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Sunday, December 7, 2008
Improved Teaching Practice
I think I most improved on planning group activities for the class. At first, I didn't really monitor the groups well, expecting them to just "do the right thing" and trouble shoot on their own. I soon realized, through trial and error, that I needed to constantly walk around and monitor each group. They seemed to realize more that I was available for questions and to help them stay on task. When they see me circulating, they stay on task more often and seem to accomplish more. I will work on my timing for class activities for the next semester. I still run out of time - not planning enough time or too much time for certain activities. Cindy suggesed that I write actual times out in the lesson plan. I'll try that for sure because when we go to blocks in the fall, I realize that timing will be even more critical.
Georgette,
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to see that you were able to log in to the blog. What did the trick?