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Sarah Smith
UTL 640E, Haug
11/20/15
Observation 7
students on a personal level, which keeps them interested, and
sometimes grabs the attention of the students who are harder to
engage.
So while there were highlights in this lesson, it also taught me a few
things about my classroom management skills and thinking on my feet,
because once I had put everyone in groups and explained the activity
again, the lesson started to break down. Reflecting on the video, I
realized that I shouldnt have let the students go into an activity when I
hadnt fully checked for understanding by doing a model together or
going step by step through the process I wanted them to do. (I actually
taught this lesson again and we did a model together, which helped
the lesson and the students understanding quite a lot.) I noticed I am
also still having difficulty establishing myself as an authority in the
classroom that the students completely respond to, because my
discipline style is much less forceful, but not lax, so I think the students
get confused if I am actually asking them to do something or just
giving a suggestion. Once I realized the students were having difficulty,
I was visibly grasping for a solution, and while I dont think the
students completely realized I didnt know what I was doing, going
back over the video made me see that I was trying really hard to figure
out what to do to help them understand how these organization
patterns work, and that I was having trouble figuring it out.
Sarah Smith
UTL 640E, Haug
11/20/15
Observation 7
Even though my video isnt of 8th period, when I taught this lesson
again later this day, I was able to reflect on the problems I encountered
teaching 6th period, and my second lesson of the day went much
better.