Week 8 & 9
Only seven weeks left and I'm still hanging in there. Its been an amazing week in clinical this week. I requested several consecutive days off from work this week so I could be in my classroom. I'm so glad I did. Day 1. I got to my school before 7 am. I was prepared to start teaching at 7:40 am. My first lesson was on Landforms for EDU435. It was a basic introductory lesson that covered the most of the landforms. I started with a video from Flocabulary. The class really enjoyed the video. It was my first time using Flocabulary and I highly recommend using it. It was also my first time using a Frayer model during a lesson. The worksheet was slightly different than what my CE uses in class. Instead of having my students draw a picture in the box , I had them use the word in a sentence. This created some confusion and I needed to stop mid lesson to clarify what needed to be done. I believe this was a good learning opportunity for me. I should have modeled the worksheet ...