Hi All,
The skill I feel the most proud of developing is my new found comfort level with time management. In field experiences I always felt nervous throughout my whole lesson, worrying about if my material would cover enough time or too much. I've become much more comfortable looking at my lesson plan and determining how long it will take me and if I need to shorten the lesson, plan to use two days, or if I am going to need an additional activity for the children that finish early. As a whole, I have become much more comfortable and I believe that this affects my skill to time manage. It really shows in my science lessons, where I can tweak the amount of time I allow the students to observe. In my first science lessons I didn't adapt the amount of time a gave students to observe because I was so concerned about how I timed things out in my lesson plan, but now I am able to be more flexible with my time based on student needs.
Julie
From my observations, I can confirm that your time management skills are noticeably improving, and that as a result, your lessons (most recently, math) are more dynamic and your interaction with kids is more responsive.
ReplyDeleteOne thing you didn't explain was how you've used tools to support time management. Would you say that your timer is a big factor in how you keep track of chunks of time? Even the kids are tuned into the little "ping" it makes when it's time to transition :-)