All year I have been looking forward to this very month. I have wanted to be in a class with students for a full school day and now that time has come.
Being in the classroom for an entire week I can definitely say there is never enough time. There is so much to do in such little time. Also, I have learned to expected the unexpected.
This week my main focus when teaching was my pace. I realized a lesson plan is not a race to the finish line, however, now I had to implement that. My sponsor teacher is supporting me in tackling one goal at time. She provided me with positive and constructive feedback to better the next time. She also gave me ample about of example of strategies to achieve my goals.
Even though I was able to manage my pace of my lesson I had a few classroom management challenges. The main concern was getting the students attention when transitioning from one activity to another. The class felt that transition time was socialization time.
My goal for next week is classroom management in particular to getting their attention.
Lets see what is in store.
Each goal you set is so important! It is great that you are taking feedback and applying it to your teaching. Pacing your lessons and making sure students are respectfully listening and on task are key to having the learning happen. A classroom that is noisy and on task is one that is different from one where students noisy and not on track or engaged in the directed activity. There are so many components to teaching. Working toward accomplishing one goal at a time is a good strategy.