Last teaching observation

On December 14th, I attended my last observation hours at St. Helen's and was with the new 3rd grade teacher. This teacher was fresh out of college so it was interesting to see someone who was just a few years older than me . I did not feel as if this teacher was very engaging and this was a little troublesome to me because I would of thought that a new teacher would be energetic and excited about her first class. The teacher used definitions straight from the book and asked them in order. I felt as if the kids knew the answers because they remembered the order and not necessarily what the definition was. If I were to change this, I would mix up the definitions to make sure the kids had a true grasp of the material. What  I did like about her lessons is that she would have some of the kids "teach" the lesson. It was fun to see how some of the students explained the math concepts and I feel as if sometimes they related to this better than actually listening to the teacher. If the student was way off track with teaching she would intervene to make sure that the students understood.

Clinical Teaching Experience

I had a great time planning out my first lesson on grading and rubrics. I found that the planning process was a little difficult because although we talked about making sure the lesson relates to the students, it was difficult for this to happen because I found I did not have any idea what my classmates were really into. The only thing that we all had in common was, we all had experiences with rubrics and we knew what it was like to receive a poor and good letter grade.
My favorite part of the lesson was planning out the activity. If I had a chance to re-do this section, I would of made the rubrics better.
I felt that the students enjoyed our lesson and learned something from it. Everyone asked various questions and by the activity, it showed they knew what they were doing.