Classroom Reflection Paper

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On Thursday, June 30, 2016, I was provided the opportunity to co-teach a lesson with Mr. Bochniak on Texas Life, from the Texas History textbook. Since my observation was during summer school they do not usually allow for anyone other than the teacher to teach the classroom. However, Mr. Bochniak allowed me to teach alongside of him. The classroom size started out with six students (3 boys and 3 girls). I assisted the teacher with making sure that the Table of Contents was present on the board which included, the objective, pages of the textbook that will be covered and the worksheets that go with each section, and vocabulary sheet. Even though this class was small it came with large personalities. These students had failed the STARR …show more content…

I had the opportunity to observe Mr. Bochniak a total of 17 hours. He is an extraordinary teacher and provided me with advice on how to pick your battles with your students to have an engaging classroom. I gained great knowledge not just by teaching the lesson but also from the students and the teacher. The students for the most part stayed interested and engaged throughout the lesson, some behavioral issues occurred but not anything I couldn’t handle. There were a few times that I had to work with an individual that struggle more than the others but with strategies that I have learned throughout the years I have been using in my own schooling I was able to help that student. I was able to use my past academic learning to help them in answering questions and researching the topic of the lesson. I found that even though it has been many years since I was in their grade I still could remember bits and pieces to help them along the way. The students seemed to work well when they were grouped or partnered up and really got involved in the reading and research to complete the final assessment. The students grades on their worksheets showed progress of what they were learning and being able to locate the answers to the questions throughout the text. The assessment at the end was a success in that every student earned 45 to 50 points on their essay and graphic organizer. The essays were so different from one another which made me very happy because I could see that they all had different ideas and found different information when they researched. The lesson gave me new insights, showing me that students are unique in their learning and it showed some advantages and disadvantages of how they were learning about the topic at

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