This week we discussed classroom management and one thing that I would want to create with my classroom is a community within my class as it could help represent the broader community we live in. By doing this I could show my students who they live within their community and promote ways to help them identify ways to improve the community through the medium of the classroom. This is also an effective way to promote cooperation among my students and thus their community. This is another topic we touched on in SS 350 where I presented the idea that the school's primary use is not to educate but rather to help socialize students and teach them how to interact and talk to their peers and this will be the foundation that I will build my classroom from.
This week I completed my lesson covering the Kingdoms of Ancient Egypt with Mrs. Fox's 5th and 6th period Social Studies Class. On the first day when I first introduced the topic to the 5th-period class, I was very nervous and had a hard time keeping my mind on track so I ended up making a few mistakes. My first major mistake was talking far faster than I should have which made it a little difficult for students to keep up. My second major mistake was when I finished the lecture portion of my lesson I had an activity prepared for the class to get them a little more excited for the rest of the week by having them build pyramids out of plastic cups. This activity was just a test for me to see if having a fun activity can help build up a relationship with the students or interest in the topic and it had mixed results I would say. Yes, the students did get very excited about the lesson but I did not give directions that were very clear and left the explanation vague which led to a bit...
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