I have survived my first six weeks as a new teacher in a tough high school with a smile so far, so that tells me that something in my classes must be working. I have 3 ninety minute blocks with multi-level students. I have kept my lectures to a bare minimum and have tried to incorporate alot of group activities to help students to have a variety of learning methods during one class period. I have created "Body Planes and Directions Win, Lose or Draw" for my Applications to Therapeutic Services class and they really enjoyed that. They did not stop playing until the bell rang-which is a miracle in and of itself. My Introductions Classes have enjoyed my Jeopardy test reviews with bonus points or Free Dress Passes (where they don't have to wear scrubs on professional dress day.)
There have been a few things that I can improve upon, like classroom management during my third period class. It is over 2 hours long due to lunch being during this time. They get tired of being in one class for so long and while they are not really disrespectful, they do like to talk. I am trying to break that class up into even more activity and small discussions, but near the end of class (we have last lunch, of course) they do like to get off task. I got some good suggestions from my classmates on how to handle this, but would love any new methods to handle this.
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3 comments:
well I have an intergrate block class and some times I use some of the take 5 mathes to get the students in a better mood for the class becouse it is so long for then.
I'm interested in your Body Planes Win Lose or Draw. Is this something you would share with others? jujohnson@scboe.org Thanks!
Julie J from last year's NTI class.
I think Dan gave a good suggestion in using some of the Take 5 activities to break things up. I'll take a look when I vist you - which I am looking forward to. Dr. J.
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