Week 2 was an exciting week in my room. I was able to see a lot of the curriculum being taught and it was fun to get into some of the material. Also, the classroom microsociety has begun to take shape and the students love it! They elected the classroom governor and senators on Friday. This week I felt successful because I was able to plan and facilitate one morning meeting and get in front of the students again. Jane has a great signal for getting the students attention after activities or work time. I used the same signal to call back their attention during the first lesson I taught and have been using it ever since. Right away the students responded to me and I was pleased that I was able to regain control in the room when needed! I thought most of the morning meeting went well, but I had to stop the activity early because it was not going according to plan. Also, I noticed some of the kids being disrespectful during the greeting. I had some questions after and I was able to talk to Jane and get some good suggestions about how to handle some of the behavior issues in the future. She had good feedback and thought I did very well!
I was also able to talk with her about using more co-teaching strategies this coming week to get additional practice teaching and being in front of the students.
I want to work on being more confident in my classroom management and learn more techniques.
Two questions--maybe you'll find a way to respond to them in a post this week.
ReplyDelete1. What's the signal you/Jane use to get the kids' attention?
2. What did you do during your first morning meeting? Details make your post really come alive. It's clear from your writing that you're excited about how your days are developing, and I'm happy to know you're comfortable talking to Jane about what you need--advice, more co-teaching, ideas, etc.
Have a great week!
Jane uses a bell and then a five second count down to gain the attention of students. She explained the procedure on the first day of school and students are used to this now. I use this as well and students are pretty good at responding to me.
ReplyDeleteFor my morning meeting I used a butterfly handshake and students greeted each other with Shalom. For the activity portion we played a game called Zoom. I had not played it before, but Jane thought it would be good. I explained it wrong for the first round, but the second round went better.