The lesson plan demo takes a lot of time and cooperation with the other partner. Not only does the student need to be aware of their own schedule but their partners as well. Conflicts will occur between partners in relation to meet up times. Partners will need to schedule time to meet up to talk and work on the project. School, work, and other schedules and conflicts will need to be considered and worked out in order to meet the lesson plan deadline. DO NOT PROCRASTINATE! This is a big project that needs a lot of attention. There are a lot of requirements that need to be met. Some of these requirements include handouts, warm-ups, guided note sheet, Bloom’s Taxonomy questions, the lesson plan format paper, independent practice etc. All of these are big areas for points. Setting up a due date intervals for the assignment would be a good idea. This means the students should have a date set that a certain aspect of the assignment should be done by. This will help avoid procrastination. In regards to Bloom’s Taxonomy the students should make sure that they are asking these types of questions to the students when presenting the lesson. Students should refer back to the Bloom’s Taxonomy pamphlet that was handed out in class. These questions are engaging and do not inhibit the learner. The idea of this class is to learn how to empower the learner. Bloom’s Taxonomy questions help with this. In the presentation math terms should be defined and explained thoroughly. It would also be helpful for them to be visible to the learner, not just voiced. When asking the other students questions on how to solve a warm-up problem the presenter should use wait time. Wait time allows for the learner to take in the information, process the information, ... ... middle of paper ... ...attention. Like any class there is going to be outside work that needs to be done. This time encompasses the essays, article summaries, the lesson plan, etc. This course calls for well over the required 6-9 outside of class hours so in order to keep up with everything do not procrastinate. Especially do not procrastinate when it comes to the lesson plan. This is the most time consuming assignment and will not look good if it is started the night before. Depending on the individual students’ math level MMT can either be a breeze or can take some time. When doing MMT the students should take their time and read the questions carefully. As with everything else in this class procrastination is not an option. Keeping up with the reading of the textbook is also a good tip. Reading one chapter by the due date is easier than reading five chapters the night before an exam.
Another valuable attribute I obtained after taking this course is the importance of turning assignments in ahead of time! Assignments are due at 11:59 and no late submissions will be graded.
Your schedule will be as open as a barren desert. You will relieve all your stress by procrastinating. You don’t have to worry about the assignment until the day l before it is due, and this is a good thing. as you can zone out and focus on the activity at hand whether that’s browsing online, watching a movie, or hanging out with friends. The assignments will begin to haunt you at first; this will be a challenge that everyone faces, yet you need to realize that paper isn’t going to write itself, and neither are you; at least, not yet. That paper has a long life ahead of it before it needs to get turned in, why make it suffer? Speedily add to it the day before to ensure that no pain goes to the paper. In class, you don’t have to listen, but rather just act like you doing work. You can just look at the notes, that the teacher wrote when you get home. If you forget, it isn’t the end of the world you still have a day to study; the test is tomorrow. Procrastination is the gift that keeps giving. The more you procrastinate, the easier it will get, the more your grades will increase, and the more you’ll have fun. Yet, don’t get too carried away. You must procrastinate but still must complete your assignments. School is important, yet your activities outweigh the need for completion of assignments, so they can wait. What you need and want should come
In my Teaching Professions with Field Experience class, we were to create two lesson plans throughout the semester; one that involved the use of technology and the other without. The rules that went along with the lesson plans were as follows: the speaker is supposed to act out the lesson that they have prepared and their classmates were supposed to act accordingly to what grade level the lesson pertained to. Lastly, during the presentations, the students were to write three good qualities the speaker or the presentation had. In addition, they had to write one wish which was something a student thinks would make the lesson better. For the first project lesson I constructed, I incorporated the use of technology to discuss the identification and use of monochromatic colors for the sixth grade level.
Learning that having good time management skills has shown me that I can take my time and accomplish more. When relating this to school, I can honestly say that starting early is the best gift that I can give myself. As a full-time student with a family and a full-time job, my time is a limited resource (Britton & Tesser, 1991 pg.405). When I start early on an assignment, I don't have to rush and if I mess up, I can start over or seek help if necessary. My work schedule doesn’t always agree with my school schedule but for the most part, I try to have all of my school work completed by Thursday. As I'm approaching the last week in this class, I have began to look over the discussion posts first and then I look over the complete section to familiarize myself with the material before I even go to the read section (Chambers, 2015 pg.4). I found that to be especially helpful when I first began this class because the things that I already knew or felt like I knew, I went ahead and did it.
