I really enjoy planning, so I am having a lot of fun brainstorming the Group Teach.
I remember the first time my group met: we were all pulling our hair out, wondering how we could teach for nearly three hours and how we should structure the lesson. So, it has been incredible to see how everything is coming together.
We have delegated different parts of the lesson for each teacher to lead, which has really helped me understand what the evening is going to look like. Knowing exactly what I am going to be doing was helpful because I do not always work well with abstract planning.
Right now I feel as though my part of the night's lesson is continously morphing into something new. I am really excited to put it in action and see how my classmates react to it. However, first I recognize that I need to narrow down exactly what I want my part to look like. I am currently juggling two or three ideas that will just not fit with everything else that we have planned.
Overall, I see that our rough plans are beginning to have some shine to them. I feel as though all we really have left to do is to put everything together and smooth out the rough edges.
Sarah, my ideas for my section of group 3's group teach also keeps morphing. I started off with a clear idea in my head, and then my group members added some awesome ideas to that, and as I was working with their ideas I got some new ones...it just keeps evolving! Looking forward to seeing what you come up with.
ReplyDeleteMy group has made the final touches on our presentation. When making our "time sheet" we were shocked to find out our lesson may actually be 2.5 hours. We planned it almost perfect! I was shocked that we included enough activities to take up that much time. We believed we were going to be really short.
ReplyDeleteBy night do you mean you will be teaching a lesson on the book "Night?" I hope so! I read this book for my World History class here at Ship. I really enjoyed it and would be excited to have an exciting activity with it.