ESAL 0370 Reading Lab Lesson Plan – Hour 4
This time, Sam and I decided to focus on teaching our class in halves – her first and me second. Since most of teaching is done with just one teacher, having a larger chunk to practice teaching made sense. During the first half of the lesson, I was supposed to be there for Sam for support to aid her teaching. And although I did help with clarification and other ways of explaining concepts and definitions, I failed to let Sam know the time and the pace that we should be moving at. As a result, the lesson covered only about half of our lesson plan and I did not get through to my teaching. I did not know whether it was a good idea to let my partner know about the time because I feared that would have disrupted her thinking and teaching. Since then we have discussed and resolved this issue, that in the event this happens again to either of us, we will inform each other to move on.
I’m glad to be experiencing these challenges now as it helps me learn what to do and what not to do for when I teach professionally.