Today marked my fourth JA session down. The kids got the entire week off last week for Thanksgiving, so it's been two weeks since I last saw them. It was an unusual day because there happened to be a field trip that half of the class attended. So I only had eleven students in my classroom for this lesson. I have to admit that I was relieved that I had so few students to work with for today because the fourth JA activity, which involved the gross and net income figures, was really confusing for the kids to grasp. Since there were only a handful of students for today's class, I was able to go around the classroom and help each one individually. Although, I didn't feel that today's lesson plan was as effective as I should have made it, because many students were still confused about what they were supposed to do after I explained the instructions to each of them individually. I think next week involves a shopping spree exercise, so hopefully I will be able to explain it better so that all of my students can grasp the concept firmly.
Today also marked the third and final lesson plans and presentations. I am very relieved that all of the lesson plans are over with. Coming up with original ideas for lesson plans has been like pulling teeth for me throughout this semester. I never want to be accused of plagiarism, so I always try to come up with the most original ideas I can think of for assignments. Right now, it's that time of the semester where my brain is completely fried and original ideas don't come quite as easily to me. I thought the content in my lesson plan was fine, especially the video, I'm glad most of you folks enjoyed it. However, I should have spent more time rehearsing because I felt like I was reading off my paper and I went over my time limit. Sorry about going on for too long folks, my bad. Aside from that, I thought everyone else did an excellent job on their lesson plans, particularly the groups-of-threes. You all deserve an A for your third lesson plans and presentations.
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Thanks Mr. E! I truly appreciate your thoughts. I often don’t know what people think of me when I speak or present to the class. I think the majority of the class does not like me, thinks I am arrogant, and that I ask way too many questions- ‘Does he ever shut up?’. I try hard to develop a theme and game plan on how I will present my info. I don’t care what other people think of myself, but I do care on what they think of my teaching style.
Thanks!
sincerely, Jordan Spahr!
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