Student lessons

After watching all of the presentations in our class I am left with many ideas for future lessons. I enjoyed participating in other students lessons because it was nice to be a kid again, if only for a little while. It was also great to experience aspects of some lessons that did not work well. For example counting off into groups. It seems like such a simple task but it require some thinking. It is important to fail sometimes in order to learn and grow and understand how to change. Watching the other students lessons allowed me to view parts that did not work and therefore I know not to include those aspects from a lesson that I might teach in the future. The opposite was also important. Watching the lessons allowed me to view lessons that worked really well. This is important because I can bring those aspects in to my classroom. Observations of lessons is essential in learning how to become a better teacher. I feel that I learned more this semester by watching others lessons then I have in many other semesters of learning. Most people go on to student teaching after theory and practice, I am however moving on to curriculum and instruction. I feel confident that I will do well in that class because this class has prepared me so well for a real teaching situation.