Wednesday, February 20, 2008

My first big lesson!

So yesterday I taught my first big lesson to the whole class! I was wicked nervous about it and learned that eating tacos, with refried beans, even if eaten the night before, does not mix well with tummy nervousness. Anywho, I arrived at school, all nervous, and learned that the teacher was sick and wouldn't be in that day. I felt really happy; my teacher hadn't seen my lesson plan (a paper spelling out exactly what I was going to do and what the kids were going to get out of my lesson) and she specifically told the student teacher that I would be doing my lesson. I felt more at ease almost immediately because no one would be around to really critique my lesson and how I was teaching. The student teacher was going to be the sub for the day so it was just her and me for the morning. I think that my lesson went well for my first time teaching the whole entire class. The kids were a little extra wiggly but they had been sitting for most of the morning in large group and being taught at instead of them moving around and having more active learning.

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