09.23.08
MicroTeaching
To watch the video that this post is related to, please go here:
I was unable to get it to load onto Edublogs, and so had to put it onto my wordpress account (created just in case of such an event as this) instead.
This video is one of myself giving a micro-teaching lesson to my Methods class. In this project, we had to compose our own lesson plan and then teach it. I choose to do second grade, which is why I’m treating my fellows like little kids.
Mistakes that I noticed: I know I made several mistakes on here, such as I need to stop bobbing my head like a duck all the time. I got rid of the habit last year but it seems to have returned from the summer break. I didn’t really need to do the extra run-through of clapping the rhythm while the person played it because it was so simple, and in fact stopped doing this after the first or second time. I should have arranged my instrument parts on the board in order highest to lowest, and then started on the bottom and worked my way up. This, however, was because this was a last-minute change for me. I also need to develop the ‘eyes in the back of my head’ since I completely missed seeing K whacking at J with the rhythm sticks. Instead, (unseen on the video) when I turned around I saw J poked K in the leg, hense my decision to ‘punish’ her.
But overall, I think I did okay.
November 2, 2008 at 7:03 pm
I have to say that I quite enjoyed your lesson this day! Cinnamon Bear, while not completely utilized throughout the whole lesson, was a very effective prop. I truly enjoyed how you communicated with him…as if a stuffed bear could really talk
The questions you asked us were engaging and you did great with the positive reinforcement. I also liked the fact that you reviewed the basics before jumping right into the piece, it was very effective. I thought the building of the instruments was a well thought out aspect and also very effective, however, as you mention in your post, it may not have been necessary to continue with the clapping of the rhythms before playing since they were so simple. BUT…this may be a good concept to keep in the lesson when teaching it to actual first and second graders. Review is always good! I LOVED that you had the class as a whole perform the rhythms before isolating a certain student, failure is always scary! The fact that your instrumental parts were easy and strategically placed made the whole experience a lot more memorable, since we were able to play AND sing at the same time!!! Overall, very age appropriate and well taught…even though you did punish me!!!!!!