This week was my first week taking over 100% of the classes at the elementary school. It has been busy, but manageable. Teaching all the classes, I see my lessons evolving as I teach them over and over to different classes of the same grade. I take note of what works with my lessons and adapt them. Different classes have different paces and attitudes and that really dictates how I run my lessons. With some classes I can add elements to, with other I have to cut. I think that this week I have truly learned about being flexible with my lessons. This week I had two lessons that I have had to really change and adapt to and I had to be more impromptu in teaching them. This all happened because of suggestions from my CT to try, and I was willing to trust her advice and see if it would work. It did all work out and I proved to myself that I could do it and follow through with it successfully.
6th graders started their trimester this week and I was able to see how to welcome new classes and go over rules of the art room and safety procedures. Middle schoolers have a completely different attitude about them and I realized how different my teacher voice gets around the different grade levels. With 6th graders I have to let them know I’m business and get them “re-trained” for art room behaviors and routines. I’ve realized my management issues are the worst with Kindergarten and 1st graders, as well as 6th graders. The grades in between seem to police themselves more and follow directions. Overall, with my most difficult classes, it involves a lot of repeating and holding the students accountable for their actions. This is a challenge I will be working on throughout this student teaching experience. I am taking any suggestions my CT gives me for ways to get students attention, but I haven’t found one that works 100% of the time.
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