Lesson clarity refers to how clear and precise a teacher’s presentation is to the class (Borich, 2010). The objectives were clearly outlined at the commencement of each class. Gagne stated that among one of the first thing a teacher should do, is to inform the learners of the objectives of the lesson, since it creates an optimal internal processing of information that goes on during the learning process (Hannum, 2015). During the one day observation, the instructor used adequate advance organizer in the form of demonstrating/illustrating how to round off numbers. Similarly, in my role as a teacher I demonstrated/illustrated addition and subtraction of directed number to explain the procedure to the students which added to the clarity of the lesson. The content of both lessons was appropriately sequenced from simple to complex. The skills that I have garnered from the first year of teachers’ college, regarding blooms taxonomy, stated that students must first recall and have a deep understanding of the concept before being asked to convert (apply) abstract content to concrete situations. During my role as the teacher, the students were made to recall and comprehend the procedure relating to adding and subtracting directed numbers and shown sufficient examples, before being asked to perform any calculation of the sort. A similar stance was embarked on during the one day observation. According to Vanderbeit University (2015)
...ualized plan due to time constraints, it is reasonable to treat each student as they do have an individualized education. Teachers should know their students well enough to individualize the classroom activities so all students have strengths in each lesson. Through collaborative efforts, teachers can gain knowledge about the students and new ways to teach according to different learning styles. Working together, each student can receive an individualized education where their full potential is used.
All children learn differently and teachers, especially those who teach mathematics, have to accommodate for all children’s different capacities for learning information. When teaching mathematics, a teacher has to be able to use various methods of presenting the information in order to help the students understand the concepts they are being taught.
In the earlier stages, it is especially important to keep things simple and short. You want to give a presentation and an explanation at the same time. For example, if you are teaching how to build a paper plane, you should explain the building process while simultaneously showing how it’s done.
As teachers we plan our lessons and think to ourselves, "my students are going to love this lesson and will be able to understand what I am teaching", but sometimes that isn 't the case. You may plan a lesson in hopes that your students understand but it doesn 't go as planned. Every student learns differently and thinks differently and because of this we, as teachers must learn to differentiate our lessons. This may require us to change the way we deliver our lesson, change the activities for our lessons or even change the wording of our material so students understand. In this paper, I will be differentiating a lesson plan based on student readiness, student interest and student learning profile for content, process, and product.
Breaking down tasks into smaller, easier steps can be an effective way to teach a classroom of students with a variety of skills and needs. In breaking down the learning process, it allows students to learn at equal pace. This technique can also act as a helpful method for the teacher to analyze and understand the varying needs of the students in the classroom. When teaching or introducing a new math lesson, a teacher might first use the most basic aspects of the lesson to begin the teaching process (i.e. teach stu...
I must honestly admit that I am better on numbers than writing. When I took this class, I thought it would be as simple as my experiences of essay writing in high school and college though I’m not an innate writer but so far, I was able to achieved good grades during those days. However, when I got to check on my activities I was indeed surprised because most of the assignments are more complicated, difficult and challenging. I thought it will just be free easy essay writing but it is a lot more different as there were rules need to be observed. With a lot of research and reflections I was able to finish my assignments with joy and pride.
The understandings I have gained from this course have completely revamped my way of teaching. I have been using the unit plan and curriculum map I created in this course for the past two years, and my students enjoy it more and more each year. Learning the importance of using big ideas and essential questions in the classroom have made me a better educator and has assisted my students in learning content and skills that they can transfer to all academic areas and into their everyday lives. I now use big idea and essential questions in every ...
In this essay, I will talk about the components of a lesson plan, the benefits of planning with clear and appropriate goals, selecting age-appropriate goals and objectives that align with state academic content standards, and selecting goals and objectives that are differentiated for varying abilities and learning styles and for multiple intelligences.
Lesson plans for these students should include charts, diagrams, and tables when possible since this type of student learns best through categorizing, classifying, and working with abstract patterns or relationships. Let them do experiments and show them how to use a calculator. Some games these learners might like to play include Uno, checkers, and chess.
In the process of completing this coursework, I have realised that every teacher should be all-rounded and equipped with adequate skills of educating others as well as self-learning. As a future educator, we need make sure that our knowledge is always up-to-date and applicable in the process of teaching and learning from time to time. With these skills, we will be able to improvise and improve the lesson and therefore boost the competency of pupils in the process of learning. In the process of planning a lesson, I have changed my perception on lesson planning from the student’s desk to the teacher’s desk. I have taken the responsibility as a teacher to plan a whole 60-minutes lesson with my group members. This coursework has given me an opportunity