Today was a great day, it felt like I really belonged at San Miguel. I got to walk in just like I worked there. That is how welcoming the people at San Miguel are.
I taught my first lesson today! It was a lesson that Ms.Gergen prepared on poems, with the theme of love. I got to look over it during the weekend and change things to be more like me. I am going to be teaching this lesson over three days. Today I started the lesson by having them brainstorm different signs of love and people who are loved. They worked in pairs on a taxonomy sheet. They had paper labeled ABCDE...XYZ vertically down the paper. The students came up with as many ideas for the letters as they could. When all the ideas were exhausted, we read "A Love Poem for My People" in Spanish and English. We talked about the meaning of the poem and then different images that were presented in the poem. This gave the students more ideas about things that could be on their lists. They added more to their lists and we ended today's portion of the lesson.
It went pretty well. The students knew that it was my first time teaching and they were all very excited. They told me not to be nervous because it was "just" them. Ms.Gergen was in the classroom watching me. A few times I got stuck on my words or did not know what to say. I looked and waited for Ms.Gergen to step in, but after a while passing by and her staying silent, I would finally find something to say. It was a great first experience and I am excited to work on my teaching skills more tomorrow.
3 comments:
That's so exciting that you're getting to teach! I'm jealous! I have a teacher and a student teacher in my room so there's not much time for me to teach!Anyway, I'm jealous and I bet you'll do great the next couple days! Good luck!
Sounds like your first lesson went well!! That's so exciting! I got in a small lesson today and I got to do it in my own way so it was so much fun! I'm sure the lessons get easier as they go! Have a wonderful day at San Miguel!!
OH how exciting Lauren!! it is super cute that your kids said it was "just" them. And i'm sure it made you crazy nervous but I think it was cool that your teacher didn't say anything. NEATO!!
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