Tuesday,
21, 2012.
Today
was my third teaching practicum. I`m really confused about it. I don`t know if
what I did was ok. First, most of the class was to check the student`s
homework. The teacher gave me the book some days before for me to check which
the homework was. But she forgot to send me the lesson plan where it was the
exercises. I sent her an e-mail to remember her about it but maybe she didn`t
see it. I received the lesson plan just the night before the class and very
late I don`t know why. Today morning I was so anxious because I didn`t have
enough time to check what I was going to teach.Since I tried to print the
lesson plan it became too late for me because my printer was having problems.
I
arrived to the class and I founded out that what I prepared was not exactly
what I was to teach so I became more nervous than I was because I knew I was
not prepared enough and I mixed all the thoughts I had in mind. I started the
class and I made an activity that I had prepared. Everything was ok with that
but when the part of checking homework came I had some problems. I know it was
my fault not to insist on having the lesson plan before and that is the reason
I didn`t prepare myself well. I prepared two more activities just in case but
checking homework took a lot of time. I only had the answers of the homework
and it was very difficult for me to be guessing what they were talking about.
Some
students notice that I was not well prepared and started asking many things
trying to confuse me. I did my best answering their questions but maybe in some
cases they were not completely satisfied. I think for next class I know what I
will do and it is to be more prepared
and to do my best at getting the lesson plan on time. I hope next class
I won`t be as nervous as I was today and things will go better.
Keny I´m sorry to read that!
ResponderEliminarI know that it is very difficult to prepare a class just one night before. Sometimes you have to stay up very late in order to prepare material. That happened to me last class. I would not say it is your fault or the teacher`s fault. Let´s say it was the time`s fault!!! Try to be possitive and you will do better next time :D
Keny,
ResponderEliminarI know your feeling. You do not have too much time to prepare your class, but it is not posibld to tell you many days in advence. I think it is important that you can get the lesson plan in advence and check all the activities, so wnen the teacher tell you where to continue, you have an idea of what it is going to be about.
The most important thing is that you always keep your positivism high!... I believe that what happened to you, could happen to any of us due to the short time we are given to prepare our classes and because we still don´t have the skills experienced teachers have of dealing with unexpected situations and improvising right at the moment. Just keep on working hard and try as much as you can to get the lesson plan as earlier as possible :)
ResponderEliminar