’ve been learning over the past month as well as my own experiences with teaching and tutoring, I thought I had a pretty good idea about what makes a good teacher, and what my future students would be expecting of me. To me, a good teacher is someone who is observant/attentive to each student as an individual within the class, knowledgeable about what they are teaching, and passionate about what they do.

After jotting down all my ideas (in purple in the image below), I was passed two letters from middle school students who shared their take on “good teachers”. What did middle school students think a good teacher should do? I added their ideas to my brainstorming (in pink).

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