Thursday, December 10, 2015

Kids in College: Journal 7

Journal Entry #7
            Tyler and Sam seemed very stressed throughout the duration of their lesson. It appeared as though they lacked sufficient communication between one another, and communication was lacking with their fellow co-teachers.
            On the first day, one of the co-teachers who created the lesson plan was missing, and this left many of us dumbfounded. There was also a spot for an activity that was not yet completed, nor was there a back-up lesson plan in place. Because of this, Victoria and I had to create a Jeopardy game with less than 10 minutes of time available to us. Although it all worked out well in the end, it was a very difficult struggle to gather all of the necessary materials and and sufficient SOL questions in such a short amount of time. The pair of Sam and Tyler were open to suggestions for the next day of their lesson which I believed helped them a lot.
            On the second day, everything was a lot better as expected, and this has slowly become a trend with all of our lesson plans. Come day 2, I was ecstatic.
            Not only was I ecstatic, but the students were too. Being in the back room on both days, I was able to see the students enjoy and learn with the Jeopardy game that Victoria and I developed.
            The game required a lot of teamwork and communication. At times, the students were a tad hyperactive at times, but I feel that Victoria and I did a good job of keeping the students on task.
It was great to see the enthusiasm in the students faces and I feel that Sam and Tyler did an excellent job with the theme. The carnival theme went well, and the kids seemed to enjoy.


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